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Full Time Job Title: Technology Attorney Location: Dallas, TX (Remote) (Prefer Dallas/Hybrid - Open for remote) Duration: Full Time Job Description: Job Summary

• Licensed attorney with solid corporate law and transactional experience, provides excellent legal counsel and guidance, negotiates complex agreements, has the ability and desire to learn a broad range of practice areas, and effectively represents Client with outside vendors, lawyers, and others.

Responsibilities

• Must be able to meet any physical ability requirements listed on this description.
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders.
• The Attorney – Corporate & Transactions represents the Company generally through interaction with (i) various departments and their Leaders within the Company and (ii) external parties with whom the Company does, or may do, business, each with limited supervision of an Associate General Counsel or other more senior attorney; and, specifically:
• Act as a legal contact for supply chain management, technology and other departments of the Company in negotiating, drafting and reviewing major and/or non-standard commercial and technology contracts, including licensing agreements, maintenance agreements, professional services agreements, cloud services agreements, outsourcing agreements, software as a service agreements, hardware purchasing agreements, e-commerce agreements, website and mobile hosting and development agreements, evaluation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and telecommunications agreements.
• Analyze and interpret existing Company agreements to provide advice and guidance.
• Collaborate with legal department colleagues on a variety of legal and regulatory issues, with an emphasis on privacy, security and regulatory compliance.
• Provide legal counsel on intellectual property issues, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, and domain names.
• Strategically manage outside counsel and budgets.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage concurrent projects with competing Company demands.
• Performs other duties requiring legal research and analysis and/or negotiations as may be requested by the General Counsel, an Associate General Counsel, or other more senior attorney.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skilled in written and oral communication, ability to work effectively with all levels of Client’s Employees, Client’s executives, clients, outside counsel, vendors, and others
• Skilled in interpersonal relationships, ability to work well with others as part of a team
• Ability to perform well under pressure
• Ability to exercise judgment sufficient to handle and resolve issues related to sensitive and confidential legal matters
• Ability and willingness to gain expertise and perform work in new areas of the law
• Ability to be proactive, have excellent organizational skills, and perform efficiently and effectively on multiple projects under tight deadlines

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED
• Required: Bachelor’s Degree
• Required: Law degree from accredited school

Experience

• Intermediate-level experience with a mid-sized to major law firm or in-house legal department as a practicing transactional attorney with a focus on technology transactions, privacy and data protection.
• Intermediate-level experience with matters involving drafting, reviewing, and negotiating major and/or non-standard commercial and technology contracts, including licensing agreements, maintenance agreements, professional services agreements, cloud services agreements, outsourcing agreements, software as a service agreements, hardware purchasing agreements, e-commerce agreements, website and mobile hosting and development agreements, evaluation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, telecommunications agreements, and privacy and data protection laws in the US, including matters such as regulatory compliance (specific experience with DOT regulations is a plus).

Licensing/Certification

• Must be a current member in good standing of a bar association