Paralegal

Role Overview

• Work with in-house and external litigation counsel to manage litigation docket
• Administer bpx matter management system
• Analyze incoming discovery requests and outline plan for compliance
• Identify relevant witnesses, including former company employees, and assist with locating witnesses and coordinating interviews
• Participate in interviews of witnesses and document custodians and in meetings with external counsel and business clients related to litigation matters
• Provide hands on support to business custodians during document collection efforts, including guidance on email searches, file transfers, and use of approved bpx systems
• Work with Houston-based bp Legal Discovery Team on electronic discovery collections
• Review written discovery response drafts and provide comments
• Work with vendors and external counsel to ensure adherence to bpx discovery processes and workflows across all discovery phases
• Assist with maintaining litigation files in online matter management system and in Legal department electronic file system
• Coordinate witness deposition preparation, witness trial preparation and trial attendance
• Research cases in state and federal courts
• Work with all bpx in-house counsel in support of a variety of oil and gas, environmental, regulatory, commercial and employment law matters (including legal and factual research, filing preparations and document management)
• Act as administrator and subject-matter expert for the bpx legal hold platform (Guardian); draft, modify, issue and release legal holds, and perform related functions
• Responsible for triage of service of process received by bpx business
• Engage with BP America’s US Corporate Secretary’s Office to maintain slate of officers, board resolutions and powers-of-attorney for the various bpx legal entities, and provide other corporate governance related support to the business
• Assist in the planning and development of materials for legal training of business personnel
• Conduct first level legal review of Confidentiality Agreements and other contracts, audits, Lessons Learned, internal investigation reports, and other business documents
• Provide legal administrative and interpersonal support to aid overall legal team operations

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of paralegal experience in either a law firm or business law department (experience with upstream oil and gas legal issues is strongly preferred)
• Hands on experience supporting sophisticated litigation, legal holds, discovery workflows, and cross functional legal operations
• Strong understanding of current electronic discovery technologies, including e-discovery databases and use cases for AI in discovery, as well as the general discovery obligations imposed on litigants
• Proficiency with online legal research tools, including Westlaw, PACER, and state court docket databases in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma
• Ability to work well with outside counsel, have strong business acumen, excellent attention to detail, and a proven track record as a team player
• Exceptional organizational skills, excellent communication skills (both oral and written), and sound judgment
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to think quickly and analytically and be able to manage multiple priorities under short deadlines
• Prior project management experience in large, sophisticated electronic discovery projects is helpful
• Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, and using legal department technology solutions (e.g., eBilling, matter management, and eDiscovery tool

Benefits

• health, vision and dental insurance
• flexible working schedules
• paid time off
• discretionary annual bonus program
• 401(k) matching program