Why Ryan?
Hybrid Work Options
Award-Winning Culture
Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
401K with Employer Match
Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
Fertility Assistance Program
Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service
This is a fully remote role with very little to no travel.
Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan Legal Service’s Key Results:
- Contribute to and promote a positive work environment and team experience.
- May be required to interface directly with government vendors, and internal clients.
- Assist in managing an active litigation docket of district courts.
- Assist third party attorneys in daily litigation including scheduling mediations and settlement conferences.
- Act as a liaison between the firm’s clients and third party attorneys to provide status updates on properties and to obtain documentation needed for discovery.
Client:
- Provide support to third party attorneys, involving such activities as organizing and maintaining files; and preparing communications and filings.
- Draft pleadings, motions, and discovery under the supervision of an attorney.
- Communicate clearly and concisely with team members, clients, opposing counsel, and court personnel regarding a wide range of administrative and litigation matters.
- Provide a positive, supportive, team-oriented work environment including various miscellaneous functions, such as open and distribute mail, screen calls, schedule appointments, and arrange meetings and conferences.
- Work collaboratively with others to enhance staff resources.
Value:
- Possess strong organization, effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Assist with coordinating the flow of legal documents for prompt and correct disposition.
- Assist with developing and implementing processes for the efficient management of matters.
- Assist with managing outside counsel, via e-billing tools for budgeting and payments.
- Establish and maintain confidential legal files and record systems, and official documents
- Calculate figures and amounts, define and solve problems, collects data, establishes facts independently, with accuracy and attention to detail
- Observe and maintain confidentiality of Firm matters.
- Complete special projects as and perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and/or ABA approved Paralegal certificate (preferred) with a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as a Paralegal in a corporate setting or law firm.
- Self-motivated, drives matters/projects to closure.
- Able to drive through-put to keep up with high volume and high velocity of work.
- Experienced at prioritizing and following up so that outstanding items are completed.
- Able to focus on consistency in delivering on projects and working with others.
- Proven ability to take initiative to proactively provide support and offer assistance.
- Proven ability to take initiative to identify issues and solutions and make recommendations.
- Adept at seeking insights/clarification for project completion for all Department projects.
Agile mindset, responds quickly and positively to shifting priorities, requests, and demands
- Team-oriented, open to input from others, building relationships across organization.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Zoom and Internet navigation/research. In addition, this position requires advanced experience with Workday.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role has no direct reports.
Work Environment:
- Standard indoor working environment
Remote
- Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
- Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm in person and via e-mail and telephone.
- Position requires regular interaction with clients and interface with external vendors in person and via e-mail and telephone.
- Independent travel requirement: less than 10%.
The Company makes offers based on many factors, including qualifications and experience.
Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation.
The base salary hiring range is about $80,0000 to $100,000 depending on experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran
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Skills Required
- Minimum 3-5 years experience as a Paralegal in a corporate setting or law firm
- Bachelor's degree
- ABA-approved Paralegal certificate
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Zoom, and internet research
- Advanced experience with Workday
- Experience managing litigation dockets, scheduling mediations/settlement conferences, and assisting with daily litigation tasks
- Ability to draft pleadings, motions, and discovery under attorney supervision
- Experience managing outside counsel and using e-billing tools for budgeting and payments
- Strong organizational, communication, research, analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize multiple projects
- Maintain confidentiality of firm matters and legal files
Ryan Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ryan and has not been reviewed or approved by Ryan.
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Flexible Benefits — The myRyan model provides results-based flexibility for exempt staff alongside hybrid/remote options, while non‑exempt roles use a PTO bank and receive paid holidays. Many benefits are available from the date of hire, reinforcing practical flexibility in how benefits are used.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and fertility support are highlighted as meaningful family-oriented offerings. Consistent emphasis on family-friendly policies positions this area as a standout.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A performance-driven culture offers bonuses and commissions in certain tracks, with role descriptions noting meaningful variable pay beyond base salary. Total compensation is often characterized as strong where these incentives are prominent.
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What We Do
Ryan is a tax services firm providing tax advisory and consulting services on a multi-jurisdictional basis. Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 2,500 professionals and associates serves over 14,000 clients in more than 50 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies.
