Product Safety & Incident Response Counsel

Paragon Legal; Novi (MI); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 138,000; Full time

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Job summary

Paragon Legal is seeking an experienced Product Safety & Incident Response Counsel to lead responses to consumer product safety incidents, covering product liability and regulatory matters. The attorney will evaluate claims, coordinate with insurers and outside counsel, and guide recall and corrective actions.

The role requires CPSC/NHTSA experience, U.S.-based work, and the ability to support global responses in a hybrid arrangement with three days onsite in Novi, Michigan, and occasional

Qualifications

• Experience handling product safety incidents and product liability matters.
• Familiarity with regulatory reporting obligations and agency responses.
• Experience with recalls and investigations and working with cross-functional teams.
• US-based with ability to support global responses.

Responsibilities

• Lead responses to product safety incidents involving consumer products.
• Evaluate customer claims and advise on settlement strategy.
• Coordinate with insurers, outside counsel, engineers, and technical experts.

Skills

Product safety

Regulatory reporting

Product liability

Litigation strategy

NHTSA experience

CPSC experience

Job description

The Position

A global technology and consumer electronics company is seeking an experienced Product Safety & Incident Response Counsel to support its growing legal and compliance function. This attorney will take a lead role in responding to product safety incidents involving consumer products, with responsibility spanning both product liability matters and regulatory response.

The attorney will evaluate product-related customer claims, work with insurers, outside counsel, engineers, and technical experts, assess litigation and settlement strategy, and help manage matters involving property damage and personal injury. The role will also advise on regulatory reporting obligations, draft and review agency responses, manage investigations and information requests, and support corrective actions and recalls.

Strong candidates will bring meaningful product liability/product litigation experience together with government regulatory experience involving product safety incidents. CPSC experience is particularly relevant, and attorneys with NHTSA product safety and recall experience are also strongly encouraged given the transferable experience with defect investigations, reporting obligations, agency inquiries, and recalls. Candidates must be U.S.-based and comfortable supporting global responses.

This 40 hour a week project starts ASAP. The company is specifically seeking candidates interested in potential conversion to a full-time hybrid positionwith three days onsite in Novi, Michigan preferred, with Northridge or Sunnyvale, California; Richardson, Texas; and Stamford, Connecticut as alternative locations.

The hourly rate for this assignment is expected to be between $95and $100. This range is an estimate; an employee’s compensation will be based on the employee’s qualifications, skillset, and relevant experience, specific client needs, project requirements, and other considerations permitted by law.

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About Paragon

Paragon is on a mission to make in-house legal practice a better experience for everyone. We provide legal departments at leading corporations with high quality, flexible legal talent to help them meet their changing workload demands. At the same time, we offer talented attorneys and other legal professionals a way to practice law outside the traditional career path, empowering them to achieve both their professional and personal goals. Our corporate clients include the nation’s top, cutting-edge technology, healthcare, consumer products companies, and more. In the last several years we have taken our strong reputation in the Bay Area and expanded to clients and candidates across the country.

At Paragon, we put people first, take pride in operating with integrity, and aspire for excellence in everything we do. Our unique attorney-led attorney development team will support you through and beyond your initial project.

Our Commitments

Equal Opportunity Employer:Paragon Legal Group LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. Paragon Legal makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

San Francisco Fair Chance:Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records and do not conduct background screens prior to an offer of employment.

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