Senior Paralegal

Who we are...

Verra Mobility is a global leader in smart mobility. We develop technology-enabled solutions that help the world move safely and easily. We are fostering the development of safe cities, working with police departments and municipalities to install over 4,000 red-light, speed, and school bus stop arm safety cameras across North America. We are also creating smart roadways, serving the world's largest commercial fleets and rental car companies to manage tolling transactions and violations for over 8.5 million vehicles. And we are a leading provider of connected systems, processing nearly 165 million transactions each year across 50+ individual tolling authorities. 

Culture 

Verra Mobility Corporation is a rapidly-growing, entrepreneurial company that operates with a people-first philosophy and approach. The company lives by its core values—Do What’s Right, Lead with Grace, Win Together, and Own It—in everything it does for its customers and team members. The company seeks to grow aggressively, both organically and through acquisition, to continue to be the undisputed market leader with these five core competencies: bias for action, customer focus, teamwork, drive for results, and commitment to excellence.

Position Overview

The Senior Paralegal serves the Law Department in a variety of legal, executive, and departmental duties to facilitate day-to-day activities. A high degree of accuracy, attention to detail, problem-solving, timeliness, excellent communication skills, planning, minimal supervision, and the ability to maintain confidentiality are required to be successful in this position.

Essential Responsibilities

General Paralegal Support

• Assist in-house attorneys with day-to-day legal tasks, including document management, file organization, and maintaining legal databases.
• Support Company litigation functions, including case management, discovery, and other litigation-related activities.
• Support Company corporate governance and compliance functions for US entities, including maintenance of corporate legal books and records, annual regulatory filings, filing legal documents with relevant State agencies, and managing content modules in the Company’s Learning Management System.
• Coordinate with internal business units to gather information and documents necessary for legal matters. Prepare, proofread, and organize legal documents, correspondence, and presentations.
• Manage deadlines, calendars, and workflows to ensure timely completion of legal projects.
• Liaise with external counsel and regulatory bodies as needed.

Legislative and Regulatory

• Prepare clear, concise, and accurate summaries of proposed and enacted legislation, regulations, and agency guidance.
• Conduct research on legislative history and regulatory background as requested.

Legal Research and Analysis

• Conduct legal research using online databases and other resources to support attorney work product.
• Compile and organize research findings in a clear and accessible format. Assist in the preparation of memoranda, reports, and other legal documents.

Department Support:

• Manage administrative Law Department operations, including monitoring physical and electronic mail, organizing and maintaining legal files, onboarding and training new team members, and scheduling and coordinating trainings and meetings.
• Handle administrative tasks for select members of Law Department, including processing travel requests and receipts, maintaining calendars and schedules, and performing other duties as may be required from time to time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent combination of relevant education and professional experience
• Paralegal certification and/or professional experience working as a paralegal for at least three (3) years
• Minimum three (3) years’ relevant experience in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Must be a commissioned Notary Public in the State of Arizona or willing to obtain commission within 90 days of hire
• Familiarity with or ability to quickly learn systems for matter and billing management (preferably Legal Tracker), contract management (preferably Cobblestone), email and calendaring (preferably Outlook), and expense reimbursement (preferably Concur)
• Preferred: Five (5) or more years’ experience in a corporate legal department role with legal, administrative, and executive responsibilities, including administering and monitoring contracts, working with the design and implementation of filing systems or records management, and supporting legislative and regulatory research, corporate governance matters, and litigation
• Sound judgment and strong business acumen
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Solutions-oriented mindset
• Collaborative and team-focused
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic, evolving environment

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Verra Mobility is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.