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Litigation Paralegal

AT TikTok
TikTok

Litigation Paralegal

New York, NY

Responsibilities

Our Global Legal team provides key support for all TikTok's innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. The TikTok team is growing fast and is seeking highly experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join the Global Legal team. One of the critical challenges is the need for our team to provide exceptional legal support for litigation matters in the countries where the platform operates.

Responsibilities:
- Work closely with in-house litigation counsel and e-discovery team members on general litigation matters, pre-litigation disputes, and related matters.

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- Manage the legal hold process across global litigation and regulatory matters.
- Serve as a liaison between the legal team, security, engineering, IT personnel, system admins, records management personnel and also outside counsel and vendors.
- Coordinate case management tasks, ensure compliance with litigation holds, protective orders, and e-discovery requirements.
- Support attorneys with management of discovery including assisting with custodian interviews, managing document collection, and working with outside counsel and e-discovery teams for processing and production.
- Oversee and track physical and digital correspondence related to legal matters through service of process and mail, ensure items are routed to appropriate teams and stakeholders.
- Research and organize factual information and technical data.
- Produce and maintain reporting metrics on litigation, pre-litigation, and regulatory matters.
- Track matter deadlines, update dockets, and maintain a litigation calendar.
- Work closely with the Legal Operations team to ensure smooth workflow and system updates.
- Assist in implementing and optimizing internal processes and creating standard operating procedures for litigation team.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of litigation paralegal experience.
- BA/BS or Paralegal Certificate strongly preferred.- Strong computer skills, including document review technology and workflow proficiency.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with keen attention to detail.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage diverse tasks and varied workloads, prioritize effectively, and learn new technologies.
- Knowledge of the litigation process, discovery procedures, and knowledge of electronic data collection and production.
- Cultural awareness and the ability to work in a diverse environment of different cultures, backgrounds, and orientations.

Preferred Qualifications:
- End user and administrator understanding of eDiscovery technology (specific experience with Exterro is a plus).

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $88000 - $151111 annually.

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.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, USA
Job ID: TikTok-7502548661231225096
Employment Type: Other

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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