Paralegal Specialist
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10087904 Ubicación Burbank, California, Estados Unidos Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Fecha de publicación 25/04/2024Detalles del empleo:
Paralegal Specialist - Litigation
** This position is based at the Company’s headquarters in Burbank, CA with 4 days a week (Monday – Thursday) in the office.**
About the Role & Team
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. We do this through utilizing groundbreaking technology and innovation to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts experiences, and media networks. Now is your chance to join a company that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world.
The Disney Corporate Litigation team is responsible for handling lawsuits, claims, and other matters on behalf of the Company and its affiliated entities throughout the U.S. and the world. In addition, the team is responsible for providing support for responding to subpoenas, preserving electronic evidence, and providing important legal support to our many business groups and functions. As a Paralegal Specialist, you will assist in-house and outside attorneys with all facets of case preparation in a variety of litigation matters including, intellectual property, employment, personal injury, and other business matters. This role will suit a candidate capable of lending their abilities on complex, high profile, and sensitive legal matters.
What You Will Do
- Demonstrate interviewing and fact-gathering abilities for discovery responses and case development.
- Ability to review documents using electronic discovery databases.
- Ability to draft and prepare reports for responses to claims, demand letters, and litigation requests.
- Review pleadings, discovery responses, and other litigation documents.
- Assist with witness interviews and depositions.
- Demonstrate ability to review and respond to subpoenas.
- Coordinate and handle matters within a specialized area as well as across subject matter areas.
- Provide guidance on complex, high profile and sensitive legal matters.
- Review and respond to unsolicited idea submissions.
- Demonstrate ability to work with minimal direction and with a pro-active approach to problem solving.
- Ability to discover and report efficiencies for better work flow and work product.
- Exercise good judgment in managing and reporting information, and in communicating effectively in writing and verbally at all levels of the company.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- At least 7 + years paralegal experience.
- High level of experience in document collection and electronic database management.
- High level of knowledge working with electronic discovery and review.
- Demonstrate ability to maintain utmost confidentiality when dealing with privileged, high profile, and highly sensitive information.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- A highly professional demeanor, positive outlook and a can-do attitude.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a reputable law firm or major in-house legal department.
- Experience working in a litigation practice.
Required Education
A Bachelor’s Degree and/or qualifications to be a paralegal by certification or education and work experience as set forth by the American Bar Association and any applicable state codes.
The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $102,000 to $136,700 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):
En el área Corporativa de Disney, podrá ver cómo los negocios detrás de las marcas más influyentes de la compañía se juntan para crear la empresa de entretenimiento más innovadora, trascendente y admirada del mundo. Como miembro del equipo corporativo, trabajará con líderes de primer nivel para crear estrategias que mantengan a The Walt Disney Company en la vanguardia del entretenimiento. Trabaje junto a personas con ideas innovadoras como usted y aprenda de ellas a medida que empoderan a los mejores creadores de historias para que generen recuerdos para millones de familias en todo el mundo.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp. , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).
TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp. es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes serán considerados para el empleo sin distinción de raza, color, religión, sexo, edad, origen nacional, orientación sexual, identidad de género, discapacidad, condición de veterano protegido o cualquier otra en función de la legislación federal, estatal o local. Disney fomenta una cultura empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo que cambia rápidamente.