Litigation Support Associate Counsel

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
The Legal Department of JPMorgan Chase is responsible for the provision of legal services to the Corporation and is organized by Practice Groups that conform to the organization of the Firm’s lines of business and corporate staff areas. This structure encourages legal teams to communicate legal and regulatory changes to the businesses and staff areas and for the lines of business and staff areas to communicate business developments that have legal or regulatory implications to the legal teams in a timely manner.

The Litigation, GIRE & HR Law department manages a range of litigation, pre-litigation, employment and regulatory disputes involving the Firm. The BACC Litigation Support Team is a cross-functional shared services team within the Litigation Department that supports different Litigation Practice Groups, depending on departmental needs.

As a Litigation Support Associate Counsel, you will be responsible for helping the legal team defend and resolve litigation and provide counsel, advice, and support to the business - with an emphasis on fact finding and analysis, event reconstruction, and document management, mainly supporting the Consumer and Community Banking (CCB) Litigation Practice Group.

The Consumer and Community Banking (CCB) Litigation Practice Group manages all litigation matters related to the CCB business. This includes litigation across the United States filed or threatened by customers and non-customers related to consumer banking, business banking, credit cards, auto loans, and wealth management services.

A portion of your workload will also relate to supporting other Litigation Practice Groups as well as working on shared-services tasks and responsibilities.

**Responsibilities**:

- Complaint Analysis/Intake
- Communication with Third Parties, including Outside Counsel
- Fact-Finding and Discovery, including Document Collection
- Event Reconstruction: Drafting Chronologies, Synopses, and Summaries of Facts
- Case File and Document Management
- Document Production
- Settlement and Payment Processing and Internal Project Management

**Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills**:

- At least three years of litigation experience. Familiarity with the U.S. legal system and e-discovery is preferred.
- Experience managing a large case load, as well as multiple projects simultaneously.
- Research and document collection experience.
- Ability to review and summarize legal documents to assist an evaluation of claims.
- Strong English oral and written communication skills.

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

With large, global operations, the Legal team tackles complex issues and helps shape the regulations that affect the businesses. The group is organized into practice groups that align with the lines of business and corporate staff areas, which encourages collaboration on legal, regulatory and business developments as they arise.