Senior Specialist - Legal

Position Summary:

Were looking for a self-motivated employment legal Senior Specialist. This critical position will be primarily responsible for the effective and efficient management of US litigation departments resources and systems. This legal professional will assist in opening matters, closing matters, maintaining files, summarizing litigation matters, preparing and administering legal holds.

Key duties & responsibilities
Manage legal inbox and route appropriate matters to responsible attorney on a daily/regular cadence. Catalogue and calendar any key dates/deadlinesManage legal hold process: Draft initial legal hold, manage acknowledgements, periodic update/distribution of legal hold charts, update as appropriate and close out once finalizedManage proof of claims process for bankruptcy matters where we are a creditor (obtaining necessary invoices to support our claims; working with operations to obtain relevant data; redacting private/irrelevant information)Managing/optimizing subpoena process: Review subpoena, coordinate with relevant stakeholders to obtain documents and respond/object to subpoena; maintain legal tracker of all relevant subpoenas and status and obtaining relevant documents for subpoenaManage charge process (legal hold, gather relevant facts, witnesses, and documents, calendar all relevant dates for hearings, fact finding etc.)Manage routine discovery on cases and take direction from responsible attorney, assist with follow up on outstanding requestsPrepare case summaries or routine research on laws and regulationsTriage on various tasks, as neededDraft emails seeking approvals as necessaryReview policies and update as neededMaintain Sharepoint LibraryDocument solutions - redacting, preparing exhibits, formatting and designing powerpoint presentations, charts, graphs, etcScheduling and coordinating meetings across functionsManage Service of Process with CT Corp, acknowledge SOPs and distribute to appropriate attorney(s)Open/Close matters in legal tracker, coordinate with Risk to report new matters to proper carrier.

Qualification

Law Degree from an Indian accredited university
Law degree from a US university would be an added benefitExperience,

Skills and Knowledge

Experience in a reputed Law firm In-House legal support in a company (preferably IT/ITES) legal process outsourcing firm
Key competency profile Previous work experience of 2-5 years