Litigation Paralegal and E-Discovery Specialist

NXP Semiconductors; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NXP Semiconductors is seeking a Litigation Paralegal and E-Discovery Specialist to support the Legal & IP Team in litigation matters and complex e-discovery projects. The role involves coordinating document collection across organizations, handling legal notices, and assisting with witness coordination for depositions, hearings and trials.

Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, experience with e-discovery platforms (CasePoint), and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with e-discovery project management and large document sets.
• Comfortable with technology and diverse software systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide litigation support across claims and disputes, coordinating with attorneys.
• Manage e-discovery processes and document collection across the company.
• Coordinate employee witness identification, depositions, hearings and trials.
• Assist with intake of legal notices and budgeting for outside counsel.
• Collaborate with Sales, Engineering, Procurement and Finance on legal matters.

Job description

Litigation Paralegal and E-Discovery Specialist NXP Legal & IP Team Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Job Summary: Litigation Support: Primary role involves working with internal and external attorneys on legal claims and litigation matters. Heavy focus on all aspects of document collection, including managing complex e-discovery projects across all company organizations. Often involves product and technical information. Strong problem solving skills for electronic document collection, management and review is essential to the role. Administer litigation holds General support for NXP worldwide for patent, securities, antitrust, contract, trademark, tort, employment, and general business disputes. Work on employee witness identification and coordinating depositions, hearings and trials. Primary intake for various legal notices, including bankruptcy, notices of production, third party subpoenas, services of process and third-party document requests. Assist with tracking of all legal claim matters. Demonstrated excellence with organizational skills and attention to detail. Collaborate on outside counsel management, including budgeting and electronic bill review through CounselLink.

Key Challenges: High volume and 'fast-paced' flow of substantive work that demands efficient and quality-oriented responses. Critical thinking & problem solving is a must. Work in proactive, agile, collaborative, effective and creative ways to provide solutions daily to urgent and unexpected problems and deadlines. Ability to manage assigned work and prioritize on-the-spot support. Be able to work across regions and time zones due to the global nature of the company with respect for cultural differences. Cross functional aspects: Candidates need strong social and communication skills to interact with co-workers in a global company and explain various legal matters. Interested in Legal Technology and Law Ability to work well in a support function potentially interacting with all other organizations within the company including Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Marketing, Finance and Businesses.

Job Qualifications: Comfortable with technology and ability to utilize various software systems including e-discovery platforms such as CasePoint Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Sharepoint, Outlook, Co-Pilot), including manipulating large data sets in Excel. Additional IT experience is a plus. Bachelors or Associates Degree with interest in seeking Paralegal Certification. Experience with e-discovery project management involving large volumes of documentation. Have 7+ years experience working as a litigation paralegal in a large corporation or law firm (corporate experience preferred). Patent litigation experience a plus.

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through innovation. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is pushing boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. For more information, visit www.nxp.com.

Bright Minds. Bright Futures. We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we offer online and offline learning opportunities to help you develop some of your core and professional skills.

Commitment At NXP. We recognize NXP is a powerful change agent as we continue to deliver innovative solutions that advance a more sustainable future. We remain steadfast in our commitment to sustainability and making measurable year-on-year progress. Also, we aim to create an inclusive work environment and we will not tolerate racism, discrimination or harassment of any kind. We have programs in place focused on diversity, inclusion and equality.

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