Senior Litigation Paralegal

About the Company

At Tanger, our mission is to create shopping destinations that entertain, inspire, and bring our communities together. Guided by our vision to lead the evolution of shopping, we’ve spent over four decades innovating the retail experience as a premier owner and operator of outlet and open-air centers.

We live our values every day: we lead with integrity, foster inclusion, and embrace innovation to drive meaningful change. These principles come to life through our actions—we build trust, challenge the status quo, win together, and continuously push boundaries to deliver exceptional value and experiences to make it happen.

Tanger team members are our most important asset, and we’re proud to offer an environment where everyone is welcomed, respected, heard, supported, and able to thrive. Our emphasis on relationships, employee growth, and exciting career opportunities sets us apart. And our spirit of innovation, expertise, and relentless pursuit of excellence brings us together.

About the Role

In our continued mission to create shopping destinations that entertain, inspire, and bring communities together, Tanger is seeking a

Senior Litigation Paralegal

This role offers the opportunity to work both independently and collaboratively,

supported by a flexible, Teams-driven workplace designed to empower connection, innovation, and impact across geographies.

About the Tanger Perks:

• Competitive salary

• Generous Suite of Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits

• 401(k) match

• Paid PTO and Holidays

• Paid Volunteer Hours

• Team Member Paid Leave Programs

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness Incentives

• Group Life and Disability Insurance

• Voluntary Benefits

• Team Member Discounts

• And more…

How can you contribute to what we do?

The Senior Litigation Paralegal position will provide administrative and litigation support to the Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and General Counsel. The Paralegal must have extensive contract knowledge, familiarity with real estate law and civil litigation (i.e. docket systems like PACER, civil and local procedure, case deadlines and calendaring, interaction with courts’ office administration) and have excellent organizational skills. Absolute confidentiality, good judgment, organization skills, and strong attention to detail are required in all duties and any other tasks as assigned.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Draft routine letters, notices, pleadings, discovery, affidavits, orders, and other legal documents:
• Proofread and edit legal documents and other written materials to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain legal calendaring system to ensure timely compliance with various legal deadlines.
• Analyze and coordinate the gathering of information, materials, documents, reports, and evidence which is necessary to respond to discovery and assist attorney(s) with preparing responses.
• Utilize pertinent information to make independent decisions and recommendations to the supervising attorney.
• Correspond with internal client, various court personnel, local or outside counsel and opposing counsel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by supervising attorney and/or personnel.
• Answer questions regarding the meaning of certain lease provisions for various departments in the company.
• Perform comprehensive research for leasing representatives relating to specific business and legal issues.
• Comprehension and application of state and federal court process and procedure as it relates to litigation.
• Participate in legal/litigation meetings and legal/leasing meetings and department meetings.
• Perform administrative duties required of the position including reviewing and updating status report.
• Perform special projects.

COMPETENCIES:

This list is illustrative only and not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class.

• Relationship Building - Ability to establish positive professional working relationships and provide additional value within the department, across business units and with tenants. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Problem Solving & Decision Making - Make decisions within established laws and guidelines.  Strong ability to analyze and problem solve.  Self-starter with proven ability to work independently.  Proven ability to prioritize work and efficient time management of tasks
• Team and Collaboration - Foster team collaboration and cohesion.  Help the team accomplish goals and objectives by breaking down shared goals into smaller tasks.  Support implementation of team decisions. Proven ability to work closely with a legal team

• Confidentiality & Ethics - Keep all privileged information confidential except when required by law.

• Substantive Knowledge - Understand basic contract and leasing principles and law, state and federal process and procedure. Proficient drafting skills and strong attention to detail

• Ability to read, write and comprehend the English language.
• Adhere to Tanger’s Core Values: Build Trust, Challenge the Status Quo, Win Together, and Make it Happen

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• A bachelor’s degree or a Paralegal Certification
• Minimum of five (5) plus years of experience working on litigation cases

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Five (5) plus years’ experience working on litigation files, to include organizing pleadings and discovery, participating in discovery, managing deadlines and calendars, drafting notices and pleadings, communicating with court personnel, parties, witnesses and opposing counsel.

Experience the difference and be a part of our extraordinary team! 

EEO and E-verify

Tanger values diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and unique contributions and is committed to fostering an environment where everyone is valued and respected. Our talent management approach, which includes policy development, training, goals, and targets, is aimed at fostering a fair, inclusive, collaborative, and innovative culture.

Tanger is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. 

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[email protected].

All recruitment is managed internally; unsolicited agency submissions from recruiters or staffing agencies will not be considered.

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