Corporate Counsel - eDiscovery

T-Mobile US Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

T-Mobile USA is seeking an attorney with strong analytical skills to provide strategic legal guidance across business teams and to lead the eDiscovery program.

The role emphasizes managing legal holds, privilege review, and collaboration with internal stakeholders and outside counsel. Candidates should have significant eDiscovery and litigation experience within a corporate setting and be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Qualifications

• JD required or equivalent law degree.
• Experience in eDiscovery, litigation, arbitration, or regulatory matters.
• Ability to guide and train review teams and outside counsel.

Responsibilities

• Manage eDiscovery holds, custodian interviews, and discovery strategy.
• Provide privilege guidance and oversee document review and redactions.
• Lead negotiations with opposing counsel and coordinate with outside counsel.
• Advise stakeholders on procedural and evidentiary issues affecting discovery.
• Direct outside counsel to align with case strategy and rules.
• Maintain defensibility docs and support tech projects affecting discovery.

Skills

eDiscovery

Legal analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Education

J.D.

Job description

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!

Are you looking for a work environment which encourages teamwork and where you are respected, supported, challenged, and can grow and advance your career? If your answer is "yes," you should join T-Mobile's All-Star Legal Team!

T-Mobile has an exciting opportunity for an attorney with exceptional analytical and communication skills and a talent for creative problem-solving to provide legal guidance to our dynamic business teams. A successful candidate will be ready to jump into action, working closely with experts across the legal department and business partners to provide practical, strategic legal guidance and design and implement creative, simple solutions to address complex legal and technological challenges.

Manage the legal and procedural components of T-Mobile's eDiscovery program, including legal holds, privilege review, custodian interviews, and matter strategy. Provide legal direction on managed document review and discovery motion practice and represent the organization in meet-and-confer negotiations and discovery-related proceedings. Advise internal stakeholders on procedural and evidentiary issues affecting discovery scope, privilege, and production. Direct outside counsel engaged on eDiscovery matters to ensure alignment with case strategy and procedural rules. Apply eDiscovery-specific legal expertise to matter logistics decisions that carry downstream cost and compliance consequences.

What you'll do in your role.

• Manage legal holds, custodian interviews, and discovery strategy execution across assigned litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters.
• Provide privilege guidance and legal-strategy direction on managed document review, including reviewer training and legal sign-off on privilege logs and redactions.
• Support discovery motion practice and represent eDiscovery in meet-and-confer conferences and negotiations with opposing counsel.
• Engage and direct outside counsel on eDiscovery matters to align execution with case strategy and procedural rules.
• Advise internal stakeholders on procedural and evidentiary eDiscovery issues; collaborate with Legal Operations and project management on discovery execution.
• Maintain defensibility documentation and contribute legal input on operational and technology projects affecting discovery

The experience you'll bring.

• JDwith at least three 2 - 4 years of experience
• Preferred5+ years Practicing law, with at least 3 years focused on eDiscovery, litigation, arbitration, or regulatory matters, including managing discovery strategy and execution (legal holds, collections, productions)
• 2-4 years Providing legal direction to managed document review teams or outside counsel vendors
• 2-4 years In‑house and/or top law firm transitional experience in a corporate legal environment
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with an ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance
• Comfort engaging with stakeholders at all levels of an organization, from technical teams to senior leadership
• The ability to manage multiple priorities effective in a fast-moving environment

At 18 years of age

Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel :

Travel Required (Yes/No): No

DOT Regulated :

DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No

Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No

Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity: $141,680 - $255,530

National Base Pay Range: $123,200 - $222,200

The Total Target Cash Earnings Opportunity represents the expected total cash compensation for this role at target performance, combining base salary and annual incentive opportunity. Actual earnings may be higher or lower depending on individual performance and overall company results.

The base pay range reflects the compensation component of this opportunity. The candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will differ within this range. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ378793¶dox=1

At T‑Mobile, employees in regular, non‑temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Corporate employees are eligible for a year‑end bonus based on individual and/or company performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonus based on individual and/or team performance. The incentive compo