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Legal Operations Associate / Associate Paralegal

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Job Summary

The Legal Operations Associate supports corporate legal functions with a focus on entity management, governance, and documentation. This role assists in forming, maintaining, and dissolving various legal entities, coordinating filings, and preparing corporate documents. The ideal candidate brings at least two years of corporate legal experience, strong organizational skills, and proficiency with legal systems and Microsoft Office tools. A paralegal certificate or equivalent qualifications in legal studies is strongly preferred.

This role will report full time on-site at our corporate office in the Sorrento Valley area of San Diego, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist senior paralegals with all aspects of entity management including forming, dissolving, and maintaining domestic legal entities (LLCs, LPs, C-Corps, REITs), and corporate drafting, including resolutions, consents, certificates, charters, bylaws
• Working knowledge of entity management systems and registered agent database (CSC preferred)
• Follows-up on delegated assignments (both internally and externally) and tracks to completion
• Coordinates execution and delivery of closing agreements
• Works closely with and supports department members, including preparing documents for signature and mailing / filing / printing / scanning
• Becomes familiar with Fairfield’s information storage system and fulfils requests to obtain stored information

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Our Company

At Fairfield, we are proud to be a leader in the multifamily housing industry. We are passionate about creating exceptional apartment living. Fairfield has developed and acquired over 1000 communities since 1985. We are an award-winning company that proudly employs over 1,500 associates who are dedicated to serving our customers at our apartment communities located in over 30 markets nationwide. We value an open-dialogue environment that encourages growth and sharing of ideas.

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Estimated Rate of Pay :

$28.85 - $38.46

This position is non-exempt; the range above reflects hourly rates.

The pay range displayed for this position is determined by skills and experience required, location and job complexity. Potential job offers may vary based on the skills, education, and experience an individual candidate holds. This range reflects base rate only and does not include allowances, perks, commissions or bonuses applicable to this position (if any). In addition to base salary, Fairfield offers all full time associates the following, upon meeting eligibility requirements :

Pay range is a midpoint-based calculation. Fairfield complies with all wage and hour laws, including minimum wage and salary exempt requirements.

Job duties for this position include : work safely and cooperatively with others, adhere to performance standards despite stressful conditions, communicate effectively and respectfully to ensure exceptional customer service, and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records where permitted by law.

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