Paralegal – Consumer Protection

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP • San Francisco, CA

2d • $125,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Pillsbury is seeking a paralegal with 3–5 years of experience to join its Consumer Protection group in the San Francisco office. The role supports attorneys on privacy, data protection, consumer protection, and related regulatory compliance matters, and provides project management and coordination support for practice operations initiatives. The paralegal helps attorneys organize work, track progress, and implement efficient workflows. The role requires integrity, critical thinking, effective project and time management, attention to detail, strong communication, and exceptional organizational skills. Flexibility to work overtime as requested is required.

Requirements

• Strong research and analytical skills, including the ability to organize and synthesize legal, regulatory, and factual information.
• Experience using generative AI tools to support legal research, drafting, analysis, and other legal work, with an understanding of appropriate use and confidentiality considerations.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of directly related paralegal or legal work experience.
• Integrity, critical thinking, effective project and time management skills, strong attention to detail, superior communication skills, and exceptional organizational ability.
• Flexibility to work overtime as requested.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting privacy, consumer protection, data protection, or related regulatory compliance matters.
• CIPP/US or another relevant privacy certification.

Responsibilities

• Gather, review, and organize information and assist with privacy compliance activities, including privacy impact assessments, data protection impact assessments, privacy controls reviews, website audits, and related documentation.
• Coordinate work intake and triage, tracking information requests, matter deadlines, follow-up items, and other matter-related activities.
• Conduct research, prepare summaries, and draft privacy materials and other work product for attorney review.
• Develop and maintain playbooks, templates, knowledge resources, and repeatable workflows, and coordinate with client legal, compliance, product, and technology teams as matters require.
• Work with practice leadership and the Director of Practice Operations to coordinate practice operations initiatives, maintaining project plans, meeting agendas, action items, deadlines, and progress reports.
• Coordinate project proposals, testing schedules, pilot feedback, and documentation of results, and follow up with assigned team members.
• Manage training and demonstration logistics, organize shared resources, and coordinate with firm technology and training teams.
• Track participation, adoption, and operational improvements, including reported time savings, and flag stalled projects or decisions requiring leadership attention.
• Accurately record billable and non-billable time in accordance with firm policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

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