Associate General Counsel, eDiscovery

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.

- 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

- 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

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

- Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program