Legal Specialist

About the Opportunity

This is a position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.

The Legal Department supports FirstEnergy transmission activities by providing legal, corporate governance, transactional, and administrative support to the Transmission function and the transmission subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures it serves.

The successful candidate will support the Corporate Counsel & Secretary, Transmission function and collaborate with Transmission leadership, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Regulatory, Operations, Development, Project Management, and other business partners on corporate governance, board and committee matters, entity management, transactions, records, and related legal processes.

The role supports attorneys, directors, officers, and business partners by preparing governance materials, coordinating approvals and signatures, maintaining corporate records, tracking obligations and deadlines, and helping legal and business matters move efficiently from intake through completion.

The position reports to the Vice President, Associate General Counsel (Securities, Corporate, Finance, M&A, Commercial, Environmental, Benefits), who is located at the corporate headquarters in Akron, Ohio.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to an attorney and performs work under attorney supervision. The role supports corporate governance, entity management, transactional, and legal administrative processes but does not independently render legal advice or perform attorney-only functions.

Key Responsibilities 

• Prepare, revise, proofread, and organize board and committee agendas, resolutions, consents, minutes, presentations, meeting books, and related governance materials under attorney supervision.

• Coordinate board, committee, member, shareholder, and officer approval processes, including meeting logistics, document circulation, signature collection, filing, and follow-up on action items.

• Maintain corporate records for transmission subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures, including minute books, governance documents, organizational records, delegations of authority, and director and officer information.
• Track governance calendars, recurring approvals, filing requirements, entity deadlines, meeting dates, material due dates, and open action items; provide timely reminders and status updates to attorneys and business partners.
• Support entity formation, qualification, restructuring, dissolution, and ongoing entity maintenance activities, including coordination with registered agents, state filing offices, and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with preparation and administration of transaction documents, capital contribution and funding approvals, intercompany agreements, organizational actions, and closing materials under attorney supervision.

• Coordinate legal intake, routing, review, approval, execution, and storage of governance and corporate documents to promote timely and consistent completion of matters.

• Prepare governance summaries, approval checklists, organizational charts, status reports, trackers, and metrics for legal, business, and leadership use.
• Conduct legal and corporate research on governance requirements, internal precedent, organizational documents, and applicable corporate law, and compile findings for attorney review.
• Maintain organized legal and corporate files, manage version control, and ensure accurate storage and retrieval of executed documents, board materials, correspondence, and supporting records.
• Draft correspondence, notices, certifications, signature packages, officer and director questionnaires, and internal communications related to governance, entity, and transaction matters.
• Support due diligence, audits, regulatory requests, discovery, document collection, and issue resolution involving transmission entities and governance records as directed by attorneys.
• Help improve governance and legal operations processes, templates, trackers, document repositories, and technology-enabled workflows. 

• Perform other legal support duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in paralegal studies, legal studies, business, corporate governance, or a related discipline.
• Four or more years of relevant experience in legal support, paralegal work, corporate governance, entity management, transactional support, or corporate administration.
• Experience preparing, reviewing, organizing, and tracking board materials, resolutions, minutes, consents, entity records, transaction documents, or related legal documentation.
• Strong writing, proofreading, organization, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to produce accurate materials for executive and board-level audiences.
• Strong project coordination and deadline management skills with the ability to manage multiple entities, matters, and priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to work effectively with attorneys, executives, directors, officers, business teams, and external service providers while handling confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to work under attorney supervision, exercise sound judgment, and escalate legal, governance, or business questions appropriately.

• Ability to respond to internal client needs in a manner consistent with corporate values, business objectives, governance requirements, and risk tolerance.

Preferred Qualifications

• ABA Paralegal Certification, Certified Corporate Governance Professional credential, or equivalent preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, Copilot, and PowerPoint; experience with document management, board portal, entity management, and workflow systems preferred.
• Experience supporting corporate secretarial, board and committee, subsidiary governance, joint venture, finance, or transactional matters.
• Familiarity with SharePoint, SAP, NetDocuments, board portal software, entity management platforms, electronic signature tools, or similar systems.

• Experience supporting utility, energy, infrastructure, transmission, or other regulated-industry legal and governance matters.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.

Safety

Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.