Job Title: Paralegal II

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Mississippi, LLC 

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Litigation assistance
• Prepare draft pleadings, subpoenas, deposition notices, and court-ordered documents, including initial disclosures, witness lists, exhibit lists, preliminary reports, status reports, scheduling orders, pre-trial orders, etc.
• Manage and work on discovery, including investigating, organizing and preparing interrogatories, requests for production, and discovery responses
• Schedule witness interviews and depositions; gather documents and assist in preparation for same; arrange court reporters for deposition; summarize depositions
• Assist in retaining, communicating with and obtaining relevant information from or for expert
• Administrative support such as managing calendar, handling payment of invoices, and vendor payments
• Schedule meetings
• Make travel arrangements
• Handle attorney calls and mail
• Draft letters
• Make revisions to documents
• Prepare binders and other administrative/litigation support
• Document and file management, including organizing, indexing and filing documents and Bates Stamp as appropriate
• Manage attorney calendar for litigation, advices and projects
• Schedule deadlines from court scheduling orders
• Manage and prioritize a variety of calls and meetings
• Provide attorneys with advanced notice of upcoming deadlines, meetings, etc.
• Prepare and track litigation hold letters
• Factual and legal research
• Investigate and assemble facts and other data for legal matters
• Perform legal research on Westlaw or in other reference materials and perform other necessary factual research on internet, etc.
• Input, retrieve and manage electronic documents on the department drives as well as in software programs such as Documentum
• Proofread and edit documents.
• Summarize, where necessary, voluminous records
• Analyze & compile data in form required by attorneys (e.g., charts, etc.)
• Become knowledgeable about issues in, and contents of, all litigation and other files assigned
• Draft reports, as needed, relating to status of employment and labor law matters and maintain detailed, up-to-date information relating to such matters

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum education required of this position:

• Paralegal degree/certificate and/or bachelor's degree

Minimum experience required of this position:

• Paralegal II: 5+ years of paralegal experience, with a minimum of two years at a law firm, performing litigation support preferred

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position:

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint and in Documentum 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner
• Ability to work quickly and accurately under deadlines/pressure
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to multi-task and work productively as a member of multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrated research, writing and editing skills as well as oral presentation
  skills and experience in management of complex data systems
• Ability to work with others at all levels
• Maintain confidentiality of departmental issues
• Attention to detail
• Regular and reliable attendance
• Assignments may, but do not normally include overtime and/or weekend hours
• Perform work outside of these duties, as needed, for storm, restoration or other emergency events
• Ability to work in a remote/telecommuting environment.

Primary Location: Mississippi-Jackson Mississippi : Jackson 
Job Function: All Other Jobs
FLSA Status:  
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code:  
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 121590
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

 Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test.  The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and number of questions.  Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests, Logon ID:  entergy, password:  practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.