bp

Paralegal

bp

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Denver • Colorado • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $90,000 - $125,000 per year

About the role

  • 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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