Senior Paralegal

Senior Paralegal - Commercial Contracts & Legal Operations
Epson America, Inc.

Epson, a global technology leader recognized for innovation, reliability, and quality, has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Paralegal to join our Legal Affairs team. In this key role, you will support commercial contracting activities, litigation management, legal operations, and cross-functional teams throughout the organization.

You will work closely with attorneys, business stakeholders, and external partners to help drive efficient contract and litigation processes, improve legal workflows, and support a variety of legal matters across the company. This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate impact by strengthening operational excellence within a dynamic, highly collaborative environment.

This position is based our of Epson America's headquarters in Los Alamitos, CA with an opporunity for a hybrid schedule.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Serving as a primary liaison between business teams, Legal Department attorneys, external vendors and outside counsel for commercial contract and litigation support.
• Managing, prioritizing, and tracking contract requests and approvals in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Reviewing contractual documents to answer non-complex legal questions, escalating issues or risks to attorneys as appropriate.
• Preparing and drafting routine, non-complex contracts, such as Statements of Work, utilizing approved templates and forms, following internal policies and procedures
• Monitoring and evaluating contract-management processes to measure effectiveness and ensure compliance.
• Supporting all phases of litigation and pre-litigation matters, including case assessment, investigations, discovery, case management, and case resolution support.
• Managing litigation holds, coordinating custodians, monitoring compliance, and tracking preservation and collection efforts.
• Coordinating document collection, review, production, and discovery responses with internal stakeholders, and outside counsel.
• Opening, maintaining, and closing litigation and other legal matters in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Maintaining and supporting the company's records management program, including coordination with Sr. Counsel and administrative staff on record retention and purging.
• Developing, implementing, and refining procedures to improve accuracy, approvals, record-keeping, and overall legal operations efficiency.
• Maintaining and updating contracting templates, litigation templates, and internal playbooks.
• Providing general Legal Department support, including research assistance, special projects, and legal training initiatives.

Skills & Experience Needed

• Ability to operate as a legal generalist, supporting both commercial contracting and litigation functions in a fast-paced corporate legal department.
• Contract negotiation & drafting experience : capable of reviewing and preparing routine agreements, understanding key contractual terms, and recognizing when issues require attorney escalation.
• Strong business judgment : able to distinguish between matters that require legal review vs. those that can be handled independently.
• Proficiency with contract-management tools, documentation systems, and general legal operations support. Familiarity with managing or coordinating vendor contracts , with flexibility to support additional contract types as needed.
• Experience supporting litigation matters from pre-litigation through resolution. Ability to identify potential legal or risk-related issues and flag them appropriately.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to track multiple matters simultaneously.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Education: Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 5-8 years of relevant paralegal experience.

Employee Benefits

In addition to joining a team of dedicated professionals who support each other and are passionate about their work, you'll also enjoy a variety of attractive, industry-leading benefits.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage eligibility on start date
• Generous paid time off, including sick time, vacation, and holidays
• Income protection plans, including life insurance and short-term and long-term disability programs paid by the company
• 401K plan with company matching
• Educational reimbursement, employee assistant program (EAP), adoption assistance, employee discounts and much more!

The starting hourly base pay for this role is between USD $41.01 and $56.39 (equivalent to $85,300 to $117,291 per year based on 2,080 hours). Please note that this position's salary range may include multiple levels. The actual base is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Epson America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability and protected veteran status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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