About this role:

The Wells Fargo Law Department has an opening for a Paralegal Associate within its Litigation Section . This individual will be a member of the Complex Subpoena and Garnishment Team in Charlotte, NC. The team provides legal support to Wells Fargo's Legal Support Group (LS), an operations unit that manages legal orders served on the bank. (i.e., liens, levies, garnishments, summons and subpoenas). The team is responsible for handling a high volume of escalated matters from LS that require Legal Department support. These are complex, complicated, non-routine matters that need oversight from a paralegal or attorney. These matters include but are not limited to, criminal subpoenas, grand jury subpoenas, administrative subpoenas, civil investigative demands, and subpoenas served by state regulators/AGs. The team also handles third-party requests for data preservation and other third-party orders requiring Wells Fargo to produce documents or witness testimony. The position requires frequent telephone, email and written communication with the Bank's outside counsel, opposing counsel, bank customers and bank employees. This position is available in Charlotte NC and Minneapolis MN.

In this role, you will:

• Will manage a caseload that may average 40 plus matters per month and be expected to demonstrate detailed research and/or factual investigation skills in response to requests which may involve substantial legal or factual complexity.
• Will open and assign matters to Paralegal and/or Attorneys.
• Researches and resolves routine legal inquiries.
• Will handle matter types including but not limited to fraud/forgery, named witness appearances and review of correspondence/call recordings via eDiscovery.
• Will occasionally handle certain administrative duties, such as reporting, processing document productions, and invoicing.
• Will be expected to have prior experience using legal platforms, financial research tools and applications (Hogan, Westlaw, Pacer, etc.) to research and resolve issues.
• Will be able to identify specific as well as broad, underlying issues involving the production of bank records.
• Will have demonstrated an ability to work well with attorneys and business clients who may have different styles.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ months of Paralegal experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working as a litigation paralegal
• Experience with E-Discovery
• Experience in the Financial Services industry, especially in banking
• Experience handling Third Party Subpoenas and various legal orders requesting bank records
• Experience processing Federal and State Civil and Criminal orders
• Demonstrated experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with clients and external contacts

Job Expectations:

• Paralegal certification may be required in some states
• This job offers a hybrid working schedule

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