Lead Paralegal- Healthcare Transactions

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

3d

About The Position

In close coordination with Legal Counsel, the Lead Paralegal applies advanced knowledge of highly complex legal concepts to support the legal department and businesses on a range of pharmacy and healthcare programs, operations, and strategic initiatives, with a focus on payor contracting. The ideal candidate will have experience negotiating and drafting transactional documents and an understanding of relevant federal and state regulatory frameworks.

Requirements

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of paralegal experience in a corporate law department or law firm OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 6 years of paralegal experience with a corporate law department or law firm
• Experience evaluating information to determine compliance with standards, laws, and regulations.
• Experience processing information (such as compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data).
• Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Experience using advanced analytical skills to independently review, draft, negotiate and prepare documents.
• Experience using written communication and grammatical skills to draft/compose legal documents, communications and reports.
• Experience utilizing interpersonal and team-building skills to foster collaboration and establish positive relationships.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Paralegal certificate from an ABA-certified paralegal program.
• Experience using legal research tools; such as LexisNexis or Westlaw.
• Experience in a retail environment and/or healthcare setting

Responsibilities

• Works independently on a variety of legal matters, including negotiation with outside/opposing counsel and resolution of legal issues.
• Effectively and regularly communicates with legal counsel, staff and business to understand goals and achieve objectives.
• Works in coordination with Legal Counsel on complex legal issues and administers law department activities.
• Researches highly complex legal issues and relevant topics relating to Walgreens business operations.
• Investigates facts and applicable law and searches pertinent sources.
• Independently develops oral and/or written presentations to communicate findings.
• Represents Company externally to customers, vendors, opposing counsel and government agencies and resolves legal issues using negotiation and legal experience.
• Demonstrates independent judgment and critical thinking to proactively identify issues, appreciate commercial/operational impacts and report on findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyzes contracts, pleadings, statutes, decisions, correspondence and other documentation to independently evaluate legal position and makes recommendations to attorneys based on legal precedence or law.
• Drafts legal documents, communications and reports under minimal attorney supervision.
• Provides guidance by training, coaching or mentoring other paraprofessionals and/or other staff.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree