Corporate Counsel, Government and Regulatory Litigation

About the role

Amazon’s Legal Department is looking for a smart, experienced, and highly motivated litigator to help manage its worldwide portfolio of government enforcement, litigation, and regulatory matters, and advise the company on a wide variety of legal and business risk management issues.

Responsibilities

• Handling and supervising a wide range of government disputes and regulatory engagements across all of Amazon’s businesses
• Directly interacting with government officials, including local, state, and federal regulators and law enforcement
• Selecting and managing outside counsel
• Assessing risk and coordinating with senior leadership on risk management
• Counseling internal stakeholders on a broad spectrum of complex and often novel legal and policy issues
• Managing all stages of both affirmative and defensive litigation, including discovery

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
• 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience
• 5+ years of litigation and regulatory experience