Legal Specialist, I

Employer
Adecco USA
Location
Mountain View
Salary
Competitive
Posted
May 27, 2023
Closes
May 30, 2023
Practice
Litigation
Position
Trademark Agent
Contract Type
Permanent

The "World's Largest Search Engine" is hiring for a temporary position.

Position – Legal Specialist

Project Overview:

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Legal crafts innovative approaches for handling some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Legal lets you take on unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping build innovative and important products for users around the world.

Overall Responsibilities:

As a Litigation Paralegal, you'll work alongside in–house Counsel, outside Counsel, business/product teams, and Discovery team members to research legal claims made against in a variety of matters. The types of matters may include litigation (such as patent infringement, privacy, antitrust, breach of contract, trademark, copyright, class actions), regulatory inquiries/litigation and internal investigations. You will also contribute to projects related to tool development and process improvements to increase operational efficiencies.

Top 3 Daily Responsibilities:

  • Work alongside Litigation counsel and collaborate with teams across the Company including legal, product, business and others.
  • Conduct fact–finding investigations, gather information, identify documents/data to preserve and/or collect in response to discovery or internal investigations.
  • Coordinate with external legal counsel on specific assignments, review preliminary advice and assist with providing internal recommendations.
  • Support or drive case management including managing specific workflows, task lists, status updates, timing, and overall case organization.
  • Support or drive projects related to tooling, process, or policy improvements.
  • Mandatory Skills/Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of litigation support experience as a Paralegal or Legal Specialist at a law firm or in–house legal department.
  • Strong understanding of civil litigation and/or regulatory investigation response procedures.
  • Non–Essential Skills/Qualifications:

  • Experience working on complex discovery, internet technology and patent and/or general litigation (e.g., copyright, privacy, antitrust).
  • Effective analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills and a commitment to professionalism and collegiality.
  • Ability to effectively and efficiently manage numerous cases and/or projects under time–sensitive deadlines.
  • Flexible and adaptable in a fast–paced, innovative and collaborative environment.
  • Intermediate understanding of Google applications (ie. Workspaces, formerly GSuite or Enterprise).


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