Paralegal

Job Title: Paralegal

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

This position may be filled as a Paralegal I or II depending on the qualifications and experience of the candidate

This position will be filled in New Orleans, LA

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Provide support to multiple attorneys and interface with internal clients including:

Transactional (General)

- Assist with the closing of M&A, real estate and other transactions including preparing ancillary legal documents in all aspects of transactional law.

- Manage electronic document data room for uploading, organizing, and storing due diligence materials for review and collaboration with all parties of the transaction.

- Assist attorneys with the preparation of contracts, licenses and other legal documents and facilitate communication with internal clients in connection with preparation of legal documents.

- Coordinating collection and delivery of signature pages from officers and senior management as well as the delivery of such to applicable parties.

- Working on post-closing matters such as preparing and organizing closing documents and binders and CDs for distribution to all parties and retention of documents in accordance with Entergy’s record retention policy.

- Assist with pole attachment, joint use and telecommunications issues.

Real Estate

- Assessing and preparing contracts, lease agreements, rights of way and closing documents.

- Analyzing title documents, surveys and legal descriptions of property.

- Development and maintenance of standard form real estate and right-of-way templates with alternative language.

- Training associated with real estate and right-of-way matters.

General

- Working with vendors to conduct searches for property and easement ownership, UCC financing statements; federal and state tax liens; furniture, fixtures and judgment liens; bankruptcy filings; and federal, state and local litigation filings.

- Proofread and edit documents.

- Perform legal research on Westlaw or other reference sources and conduct other factual and legal research.

- Maintain calendar of deadlines for transactions.

Minimum education and experience needed:

Paralegal degree/certificate and/or bachelor's degree or work experience equivalent.

Paralegal I: 3 - 5 years of paralegal work experience.

Paralegal II: 5+ years of paralegal work experience.

2+ years of experience at a law firm is a plus

Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities needed:

- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office: SharePoint, OneDrive, Adobe, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

- Experience with Westlaw

- Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner

- Able to handle frequent direct contact with clients, vendors and government agencies

- Ability to work quickly and accurately under deadlines/pressure on a wide variety of matters

- 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

- Experience in management of complex data systems

- Ability to work with others at all levels

- Maintain confidentiality of departmental issues

- Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

- Regular and reliable attendance

- Assignments may include overtime and/or weekend hours

- Perform work outside of these duties, as needed, for storm, restoration or other emergency events

Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans

Job Function: Professional FLSA Status: Nonexempt Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT Number of Openings: 1 Req ID: 118670 Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEI 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

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.