Managing Counsel

Job Description

Tesla is seeking a Managing Counsel, IP Litigation for our Palo Alto location. As a member of Tesla’s IP Litigation team, you will be directly engaged in developing and driving litigation strategy with a trial-focused approach and partnering with the business to identify potential litigation risks and solutions.  You will be supporting Tesla in a wide range of significant litigation matters worldwide, but primarily focused on intellectual property litigations and Patent Office proceedings.  You will be joining a fun, fast-paced and growing legal team working collaboratively together on novel legal issues.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and drive Tesla’s strategy for IP litigations
• Manage and help run all aspects of litigation matters, in the U.S. and worldwide, including e-discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, depositions, case management conferences, motion practice, and arbitration or trial preparation and presentation
• Both supervise and partner with outside counsel to ensure that all aspects of Tesla’s legal representation are of the highest quality, including the day-to-day running of matters, overall strategy, written work, and oral advocacy
• Litigate select matters directly in-house as part of Tesla’s growing in-house IP litigation team
• Identify potential litigation risk and counsel the business to minimize exposure

Job Requirements

• 12+ years’ litigation experience, preferably including experience at a top tier law firm or in the government as a regulator or federal prosecutor, and preferably with significant experience handling trials, hearings, depositions, arbitrations, and mediations
• Experience in multiple categories of IP litigation and Patent Office proceedings, particularly focused on patent litigation
• Juris Doctor with excellent academic credentials
• Excellent analytical and writing skills
• Business-savvy, creative approach to problem solving
• Evidence of exceptional ability