Counsel Consumer Litigation jobs at Tesla in United States, Palo Alto

As a Case Manager in the Litigation Department, you will be responsible for managing, evaluating, negotiating, and settling consumer cases for both vehicle and energy products. This role requires you to work in an autonomous capacity, but also closely with diverse stakeholder groups such as litigation attorneys, paralegals, and other relevant business partners, to resolve high-risk consumer cases. You will be engaged in various aspects of pre-litigation correspondence including those with customers, attorneys, and regulators.

• Manage high-volume pre-litigation consumer cases and evaluate case merits with legal, financial, and customer experience considerations
• Negotiate favorable outcomes through expert understanding of Tesla products and contracts, liaising with attorneys and customers
• Appear on behalf of Tesla and/or prepare witnesses and draft legal documents for small claims cases and lemon law warranty arbitrations, regulatory body complaints, and settlements, including manufacturer responses and statements
• Develop and manage relationships with regulatory bodies regarding consumer issues
• Maintain professionalism in all interactions with colleagues, customers, attorneys, and regulators
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to provide insights and make practical business recommendations
• Champion process improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline workflows based on litigation trends

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or 4+ years in litigation, customer service, or related position
• Experience working under pressure in a fast-paced environment while consistently meeting standards for productivity and quality
• Demonstrates ability to work as a flexible and effective team member
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal
• Deadline-driven and ability to multitask
• Data analysis, problem solving, and project management skills
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills (i.e., ability to take charge, has confidence to interact with all levels, can set objectives, will drive results and is a team player)

• Manage a high volume and wide range of commercial contracts, including supply agreements, technology licensing agreements, development agreements, services agreements (including cloud-based services), software license agreements, leases and other real estate agreements, and confidentiality agreements
• Provide advice on a wide variety of strategic, regulatory, and transactional matters for Tesla’s supply chain team and other teams
• Facilitate resolution of legal disputes, including by drafting and responding to breach of contract claims
• Prepare and maintain contract forms to support Tesla’s businesses and areas of operation
• Liaise with colleagues worldwide to ensure consistency of contracts and risk allocation across the various Tesla businesses

• J.D. with current license to practice in at least one U.S. state or Washington, DC
• Minimum of 8 years of practice experience; combination of law firm and in-house experience preferred
• Excellent communication skills with a business-level to near native-level fluency in English (verbal and written). Spanish, German, and additional languages are a plus
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to proactively identify problems, drive projects, make complex cost/benefit assessments, identify pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions, and quickly earn the confidence of your colleagues
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• Quick and flexible learner with well-honed analytical skills, intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change
• High standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, and unquestionable good judgment

• Represent the company in administrative hearings and court proceedings to obtain sales licenses
• Conduct fact investigation, analyze legal issues, and develop litigation strategies
• Conduct affirmative and defensive discovery
• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents
• Identify and prepare witnesses for trials and other proceedings
• Partner with business stakeholders to review and resolve state regulatory matters related to our sales and business practices
• Work on governmental regulatory investigations and other government inquiries and manage outside counsel, as needed

• JD Degree from an ABA accredited law school
• Member of a state bar
• 7-plus years of experience in litigation and/or administrative proceedings, preferably including proceedings before state franchise boards or agencies
• Ability to absorb and synthesize wide variety of laws and regulations
• Preferably, experience working for an automaker, auto supplier, government safety agency, or law firm supporting same
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

• Assist in driving privacy and data protection compliance for the appropriate business and functional leaders and their teams. Collaborate with business and engineering teams on incorporating privacy by design into products/services and adopting innovative privacy solutions from inception and beyond
• Continuously enhance Tesla’s global privacy program through the performance of gap assessments and executing remediation activities. Timely respond to customer as well as regulatory inquiries and investigations related to data, privacy, cybersecurity and AI
• Provide privacy and data protection guidance to Tesla business functions, such as those supporting our vehicle, energy, insurance, and financing groups
• Research and track global privacy and security legislation, evolving regulations, and enforcement and translating that into practical advice. Counsel on privacy and security incident preparedness and management
• Create and present engaging training and awareness content, and further develop Tesla’s privacy and data protection practices in the US and globally
• Experience with executing regulatory requirements and reflecting relevant changes in external privacy notices, internal privacy and data handling policies, playbooks, and other materials supporting Tesla’s global privacy program

