Title: Corporate Paralegal
Reports To: Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel
Location/Schedule: Chicago, IL (Hybrid, 3 days in-office)
Department: Legal
Job Type: Full Time/Non-Exempt
Who We Are:
Old Republic International Corporation (ORI), which traces its beginning to 1923, is a Fortune 500 company and one of the nation's 50 largest shareholder-owned insurance organizations. Our subsidiaries actively market, underwrite and provide risk management services for a wide variety of coverages, mostly in the specialty and title insurance fields.
Our Mission is to provide quality insurance security and related services to businesses, individuals and public institutions, and be a dependable long-term steward of the trust that policyholders, shareholders and other important stakeholders place in us.
Position Overview:
The Corporate Paralegal will join a high-performing corporate legal department handling and/or assisting with a broad range of legal matters for ORI and its subsidiaries. The ideal candidate will be responsible for tasks including preparing resolutions, consents, minutes, and regulatory filings, assisting attorneys with corporate secretarial functions, and maintaining the group calendar. The Corporate Paralegal will also support and assist attorneys on an as-needed basis and take on special projects as assigned.
Essential Job Functions:
- Maintain corporate records, work plans, and minute books, and help coordinate meetings for ORI and other legal entities.
- Assist with the drafting of corporate minutes and resolutions.
- Administer conflict of interest program.
- Provide corporate governance support.
- Assist with the management of special projects and legal subsidiary support.
- Assist with insurance filing support, SEC filings, preparation of materials and related data or record maintenance.
- Maintain best practices in the corporate governance area.
- Ensure that all policies and mandates are up to date and appropriately posted or distributed.
- Assist attorneys with periodic audits and regulatory examinations.
- Remain adequately flexible to assist other areas of the department on an as-needed basis; additional duties may be assignment by management.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5-7 years of corporate paralegal experience or similar experience in a sophisticated legal practice; In-house experience preferred but not required.
- Experience with Diligent Board or Diligent Entities software preferred but not required.
- Insurance or regulated institution experience preferred.
- Eager to learn and support a busy department with diverse areas of practice.
- Ability to exercise with a high degree of discretion and confidentiality.
- Ability to effectively and professionally present information to management.
- Ability to analyze complex data, from multiple sources, in detail.
- Strong organizational, time-management and analytical skills.
- Ability to identify and resolve issues before they transpire.
- Strong problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively in a professional environment.
- Willingness to collaborate with attorneys and with business professionals at all levels.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite 365, virtual meetings software (Teams or Zoom), and other common business software.
ORI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ORI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.