Corporate Counsel - Litigation, Enterprise Risk

Amazon • Arlington, VA

7d • $153,900 - $229,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon's legal department is looking for a smart, experienced, creative, and highly motivated litigator to help manage Amazon's worldwide portfolio of commercial litigation disputes. You'll handle novel legal issues arising from new technologies across a broad spectrum of litigation. A day in the life: You'll spend your days managing consumer and commercial litigation, advising internal clients on emerging legal issues, and working to build new mechanisms to minimize litigation risk. About the team: We are a tight-knit team of litigators that cover a broad spectrum of litigation across all Amazon businesses. We routinely handle novel legal issues arising from new technologies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience
• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
• Experience building case strategies, identifying risks, and aligning legal tactics with business goals
• Can distill complex legal issues into clear, concise business guidance
• Knowledge of internet, software, and media industries and the legal and regulatory environment in which they operate or equivalent
• Knowledge of the ethical considerations surrounding AI in the legal context, such as confidentiality, accuracy, and bias prevention

Nice To Haves

• Experience presenting legal issues to executive leadership
• Experience as a primary strategist on complex litigation including independently developing case theory, making high-stakes judgment calls, and driving outcomes without close supervision
• Experience in complex domestic and international business litigation, including trial experience and counseling parties and witnesses in pre-dispute and dispute resolution or equivalent context
• Experience handling class-action defense litigation across multiple matters, including Rule 23 class certification

Responsibilities

• Design and implement litigation strategy with respect to specific cases
• Select, manage, and improve the performance of outside counsel
• Advise leadership on a wide range of novel legal and business risks and opportunities
• Work with witnesses and data repositories to prepare for trial
• Coordinate with public policy and public relations teams on matters relating to litigation
• Design and implement innovative processes that enable small teams to make high-velocity decisions at scale
• Provide daily cross-functional leadership to stakeholders on legal problems involving contract, business tort, consumer protection, real estate, transportation, advertising, privacy, security, class action, and First Amendment law

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior