Criminal Defense Attorney

Energy Innovation Corp; Grand Prairie (TX); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 73,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Personal development plan

Job summary

DE Shaw is seeking a temporary Criminal Defense Attorney to join a DE Shaw team focused on Tax Law decisions. The role emphasizes mentorship, clear documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Expect a 1-year engagement with a salary range of $53,000 to $73,000, plus a hybrid work schedule and a personalized development plan tailored to your career goals. Ideal candidates will bring mentorship experience, risk assessment ability, and familiarity with eDiscovery processes, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Mentorship abilities to support junior teammates.
• Strong risk assessment skills.
• Experience with eDiscovery practices and tools.
• Ability to collaborate across departments to meet shared goals.

Responsibilities

• Refuse to let Tax Law debt quietly accumulate on your watch.
• Represent DE Shaw professionally with vendors, partners, and customers.
• Document the why, not just the what, behind every Tax Law decision.
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet.
• Read a Criminal Law system you didn't build and improve it anyway.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across DE Shaw to hit shared goals.
• Keep records, systems, and shared files organized and up to date.
• Pair Paralegal Certification fluency with the patience to explain it plainly.

Skills

Mentorship

Risk Assessment

eDiscovery

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

This temporary Criminal Defense Attorney position sits at the intersection of Paralegal Certification and Customer Service, reporting into a DE Shaw team that values quiet competence. Net it out: temporary, $53,000 - $73,000, 1 years, ownership of the general outcome, and a DE Shaw team that has your back.

Key Responsibilities

• Refuse to let Tax Law debt quietly accumulate on your watch
• Represent DE Shaw professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
• Document the why, not just the what, behind every Tax Law decision
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet
• Read a Criminal Law system you didn't build and improve it anyway
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across DE Shaw to hit shared goals
• Keep records, systems, and shared files organized and up to date
• Pair Paralegal Certification fluency with the patience to explain it plainly

What You'll Bring

• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support junior teammates
• Demonstrated knack for making the high-energy feel manageable
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a mentorship-focused temporary team
• Proven aptitude for Risk Assessment, ideally near Grand Prairie, TX
• A knack for eDiscovery that colleagues quietly come to rely on

Think of DE Shaw as the flexible engine behind some of the most trusted general products on the market. Every underdog-spirited idea gets a fair hearing at DE Shaw, no matter the 1 of experience behind it.

You'll receive $53,000 - $73,000, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your general career goals.