Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Senior Counsel - eDiscovery

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association-accredited law school and membership in good standing of a state bar.
At least 10 years of active litigation experience and experience managing intensive eDiscovery projects, including the outlined work.
Experience overseeing and being responsible for broad, complex document collection, coding, and production projects; national eDiscovery counsel experience for a major manufacturer is preferred.
Ability to exercise business and legal judgment, with problem-solving, research, and project management skills, and to work closely with engineers and other non-lawyers.
Aptitude for and experience with responsible artificial intelligence application in litigation, including preparing detailed prompts that generate quality outputs.
Knowledge of and experience with document review platforms such as Relativity and Logikcull, including complex Boolean searches, case-specific coding panels, and detailed saved searches.
Experience managing lawyers and nonlawyers in a fast-paced environment, assisting with their professional development and building their discovery competence.

Responsibilities

Represent Tesla in all aspects of product liability-related litigation, particularly discovery.
Prepare discovery responses based on a thorough understanding of Tesla’s vehicle products and litigation strategy; draft protective orders and front-end discovery-related stipulations.
Lead custodial interviews of engineering and business partners and search traditional and non-traditional repositories for potentially relevant and responsive materials.
Identify documents critical to the defense of Tesla’s vehicle products and work with the Product Liability team to integrate them into case analysis and overall litigation strategy.
Oversee document review, including consulting on eDiscovery meet-and-confers and guiding processes for negotiating search terms and metadata, using and setting parameters for predictive coding, and applying curated coding panels to large document collections.
Keep abreast of case law, federal, state, and local rules, and statutory developments affecting discovery and electronically stored information.
Develop and implement best practices to maximize the quality, efficiency, and value of the eDiscovery team.

Desired Qualifications

Experience serving as national eDiscovery counsel for a major manufacturer.

Category	Legal & Government Affairs
Location	PALO ALTO, California
Requisition ID	288725
Type	Full-time

Job Description

<p>Tesla is looking for a highly experienced eDiscovery litigation attorney to join the Product Liability team within our fast-paced Legal Department. This position is at the Sr. Counsel level and the right candidate will be expected to immediately assume broad responsibility relative to Discovery and eDiscovery in connection with Tesla’s product liability litigation matters, generally focused on our vehicle products. Just like some law firms act as national discovery counsel to certain of their clients, you will be national discovery counsel to Tesla as we defend litigation and promote Tesla’s mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy and zero-emission transportation. This position will be located in Austin, Texas or Palo Alto, California.</p>

Job Responsibilities

Represent Tesla in all aspects of product liability-related litigation matters, particularly relating to discovery
Prepare responses to Discovery based on thorough understanding of the Tesla’s vehicle products and litigation strategy; draft Protective Orders and all front-end discovery-related stipulations
Lead custodial interviews of our engineering and business partners, scouring traditional and non-traditional repositories for potentially relevant and responsive materials.
Identify and select documents critical to the defense of Tesla’s vehicle products, and ability to work with the Product Liability team to integrate such documents into the case analysis and the overall litigation strategy
Oversee all aspects of document review including consulting on eDiscovery meet and confers to direct and provide guidance on processes regarding negotiating search terms, metadata, use and parameters for predictive coding, application of carefully curated coding panels on voluminous document collections, etc.
Keep abreast of case law, federal, state and local rules, and other statutory developments impacting discovery, ESI, etc.
Develop and implement best practices to maximize quality, efficiency and value of eDiscovery Team

Job Requirements

Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA accredited law school; Member of a state bar in good standing
10+ years of experience actively litigating matters and managing intensive eDiscovery projects, including each aspect of the work outlined above
Oversight of and responsibility for broad, complex document collection, coding and production projects, preferably as national eDiscovery counsel for a major manufacturer
Ability to exercise business and legal judgment with strong problem-solving, research, and project management skills and ability to work closely with business (engineers and other non-lawyers)
Aptitude for and experience with responsible artificial intelligence application within the litigation context, including preparing detailed prompts that generate quality outputs
Knowledge of and experience with top document review platforms such as Relativity, Logikcull, etc., such as running complex Boolean searches, crafting case-specific coding panels, and creating detailed saved searches
Experience managing others, lawyers and nonlawyers, in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, assisting in their professional development and building on their discovery competence

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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