Paralegal, Commercial Litigation

• At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

• Assists attorneys to resolve routine and moderately complex to complex legal matters that involve various functional areas or divisions within Abbott with minimal supervision.
• Independently identifies problems, performs analysis and proposes solutions to a more experienced paralegal or attorney.
• Possesses solid knowledge of Abbott’s businesses supported and knowledge of the broader business impact.
• Represents Legal Division internally to clients; and
• Reviews invoices associated with payment for services, ensuring costs are reasonable, in scope of work performed and meet outside counsel billing guidelines.
• Independently manages discovery for commercial litigation matters, having a substantial impact to the Company, and performs all tasks timely:
• Assists with initial fact investigation for potential and pending litigation.
• Prepares and sends out legal holds to the appropriate employees within the company and manages legal hold compliance and questionnaire responses.
• Schedules and attends witness interviews.
• Identifies relevant document and data sources, coordinates collection of company documents for discovery and other requests.
• Assists in deposition preparation of company witnesses by analyzing the information and determining relevancy; and
• Assists counsel with trial preparation.
• Responds to subpoenas and requests for information with minimal supervision, including identification, collection, review and preparation of documents for production.
• Manages outside counsel, outside paralegals and vendors and eDiscovery vendor budget for assigned matters.
• Provides support on periodic and special projects.
• Executes core job responsibilities in a timely manner.
• Assigned matters generally have a significant impact on business activities and operations.
• Interacts across all levels of management within the Company.
• No direct department budget responsibility; must however operate within budget. Develops estimates for outside counsel fees for assigned legal matters with supervision from more experienced paralegals and/or attorneys.
• Requires discretion, independent judgment, and critical thinking.
• Requires strong computer, communication, writing, organizational and project management skills and ability to multitask in a demanding legal environment.
• Demonstrates strong leadership competencies.

• Bachelor’s Degree and relevant legal education (Paralegal certificate)
• Generally, 4+ years of paralegal experience, including direct experience in commercial litigation and an understanding of eDiscovery.

• Paralegal experience working on Intellectual property litigation and/or patent experience is also strongly preferred but is not required.
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail, good judgment, and solid organization skills.

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