Paralegal at NV Energy in Reno, Nevada

Job Description:

NV Energy


Position Title: Paralegal

Job ID: 107335

Location: Reno, NV


Facility: Sierra Plaza

Department: Legal

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Travel Percentage: 5 - 10%

Description:

Responsibilities

Basic PurposeProvides a wide range of professional legal support services to attorneys in the form of legal research, summarizing legal documents, providing litigation and pre-trial discovery support, analyzing data, drafting of legal and business communications. Primary focus will be on state and federal regulatory forums. Provides support to the in-house regulatory attorneys. Works in a professional environment and has occasional contact with the public, governmental agencies and regulatory agencies, law firms, and management. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists attorney(s) in research, tracking and preparation of legal documents:
• Performs records, legal and factual research. Prepares regulatory filings for submission to the PUCN and FERC.
• Identifies relevant judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles, codes and other pertinent material.
• Prepares correspondence, written reports and helps prepare legal arguments, applications, declarations, motions and litigation strategy.
• Drafts legal documents including pleadings, regulatory documents, data requests, data request responses, testimony, reports, presentations, discovery, briefs, appeals, contracts and legal agreements.
• Checks legal forms, exhibits and documents for accuracy. Organizes, analyzes, cross-checks and validates information as needed.
• Assists the lawyers during hearings, trials and arbitrations.
• Provides training, oversight, and mentoring of secretarial position, ensuring compliance with processes. Provides backup secretarial support as needed.
• Locates and communicates with witnesses, including identification of witnesses, preparation of questions/issues to be addressed in interviews and handling witness interviews as assigned.
• Maintains file system for legal documents, and case calendars.
• Organizes and tracks regulatory filings and physical files.
• Helps coordinate subpoena delivery and other law-office activities.
• Performs Records Coordinator duties in compliance with corporate records retention policies.
• Backup management of the Legal Hold process including preparation and issuance of notices, maintenance of database, coordination with key stakeholders and performance of searches.
• Reviews and monitors new and updated regulations. Communicates impacts as appropriate.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Essential Education, Skills, and Environment
Must possess an associate degree or certificate program in paralegal studies and 5 or more years of paralegal experience. Specialized Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated knowledge of:

• Nevada and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or PUCN, FERC guidelines.
• Applicable legal principles, legal research techniques, legal terminology, and knowledge of applicable government regulations.
• Legal research on Westlaw or Lexis-Nexis, PACER and the internet.

Demonstrated skill such as:

• Detail oriented, research, analytical, critical thinking, planning, information monitoring, time management, communications, decision making, presentation, human relations, and organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks.

Equipment and Applications
PCs, MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, database software, PACER and Westlaw/Lexis-Nexis. Work Environment and Physical Demands
General office environment. No special physical demands required.

Compensation

$32.84 to $46.35 per hour. Potential Safety Bonus 10%. The company reserves the right to determine the number of positions awarded for this requisition.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits for non-represented employees. For represented employees, we offer many similar benefits plans and programs with specific terms negotiated in the collective bargaining agreement.

• Medical
• Pharmacy
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Wellness
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) fixed contribution – company contributes 4% regardless of employee’s contribution
• 401(k) match – company matches 100% of the employee’s first 6% contribution; immediate vesting
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 12 paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Military leave
• Bereavement leave
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Identity Theft Protection – company paid
• Visit our Corporate website for detailed information and other benefits offered

EOE/Veteran/Disability

At NV Energy, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. NV Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at our company, please contact Human Resources via email at HumanResources@nvenergy.com or call our HR Help Desk at (702) 402-5500 and select '0' or Fax your request at (702) 402-0031. TTY Sensory Impaired - 711

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