Senior Paralegal - Litigation Discovery

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

20d•$33 - $63

About The Position

Position Summary... What you'll do... Join the Litigation team to work with and support case managers and leadership primarily on litigation discovery issues. Advise and collaborate with in-house and outside counsel about obligations and risks relating to discovery issues, particularly in the tort litigation area. Help to mitigate risk while developing litigation strategies to respond to legal issues and reduce costs for the Company. Collaborate with cross functional teams and play an important role in mitigating corporate risk by ensuring consistent implementation of discovery policies and practices. You’ll make an impact by… Providing support to attorneys and legal staff by managing legal processes; receiving and reviewing requests for information; and collecting, entering and maintaining legal information in various legal systems. Coordinating with outside counsel, witnesses, and internal subject matter experts; providing status updates on legal processes and responding to questions about legal matters. Helping maintain, operationalize and update standard operating procedures and best practices on various legal processes including legal discovery and Company systems and access. Demonstrating and maintaining knowledge of general and specific legal areas, particularly in the tort practice area. Ensuring that attorneys are aware of pending deadlines; assisting with budgeting and invoice review. Assisting attorneys with research and analysis by identifying necessary information and helping determine relevant facts to support legal arguments; helping attorneys ensure legal documents comply with applicable laws and regulations. Distributing document retention notices. Assisting with conducting custodial interviews; drafting legal documents for responses to stakeholders on behalf of and in consultation with attorneys. Adhering to standard discovery procedures, quality assurance requirements and operational systems; enforcing Walmart’s Outside Counsel guidelines in conjunction with case team members; collaborating with internal and external e-discovery partners to help manage ESI strategy, contain costs and meet case objectives. Maintaining security and confidentiality of sensitive information, data and communications. Drafting, proofreading and updating presentations, reports and templates.

Requirements

A nationally recognized paralegal certification or an ABA-accredited paralegal degree AND 1 years' experience as a paralegal, legal analyst, or otherwise performing the responsibilities of a paralegal as defined by Walmart's job description OR 2 years' experience as a paralegal, legal analyst, or otherwise performing the responsibilities of a paralegal as defined by Walmart's job description OR a juris doctorate degree from an accredited law school.

Nice To Haves

You have experience as a paralegal
You have experience working with litigation discovery
You are comfortable with technology and how to leverage tools to improve processes
You are organized, detail-oriented, and calm under pressure
You are process-minded and look for opportunities to streamline for improved efficiency and effectiveness
You have strong communication skills to interact with senior leadership and stakeholders
You have experience working with cross-functional teams
A national recognized paralegal certification in a relevant specialty area of the law (for example, NALS, NALA)
Relevant specialty area of law in a law firm or corporate legal environment
Bachelors: Law

Responsibilities

Providing support to attorneys and legal staff by managing legal processes; receiving and reviewing requests for information; and collecting, entering and maintaining legal information in various legal systems.
Coordinating with outside counsel, witnesses, and internal subject matter experts; providing status updates on legal processes and responding to questions about legal matters.
Helping maintain, operationalize and update standard operating procedures and best practices on various legal processes including legal discovery and Company systems and access.
Demonstrating and maintaining knowledge of general and specific legal areas, particularly in the tort practice area.
Ensuring that attorneys are aware of pending deadlines; assisting with budgeting and invoice review.
Assisting attorneys with research and analysis by identifying necessary information and helping determine relevant facts to support legal arguments; helping attorneys ensure legal documents comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Distributing document retention notices.
Assisting with conducting custodial interviews; drafting legal documents for responses to stakeholders on behalf of and in consultation with attorneys.
Adhering to standard discovery procedures, quality assurance requirements and operational systems; enforcing Walmart’s Outside Counsel guidelines in conjunction with case team members; collaborating with internal and external e-discovery partners to help manage ESI strategy, contain costs and meet case objectives.
Maintaining security and confidentiality of sensitive information, data and communications.
Drafting, proofreading and updating presentations, reports and templates.

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment.
It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.
Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment.
Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.