Senior Attorney, Litigation & Employment (R-19034)

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Job Summary

Senior Attorney role assisting with global management of employment law and commercial litigation; providing day-to-day legal support for company’s human resources team in key areas, such as employee relations, investigations, accommodations, performance management, compensation/benefits, compliance with labor/employment law and employee-related agreements, policies and training; handling and resolving third party disputes, including complaints and disputes from subject businesses and customers, as well as supporting relevant business teams; participate in M&A diligence and integration; managing litigation-related operations, including global dispute/litigation reporting, oversight of subpoena responses, insurance reporting and primary responsibility for legal hold process; provide support to and liaise with the compliance team on compliance issues and policies.

Essential Key Responsibilities

Employment Law – Assist with day-to-day legal support for the company’s human resources team for all employee matters, including employee relations, investigations, disability accommodations, performance management, compliance with labor/employment law, reductions-in-force, employee classification/exemption status and hiring, as well as benefits- related matters.  Support United States and global human resources teams, working with outside counsel as appropriate.  Responsible for updating employee-related agreements, such as new hire agreement and company severance agreement, as well as maintaining repository of current agreements. Evaluate applicability of post-employment restrictions to potential hires and former employees. Review, develop, and draft policies and procedures, necessary to support the proper and legal functioning of human resources team. Actively monitor developments in employment law.

Litigation – Assist with management of all legal disputes on a global basis, including all litigation, discovery-related matters and administrative actions, such as EEOC charges.  Manage (where appropriate, together with outside counsel) discovery and e-discovery process, including collection and review of records subject to production in litigations and other disputes.  Oversee legal hold life-cycle and ensure maintenance of defensible process, including drafting and issuing legal hold notices/related preservation notices; engaging in  requisite record preservation/retention  in connection with legal hold process; interviewing records custodians to ensure preservation of all necessary records; and administering/maintaining current legal hold record-keeping, including updating appropriate logs and overseeing storage of electronic and other assets subject to legal holds. Develop and draft litigation, discovery and legal hold policy and process documents. Implement litigation operations management procedure ensuring compliance with stakeholder requirements (e.g., finance) at the beginning and end of litigations. Produce global reporting on litigations and disputes, support quarterly disclosure process, including the management of legal reserves, and manage reporting to insurance company. Provide support to and liaise with the compliance team on compliance issues and policies.

Dispute Resolution and Support Customer/Data Operations – Manage/resolve claims/disputes with third parties, including but not limited to vendors, customers, and data subjects. Initiate, respond to and handle cease and desist matters.  Serve as primary support for customer and data operations groups in handling claims/disputes/complaints/requests for information and subpoenas. Provide training and guidance, as appropriate, to customer and data operations groups, on the handling of disputes. Responsible for metrics and data collection on complaints/disputes.

Essential Skills and/or Certifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) with 5+ years of employment litigation/counseling experience with a law firm, including independent handling of pleadings, discovery, motions, etc.; commercial litigation experience a plus.
• Substantial experience in e-discovery, including investigation, identification, preservation, review and production of electronic records.
• Substantial experience with legal hold process including drafting legal hold notices, engaging in defensible pr