• Strong substantive knowledge of global privacy laws (including United States and Europe), and relevant privacy, cybersecurity, and AI regulations and frameworks (including CCPA, GDPR, EU AI Act). Excellent analytical, written and verbal skills with the ability to present information/complex legal matters clearly and concisely
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively anticipating issues. Consistent good judgment and ability to apply legal knowledge to help create practical business solutions
• Flexibility, a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and the ability to constructively balance change in alignment with business needs. Strong execution and project management skills, and ability to corral stakeholders from across the organization on cross-functional initiatives
• Juris Doctor and membership in good standing in at least one state bar is required. Minimum of 5 years of relevant in-house experience (or law firm) with evidence of exceptional ability
• Certified International Privacy Professional Certification (CIPP) is preferred
• Pluses include significant consultancy experience and proficiency in a language in addition to English

• Provide legal advice and strategic direction to Tesla employees, managers, HR and other stakeholders regarding immigration cases
• Assess feasibility of new hire immigration sponsorship and advise recruiting partners on critical steps and timelines to start for new hires and employee transfers
• Partner with recruiting technology, applications engineering, and support teams on continuous improvement efforts to immigration databases and processes
• Provide indirect oversight to Immigration Specialists’ case management of NIV and IV cases
• Create and run reports and dashboards and contribute to the monitoring and maintenance of employees’ immigration statuses, including monitoring expiration dates, filing dates to ensure regulatory compliance
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and program health
• Prepare and file immigrant/non-immigrant petitions or applications, as needed

• J.D. and license to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction
• 4+ years of business immigration experience in a high-volume setting
• Deep expertise in both non-immigrant and immigrant visa categories
• Proven ability to successfully guide technical teams — including software and AI engineers — through complex immigration pathways such as O-1 and EB-1
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects, improve processes, and take initiative
• Experience mentoring or indirectly supervising team members is a plus
• Clear communicator with a bias for action and continuous improvement

• Develop and drive Tesla’s strategy for IP litigations
• Manage and help run all aspects of litigation matters, inthe U.S. and worldwide, including e-discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, depositions, case management conferences, motion practice, and arbitration or trial preparation and presentation
• Both supervise and partner with outside counsel to ensure that all aspects of Tesla’s legal representation are of the highest quality, including the day-to-day running of matters, overall strategy, written work, and oral advocacy
• Litigate select matters directly in-house as part of Tesla’s growing in-house IP litigation team
• Identify potential litigation risk and counsel the business to minimize exposure

• 7+ years’ litigation experience, preferably including experience at a top tier law firm or in the government as a regulator or federal prosecutor, and preferably with significant experience handling trials, hearings, depositions, arbitrations, and mediations
• Experience in IP litigation and USPTO proceedings, including trade secret, trademark, and patent matters
• J.D. with excellent academic credentials
• Excellent analytical and writing skills
• Business-savvy, creative approach to problem solving
• Evidence of exceptional ability

• Manage a high volume and wide range of commercial contracts, including supply agreements, design and development agreements, foundry services agreements, IP licensing agreements, and confidentiality agreements
• Provide advice on a wide variety of strategic, regulatory, and transactional matters for Tesla’s supply chain team and other teams
• Facilitate resolution of legal disputes, including by drafting and responding to breach of contract claims
• Prepare and maintain contract forms to support Tesla’s businesses and areas of operation
• Liaise with colleagues worldwide to ensure consistency of contracts and risk allocation across the various Tesla businesses

• J.D. with current license to practice in at least one U.S. state or Washington, DC
• Minimum of 8 years of practice experience; combination of law firm and in-house experience preferred
• Excellent communication skills with a business-level to near native-level fluency in English (verbal and written). Spanish, German, and additional languages are a plus
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to proactively identify problems, drive projects, make complex cost/benefit assessments, identify pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions, and quickly earn the confidence of your colleagues
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively and to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• Quick and flexible learner with well-honed analytical skills, intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change
• High standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, and unquestionable good judgment