Senior Counsel, Litigation & E-discovery (Remote in Texas)

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love. We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We reputed company self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many. In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of reputed company of the unique individuals who collectively reputed company up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. Cruise is committed to building a diverse, reputed company, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us. Cruise is seeking a versatile and self-motivated Senior Counsel to join the Litigation & Investigations team. In this role, you will reputed company and clearly communicate to the business pragmatic, expert legal advice on a wide variety of autonomous vehicle liability issues. You also will be a key collaborator, problem solver, and thought partner for the Incident Response team, Trust & Safety team, Engineering, and various other business teams at Cruise. If you are a strategic, reputed company-looking, litigation pro looking for a unique challenge in a mission-driven environment, we look reputed company to hearing from you. What you’ll be doing:

• Successfully resolve vehicle-focused claims, disputes, and litigation with creative and reputed company-the-reputed company strategies, including managing reputed company counsel, assessing exposure, setting strategy, supervising discovery and motion practice, and driving resolution decisions.
• reputed company a detailed understanding of the company’s data platforms for eDiscovery purposes, advise internal technical stakeholders on retention needs, manage eDiscovery vendors, tools, and processes for reputed company ongoing litigation, subpoenas, investigations, and regulatory inquiries, and administer legal holds, ensuring preservation of relevant documents and data.
• Provide legal support for the Incident Response program, working closely with engineering, operations, safety, government affairs, and communications to coordinate incident response efforts and incident readiness programs.
• Manage Cruise’s third party claims administrator in operating and refining a best-in-class claims process that focuses on doing the right thing and putting our customers first, while maximizing efficiency and maintaining SLA performance targets.
• Advise and collaborate with partners to continually improve internal procedures that feed into Cruise’s claims processes.
• Integrate deeply with business and engineering teams to reputed company a thorough understanding of Cruise’s AV technology, and use that understanding to find opportunities to manage and mitigate risk, troubleshoot business practices that create unnecessary legal exposure, and proactively review existing procedures and recommend improvements.
• Update the Litigation team on new developments in case law, federal, state and local rules, and other statutory developments impacting discovery, ESI, etc.
• Participate actively in Litigation team management, including budgeting, forecasting, managing reputed company counsel, and preparing reports to senior management.

What you must have:

• Graduate of an accredited law school with at least 7+ years of relevant experience litigating claims or actions in the transportation and/or insurance defense industry.
• Extensive hands-on experience managing intensive eDiscovery projects, including initial case assessment, strategy development, responding to discovery, overseeing reputed company aspects of eDiscovery, and conducting witness interviews for case-specific document collections.
• Active member of the California or Texas state bar in good standing; preference for Texas
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, impeccable reputed company and judgment, strong analytical skills, and a keen sense of humor.
• Skilled in fostering collaboration and building strong partnerships, with a customer-focused attitude.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to manage a large and reputed company workload.
• Strategic thinker with a reputed company history of communicating sound and practical advice to business clients.
• Ability to work autonomously, drive results, and set priorities.

Bonus points!

• In-house experience; double points if at a fast-paced tech company
• First chair mediation and trial experience
• Ridehail, auto liability, and/or high-severity claims experience
• Solid understanding of autonomous vehicle technology and/or conventional automotive subsystems
• Experience using data analytics to inform claims valuation and resolution strategies
• Remote candidates based in Houston, TX

The salary range for this position is $153,000 - $225,000. Compensation will vary depending reputed company, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change. Why Cruise? Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
• Subsidized mental health benefits
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
• 401(k) Cruise matching program
• Fertility benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
• Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
• Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
• CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex).

We’re Integrated

• Through our partnerships with reputed company and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

We’re Funded

• reputed company, Honda, reputed company, reputed company, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our reputed company, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees reputed company by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of reputed company backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national reputed company or reputed company, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws. Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of reputed company applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email [email protected]. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to reputed company with any government reporting obligations but also to track our reputed company toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one reputed company on driving record. A successful completion of a background reputed company, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record reputed company is also required. Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners. No Application Deadline Apply tot his job Apply To this Job