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Cruise is seeking a versatile and self-motivated Senior Counsel to join the Litigation & Investigations team. In this role, you will develop 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, forward-looking, litigation pro looking for a unique challenge in a mission-driven environment, we look forward to hearing from you.
What you’ll be doing:
Successfully resolve vehicle-focused claims, disputes, and litigation with creative and outside-the-box strategies, including managing outside counsel, assessing exposure, setting strategy, supervising discovery and motion practice, and driving resolution decisions.
Develop 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 all 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 develop 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 outside 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 all 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 integrity 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 complex workload.
Strategic thinker with a verifiable 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 on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.
Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
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 thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, 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 all 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 comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
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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 point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check 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.
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