Senior Paralegal

Epson America, Inc. • Los Alamitos, CA

153d • $85,300 - $117,291 • Hybrid

About The Position

Epson America, Inc. has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Paralegal to join our Legal Affairs team. In this key role, you will support commercial contracting activities, litigation management, legal operations, and cross-functional teams throughout the organization. You will work closely with attorneys, business stakeholders, and external partners to help drive efficient contract and litigation processes, improve legal workflows, and support a variety of legal matters across the company. This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate impact by strengthening operational excellence within a dynamic, highly collaborative environment. This position is based our of Epson America's headquarters in Los Alamitos, CA with an opporunity for a hybrid schedule.

Requirements

• Ability to operate as a legal generalist, supporting both commercial contracting and litigation functions in a fast-paced corporate legal department.
• Contract negotiation & drafting experience: capable of reviewing and preparing routine agreements, understanding key contractual terms, and recognizing when issues require attorney escalation.
• Strong business judgment: able to distinguish between matters that require legal review vs. those that can be handled independently.
• Proficiency with contract-management tools, documentation systems, and general legal operations support. Familiarity with managing or coordinating vendor contracts, with flexibility to support additional contract types as needed.
• Experience supporting litigation matters from pre-litigation through resolution. Ability to identify potential legal or risk-related issues and flag them appropriately.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to track multiple matters simultaneously.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent experience.
• 5–8 years of relevant paralegal experience.

Responsibilities

• Serving as a primary liaison between business teams, Legal Department attorneys, external vendors and outside counsel for commercial contract and litigation support.
• Managing, prioritizing, and tracking contract requests and approvals in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Reviewing contractual documents to answer non-complex legal questions, escalating issues or risks to attorneys as appropriate.
• Preparing and drafting routine, non-complex contracts, such as Statements of Work, utilizing approved templates and forms, following internal policies and procedures.
• Monitoring and evaluating contract-management processes to measure effectiveness and ensure compliance.
• Supporting all phases of litigation and pre-litigation matters, including case assessment, investigations, discovery, case management, and case resolution support.
• Managing litigation holds, coordinating custodians, monitoring compliance, and tracking preservation and collection efforts.
• Coordinating document collection, review, production, and discovery responses with internal stakeholders, and outside counsel.
• Opening, maintaining, and closing litigation and other legal matters in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Maintaining and supporting the company’s records management program, including coordination with Sr. Counsel and administrative staff on record retention and purging.
• Developing, implementing, and refining procedures to improve accuracy, approvals, record-keeping, and overall legal operations efficiency.
• Maintaining and updating contracting templates, litigation templates, and internal playbooks.
• Providing general Legal Department support, including research assistance, special projects, and legal training initiatives.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage eligibility on start date
• Generous paid time off, including sick time, vacation, and holidays
• Income protection plans, including life insurance and short-term and long-term disability programs paid by the company
• 401K plan with company matching
• Educational reimbursement
• Employee assistant program (EAP)
• Adoption assistance
• Employee discounts

What This Job Offers

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