Paralegal
Support the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department in a wide range of responsibilities, including: i) administration of Ariba; ii) handling small claims; iii) providing support for Privacy initiatives; iv) filing of state licenses ; v) managing discovery and subpoena compliance; v) providing administrative support to Regulatory Affairs on state and federal regulatory and legislative matters and vii) general ad hoc duties for the department as needed.
Ariba Responsibilities
- Support department staff in processing contracts in Ariba which include data input and/or research.
- Correct any errors and update files in Ariba. Create and update Ariba reports as needed.
Manage Small Claims
- Review small claim complaints filed against U.S. Cellular.
- Investigate and draft court documents necessary to respond to complaint including filing any cross complaints.
- Coordinate U.S. Cellular's representation before the court. If representation must be in person, coach those Associates representing U.S. Cellular.
Support the Director of Privacy
- Compile and execute documents necessary to comply with annual CPNI certifications.
- Collaborate with Human Resources to obtain reports related to failed privacy training obligations.
- Produce and issue notifications on a quarterly basis to those Associates who fail to meet the privacy training requirements.
Licensing/Compliance Filings
- Prepare and file annual Creditor Sales and Sales Finance Company filings, biannual state Portable Electronic Insurance filings and the Second Hand Trade In filings.
- Maintain the filing schedule for several state compliance filing requirements.
Support of Regulatory Affairs
- Prepare and maintain annual U.S. Cellular city and state fact sheets for use with key elected officials.
- Perform administrative duties concerning management of the U.S. Cellular Political Action Committee such as check requests for campaign contributions and list of active employee participation.
- Provide assistance in logging and maintain reports concerning active federal and state legislation and regulatory matters affecting the company.
- Assist in preparation of certain reports relating to the FCC Lifeline program.
- Discovery and Subpoena Compliance
- Compile and coordinate U.S. Cellular’s response to discovery, subpoena, civil investigative demands, etc.
- Manage creation and distribution of Hold Notices.
- Work with Associates to preserve and collect responsive documents.
Legal Research and Response
- Perform legal research on Westlaw.
- Respond to legal questions from Associates by coordinating with inside and outside attorneys for advice on such topics as bankruptcy and collections.
- Maintain department website that houses policies, contract templates, forms, etc.
Salary Range $30.00 - $46.00 / houly
- Paralegal certificate from accredited paralegal program required but may be obtained within 1 year of hire date.)
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 2 - 4 years of experience in a corporate environment preferred
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office required and Ariba preferred.
Job
Legal
Location(s)
Illinois-CHICAGO_IL
UScellular® is an EEO employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race/color/age/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/veteran status, pregnancy or genetic information.
