Paralegal II

Category:

Legal

Employment Type:

Contract

Reference:

BH-381120

Paralegal II is needed for a contract opportunity with our Energy Industry client located in Pennsylvania.

Job Details

Duration: 12 months initial contract
Start date: February 2025 ( subject to change)
Location: Remote
Hourly pay rate: max rate of $35.21-$42.25 Depending on Experience

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in maintaining the filing system for the Law Department.
• Assist attorneys in the preparation and electronic filing of letters, pleadings, discovery and subpoena responses, motions, and summaries of filings and orders.
• Manage service and posting of filed documents.
• Attend internal meetings as needed.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct research and analysis on legal and regulatory matters, prepare memos, reports, summaries, charts and other legal documents as directed.
• Provide administrative support as needed to the Department.
• Legal Document Review and Analysis Duties: (a) overall responsibility for the administration, processing and maintenance of Service Agreements including the tracking of effective and expiration dates, and coordinate with both internal and external stakeholders to maintain overall regulatory compliance; (b) review pro forma documents and agreements for conformity; and (c) prepare draft filings for legal counsel indicating reason for non-conformity, and oversee any service requirements for filing.
• Governing Document and Filing Duties: (a) oversee company's governing documents and tariff maintenance process and administer the eTariff database to grant levels of access to company personnel as needed; (b) track deadlines to accurately manage tariff documents with any and all pending updates and update designated personnel; (c) review filing documents for completeness in compliance with FERC regulations and standards, including the preparation of the filing package (i.e., transmittal letter, clean and redline tariff sheets, etc.) and load the documents into the eTariff system; (d) provide reports from the eTariff database or prepare ad hoc reports as requested; (e) assist attorneys with draft tariff language for new sections to the tariff or tariff documents; (f) closely monitor Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) dockets for information regarding assignment of docket numbers and filings in pending dockets (i.e., comments, interventions, answers and orders); (g) review orders (in coordination with attorney as needed) to update the tariff in an accurate and timely manner; and (h) monitoring pending court and appellate matters.
• Other functions and duties as assigned.

• BA or at least 5 years relevant experience as a law clerk or paralegal in a law firm, corporate legal department or governmental agency.
• Ability to efficiently use Microsoft Office Suite (MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint)
• Ability to produce high-quality work products with attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively and operate in a fast-paced team environment