Corporate Counsel, Litigation

Mercedes-Benz Vans; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz USA is seeking a Senior Attorney to support class action and consumer litigation, including advertising and marketing law. You will advise cross-functional teams, manage outside counsel, and guide strategic litigation decisions to minimize risk while protecting the brand.

The role requires strong writing, legal research, and the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, with hybrid work at the Sandy Springs, GA office.

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with at least 5 years of litigation experience.
• Experience in class action, consumer protection, and/or product liability.
• Experience advising on advertising and marketing compliance.
• Strong writing, communication, and issue-spotting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel and to work in a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of internal and external stakeholders on class action matters.
• Provide guidance to business units to resolve customer claims and legal issues.
• Review marketing materials for compliance and accuracy across channels.
• Develop proactive strategies for resolving litigation efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Coordinate discovery, prepare witnesses, and interface with outside counsel.
• Lead interdisciplinary teams and collaborate with corporate communications.
• Keep legal management informed of significant lawsuits and issues.
• Supervise paralegals supporting litigation-related work.
• Work to reduce risk and conduct formal legal research as needed.
• Leverage AI and other tools to manage legal topics and workflows.

Skills

Legal research

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Deadline-driven

Team collaboration

Education

JD required

Tools

AI tools

Legal databases

Job description

About Us

Mercedes-Benz USA is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. In our people, you will find tremendous commitment to our corporate values. Our products and employees reflect this dedication. We are looking for diverse top-notch individuals to join the Mercedes-Benz Team and uphold these hallmarks.

Job Overview

This position is responsible for supporting the legal needs of Mercedes-Benz with a focus on class action and consumer litigation as well as advertising and marketing law, and cross-functional business counseling. This role provides practical, business-oriented guidance and helps ensure compliant, customer-focused practices across the organization. This position may also be responsible for other legal topics which impact Mercedes-Benz.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of internal and external stakeholders to address a wide-variety of class action litigation, including matters related to Magnuson-Moss, breach of warranty, product liability, and other claims.
• Provides guidance to MBUSA's internal business units in order to effectively resolve customer claims and ensures they are properly informed of legal issues relating to their activities.
• Reviews marketing and advertising materials (digital, print, social, email, broadcast) for legal compliance and accuracy including supporting compliance of website content, online and digital tools, and customer-journey communications.
• Develop proactive strategies to evaluate legal claims and creates processes for the cost-effective and strategic resolution of litigation and pre-litigation claims. Creates measures to control costs, comply with operating budgets, and review and approve outside counsel costs.
• Responsible for coordinating discovery responses, preparing and identifying appropriate witnesses, appearing on behalf of the company in connection with legal matters, effectuating strategy, controlling outside counsel expenses, and coordinating litigation strategy with colleagues from around the business.
• Effectively guides and leads interdisciplinary and/or international working groups and teams.
• Collaborating with corporate communications on press releases and social media content.
• Keeping legal management and business teams apprised of significant lawsuits and legal issues; work with business teams on root cause analysis of lawsuits
• Supervising paralegal(s) who support litigation-related work.
• Working with legal and business teams on how to reduce risk
• Performing legal research as necessary and documenting findings via formal memorandum
• Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and other tools to efficiently manage legal topics.
• Providing general legal support on ad‑hoc legal questions, compliance questions, and risk mitigation topics.

Knowledge and Skills

• Be organized and capable of meeting all deadlines.
• Be a quick thinker, with an ability to understand and interpret information promptly and effectively.
• Convey complex information in a timely, efficient, and easily understood manner both verbally and written.
• Be self-driven, motivated to help and able to perform with minimal supervision in a team environment.
• Communicate clearly to all levels of the organization.
• Work independently and in a team environment.

Qualifications

• Licensed as an attorney to practice law, with a minimum of 5 years as a practicing lawyer with law firm or in‑house litigation experience.
• Significant experience litigating class action, consumer protection and/or product liability claims preferably in the automotive sector.
• Experience counseling on advertising and marketing compliance (e.g., FTC compliance, state consumer protection/UDAP statutes, etc.) is strongly preferred, in addition to class action and consumer litigation experience.
• Strong writing, communication, and issue‑spotting skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent professional and academic credentials.
• Have excellent legal research and writing skills
• A willingness to learn about company products, activities, structure, and third‑party business relationships.
• Strong attention to detail with above‑average multi‑tasking skills and the ability to adapt quickly to situations that require immediate transition.
• Ability to leverage AI, technology, software, and databases to manage workflow efficiently and collaborate with other stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to represent the company’s interests and other business activities.
• Ability to work in person on a “hybrid” or other schedule as determined by corporate policy or business needs at Mercedes-Benz USA’s Sandy Springs, GA office.

EEO Statement

Mercedes-Benz USA is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that appreciates and leverages the diversity of our team. We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, physical or other disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.