Paralegal II

Location: New York, Washington
 

Join our Core Business Services (CBS) team and you will help support the important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. As a CBS professional, you will work across teams to provide the knowledge, resources and tools that help EY deliver exceptional quality service to our clients, win in the marketplace and support EY’s growth and profitability. Major teams within CBS include Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Enterprise Support Services, Brand Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Knowledge and Risk Management.

Join our Legal team and you will help provide legal advice to mitigate our business risk as we achieve our commercial goals in a complex environment.

With so many offerings, you have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well, this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Job Summary:

The Paralegal II works with General Counsel’s Office (GCO) attorneys, auditors, and outside counsel with case management on the GCO's more complex litigation matters, including document preservation, collection, review and production.  Additional responsibilities include the preparation and dissemination of legal-related correspondence, maintenance of legal files and databases, legal research, proofreading and cite-checking

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafts, produces and disseminates Firm-wide communications for the preservation and collection of evidence in response to document requests, government regulatory inquiries and subpoenas.
• Communicates directly with individual departments to identify and gather documents and data responsive to subpoenas and other formal requests.  Responsible for compliance with document preservation requirements.
• Manages document productions (the act of producing documents in response to a court order generally in the form of a subpoena) for more complex subpoenas and litigation by coordinating the gathering of responsive hard copy and electronic documents from practice offices via gathering memos, organizing responsive documents, arranging for imaging/copying and document production with external vendors.
• Gathers factual information which provides background to the case from various internal sources such as the Talent organization and the various technology support functions.
• Facilitates the production and review of Firm electronic workpapers from the firm’s proprietary Audit workpaper applications and other firm record repositories in response to document production requests.
• Identifies and collects other appropriate potentially relevant data, documents, and or information.
• Reviews and analyze documents for content, relevance, privilege, and/or confidential materials prior to production
• Review documents for accuracy and completeness.
• Communicates as necessary with engagement team members both verbally and in writing.
• Maintains detailed indexes and diaries of productions for litigation, investigatory and subpoena matters.
• Digests, analyzes, abstracts and indexes transcripts.
• Collects and/or identifies deposition and trial testimony for input into legal databases.
• Creates and maintains legal databases.
• Prepares purchase orders and coordinates vendor jobs.
• May assist attorneys in drafting of legal documents.
• Utilize Firm-wide databases to identify sources of relevant materials
• Assist attorneys in interviewing and preparing witnesses for depositions.
• Maintain documentation of key discussions/decision inherent to the case.
• Exercises independent judgment to identify issues that require attorney input for resolution.
• Uses prior case experience and Firm knowledge to identify issues for escalation that could otherwise jeopardize Ernst & Young’s (EY) standing in a case.
• Reviews and summarizes abstracts and transcript data and creates indexes so material is easily referenced by GCO attorneys and auditors.
• Assesses the thoroughness or completeness of EY responses to document requests, regulatory investigations and subpoenas.
• Some overtime expected.
• Minimal travel may be required.
• Work is not seasonal (work flow based on current litigation needs

To qualify, candidates must have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience 

• Advanced paralegal skills including document production, document review and electronic discovery.
• Familiarity with fundamentals of the United States (US) legal system.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interface effectively with all levels of EY personnel.
• Excellent computer skills in the Office Suite (primarily Word and Excel and/or Access.)
• Strong knowledge of the Firm's auditing standards and internal policies and procedures
• Willingness to take initiative; be highly motivated and ambitious

• A minimum 4 years of litigation or applicable experience

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Advanced paralegal skills including document production, document review and electronic discovery.
• Familiarity with fundamentals of the United States (US) legal system.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to interface effectively with all levels of EY personnel.
• Excellent computer skills in the Office Suite (primarily Word and Excel and/or Access.)
• Strong knowledge of the Firm's auditing standards and internal policies and procedures
• Paralegal certification preferred

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.