Company: American Express
Position: Law Clerk
Location: Sunrise, FL
Description: With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and let’s lead the way together.
The Role
As part of the Global Litigation and Investigations Team within the General Counsel’s Organization, and under the supervision of the Manager & Counsel, the Law Clerk is responsible for the end-to-end processing of garnishments, levies, and other similar legal orders and providing other administrative and litigation support as required.
The Law Clerk will be responsible for:
- Intake, processing and responding to garnishments, levies, asset freezes, restraining notices and information subpoenas and similar legal orders as required.
- Providing litigation support for discovery requests.
- Providing administrative support to the legal order processing team.
- Ensuring that responses to third-party legal orders meet the requirements of any applicable federal and state laws.
- Consistently demonstrating a strong regulatory understanding of the policies and procedures related to processing legal orders.
- Escalating legal orders to the Manager & Counsel when required.
- Performing other work-related duties as required.
- Supporting projects as needed.
Contact: Mario A. Magana, mario.a.magana1@aexp.com
Qualifications:
- Prior experience as a legal assistant in a law firm or in house legal department role preferred.
- Experience processing levies, garnishments, and other legal orders.
- Self-motivated, high level of personal energy and commitment
- Experience applying UDAP and the Truth in Lending Act
- Experience in development and marketing of financial products is a plus