Description:
About HoustonExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors.
By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company's ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry.
The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston.
The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world's top academic, research, and corporate facilities.
Learn more about what we do in Houston here.
What role you will play in our team
Exxon Mobil Corporation is looking for an attorney with strong litigation experience to manage a docket primarily of civil litigation matters, including tort, commercial and environmental matters. The attorney will work out of ExxonMobil's Spring Campus. The attorney will handle a variety of matters and will work independently with supervision that is appropriate for the attorney's level of experience.
What you will do:
- Provide legal analysis and counsel on current or potential litigation matters for Exxon Mobil Corporation and for Company affiliates
- Actively manage a docket of civil litigation matters, including primary responsibility for case strategy, legal analysis, witness preparation, depositions, judicial proceedings (hearings, trials, appeals, etc.)
- Provide legal counsel and support as needed on indemnity and additional insured issues, incident investigations, and risk management issues
- Work collaboratively with and provide direction to outside counsel to ensure proper handling of matters, including substantive direction and financial stewardship
- Directly handle a significant case load (volume and complexity)
- Actively review and shape documents and pleadings associated with the above matters
- Ensure alignment between litigation objectives and business line objectives
- Communicate with and advise business clients and law management regarding case strategies / case status / key milestones
- Work and coordinate with, and provide and seek advice from other lawyers
- Collaborate with business lawyers as it relates to litigation matters
- Partner with legal operations and litigation paralegals to manage discovery
About You:
Skills and Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- License to practice law in at least one state (Texas bar membership preferred)
- Experience with trials and in managing significant litigation matters
- Litigation experience in a law firm, corporation, or agency, including experience in handling and managing significant and complex litigation matters
- Knowledge of Civil Procedure and Rules of Evidence
- Strong research and analytical skills and ability to exercise sound business judgment and work both independently and as part of an integrated legal team
- Strong interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills
- Ability to travel domestically, as needed
- Ability to work effectively with a highly diverse global law department
- Reputation for high ethical standards and integrity
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Strong college and law school record (top 1/3 of class preferred)
- Minimum of three (3) years of legal experience, all (or substantially all) of which is in civil litigation
