Description:

What to Expect
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 Associate General 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.

What You'll Do:

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

What You'll Bring

Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA accredited law school; Member of a state bar in good standing
15+ 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