Litigation Paralegal and E-Discovery Specialist

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.

More information about NXP in the United States...

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.