Paralegal

Location

Irvine, CA | United States

Job description

Job Description

This role will directly support WD’s Litigation Team. This role requires a combination of legal knowledge, administrative skills, interpersonal skills and excellent writing and communication abilities. Candidate will have strong technical acumen, the ability to manage a prioritize a volume of tasks and duties, and strong facility for detail with an elevated level of organization, and experience with diverse types of litigation, including but not limited to patent, trade secret, class action, commercial and employment litigation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Issuing legal holds and managing internal legal hold processes
• Performing and coordinating various discovery tasks, including collection, maintenance, review and production of hard copy and electronic documents
• Tracking litigation holds, data collection and data production
• Using and maintaining e-Discovery tools for legal holds and other discovery tasks
• Working with IT and outside vendors to assist with document collection, support and troubleshoot e-Discovery tools, and maintain the litigation department webpage and shared directories
• Reviewing, redacting, and preparing documents for production and for exporting to outside counsel
• Working with multiple internal groups, including other teams in Litigation, Finance, HR, IT, Engineering and Sales to support litigation needs
• Maintaining, updating, and organizing internal case files, case calendars, and list of active matters
• Coordinating with outside counsel and paralegals on active litigation matters
• Assisting with responses to discovery requests and subpoenas
• Drafting correspondence
• Reviewing and approving retention periods for organization documents
• Reviewing and proofreading drafts, including pleadings, correspondence and agreements
• Performing various other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
Qualifications

** Education and Experience Profile **

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Paralegal certificate or equivalent

• At least one to three years of prior experience managing complex litigation at a law firm or corporation

** Skills **

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills
• History of demonstrating initiative, attention to detail, organization, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Understanding of court rules, procedures, and discovery procedures
• Previous experience managing and coordinating corporate e-discovery, including issuing and managing legal holds
• Previous experience or proficiency with electronic discovery tools (such as Relativity) for document collection, document review, and issuing litigation holds
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency using Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) and litigation support databases
• Notary public certification or willingness to obtain one preferred
• History of demonstrating good judgment, integrity, and professionalism
• Willingness to travel

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 04/29/2024, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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