Litigation Paralegal
Responsibilities
About the Team:
Our Global Litigation Team provides key support for TikTok and the family of related products. We empower innovation by delivering integrated legal guidance that supports our business teams in achieving their boldest ambitions. The Global Litigation team is responsible for managing high-stakes litigation and disputes across all regions.
We are seeking an exceptional litigation paralegal to serve on the North America Litigation team, a high-performing team responsible for some of the most complex and high-profile disputes facing the company. This role offers the opportunity to shape and drive the companies' global litigation strategy, partnering closely with cross-functional partners to navigate legal and reputational risks in a dynamic and fast-moving environment.
Responsibilities:
- Support TikTok's Global Litigation team to manage litigation, pre-litigation disputes, investigations, and regulatory matters from intake through resolution. This position will oversee the patent docket, in addition to providing support to employment matters
- Drive case management support, including intake, tracking, file management, and calendaring
- Support fact investigation and discovery, including assisting with custodial interviews, acting as a liaison for witnesses and outside counsel, document collections, review, and coordinating with outside counsel and e-discovery teams for processing and production.
- Work with cross-functional partners to gather, organize, and maintain information and data to support TikTok's litigation matters
- Manage document preservation and legal hold processes in collaboration with eDiscovery, Forensics, and IT teams
- Review and process a wide array of legal process, inquiries, and documents
- Systematically collect key metrics and identify trends to support operational improvements
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- Work with leadership and finance to prepare metrics and audit reports
- Assist in implementing and optimizing internal processes and creating standard operating procedures for the litigation team
- Provide administrative and operational support on a broad range of legal matters, workflows, systems, and tooling
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of litigation experience at an in-house, tech, or law firm environment
- Bachelor's degree or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-accredited program
- Proficient knowledge of the litigation process, including motion practice, discovery, trial, and appellate procedures, and the ability to administratively manage all phases of litigation
- Technically savvy and comfortable quickly learning and using various tools
- Ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment, balance competing priorities with a broad set of stakeholders, and manage time-sensitive products
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with organizational and time management skills, with keen attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience handling patent/intellectual property or employment matters
- Excellent legal and business judgment, critical thinking, and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
- Detail-oriented and willing to provide administrative and operational support
- Ability to think strategically and use good judgment to build scalable processes and escalate matters that require attention
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across teams in a diverse, global environment
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (hourly)
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $38.08- $65.38.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- HSA
- Life Insurance
- Fitness Subsidies
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Company Equity
Professional Development
- Promote From Within
- Access to Online Courses
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Mentor Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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