Litigation Paralegal and E-Discovery Specialist

NXP Semiconductors • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Litigation Paralegal and E-Discovery Specialist role within the NXP Legal & IP Team focuses on Litigation and Dispute Resolution. This position primarily involves providing litigation support to internal and external attorneys on legal claims and litigation matters. A key aspect of the role is managing complex e-discovery projects, including document collection across various company organizations, often involving product and technical information. The specialist is expected to possess strong problem-solving skills for electronic document collection, management, and review. Responsibilities also include administering litigation holds and offering general legal support for NXP worldwide across a broad range of disputes such as patent, securities, antitrust, contract, trademark, tort, employment, and general business matters. The role requires working on employee witness identification, coordinating depositions, hearings, and trials, and serving as the primary intake for various legal notices. Organizational skills and attention to detail are crucial, as is collaboration on outside counsel management, including budgeting and electronic bill review. The position operates in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, demanding efficient and quality-oriented responses, critical thinking, and proactive problem-solving. The global nature of NXP necessitates working across regions and time zones, requiring strong social and communication skills to interact with co-workers and explain legal matters across all company organizations. An interest in legal technology is also beneficial.

Requirements

• 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.
• Bachelors or Associates Degree with interest in seeking Paralegal Certification.
• Experience with e-discovery project management involving large volumes of documentation.
• 7+ years experience working as a litigation paralegal in a large corporation or law firm (corporate experience preferred).

Nice To Haves

• Additional IT experience is a plus.
• Patent litigation experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Working with internal and external attorneys on legal claims and litigation matters.
• Managing complex e-discovery projects across all company organizations.
• Electronic document collection, management and review.
• Administering litigation holds.
• Providing general support for NXP worldwide for patent, securities, antitrust, contract, trademark, tort, employment, and general business disputes.
• Working on employee witness identification.
• 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.
• Assisting with tracking of all legal claim matters.
• Collaborating on outside counsel management, including budgeting and electronic bill review through CounselLink.

Benefits

• 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.
• NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees