Litigation & Operations Legal Specialist

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Litigation & Operations Legal Specialist to join our team based out of our corporate offices in Plano, TX. 

The successful candidate will support the Company’s legal department with litigation management (including subpoenas and case management), legal operations (including preparing budgets and financial reports), and legal compliance. 

Key Responsibilities 

Litigation Support 

• Manage active litigation docket, including small claims and eviction matters 

• Process service of process and assign litigation matters to in-house and outside counsel as appropriate 

• Assist in compiling responses to discovery requests, subpoenas, government inquiries, and regulatory investigations 

• Support internal investigations, including timeline development and data analysis 

• Coordinate with IT and business units to collect electronically stored information (ESI) for discovery and regulatory matters 

• Serve as internal liaison between outside counsel, business units, and legal team for fact collection, document production, and discovery coordination 

Legal Compliance 

• Provide legal compliance guidance to the field operations and commercial real estate teams on various matters, including delinquent accounts, property management issues, and operations policies 

Legal Operations 

• Receive service of process and assign cases to in-house and outside counsel 

• Maintain and update matter management systems, including opening matters, tracking status, managing budgets, and reporting on outcomes 

• Manage monthly accruals and track legal spend by matter type for reporting  

• Prepare and manage payment requests for legal invoices to ensure timely payment 

• Prepare monthly reports on various metrics, including legal activity and spend 

• Bachelor’s degree and ABA-approved paralegal certificate or equivalent legal training required, with 5+ years of relevant experience

• Thorough working knowledge of, and advanced aptitude in using, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Microsoft Word, and corporate legal databases such as CounselLink, CSC, Westlaw, PACER, Docuware, and Yardi and ability and aptitude to learn new applications and programs 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Must be detailed oriented and highly organized 

• Must be a self-starter and possess strong multi-tasking skills 

• Must be able to adapt and function well within a highly dynamic, high-paced environment 

Workplace

• One of our values pillars is to work as OneTeam and we believe that there is no replacement for in-person collaboration but understand the value of some flexibility. Public Storage teammates are expected to work in the office five days each week with the option to take up to three flexible remote days per month.
  • Our office is based in Plano, east of I75 near E. Park Blvd, just North of Historic Downtown Plano.

Public Storage is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.