Paralegal, Lyft
Litigation & Employment
$72-90k
Ride sharing company
Open for applications
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$72-90k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- Note that a JD or Paralegal certificate is not required for this position
- Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years relevant legal experience
- Ability to obtain notary license
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Exceptionally organized and efficient
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency working in a Mac environment, and specifically with Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, etc.), Excel, and Word, and familiarity with various e-discovery tools
What the job involves
- Lyft is looking for a Litigation & Employment Paralegal to join its Legal Team
- Working closely with Lyft’s in-house counsel and paralegal team, you will be responsible for investigating and responding to claims; implementing wage garnishments; conducting factual investigation; supporting administrative tracking of case related matters; and helping to keep Lyft’s employment and litigation operations efficient and organized
- You should be a self-starter but able to take direction easily and with a good attitude
- Works closely with Lyft's in-house counsel Litigation & Employment team to support administrative, pre-litigation and litigation matters, as well as external legal requests
- Manages, tracks, calendars, and files responses to claims
- Manages, tracks, and implements wage garnishments and liens. For each matter, reviews government agency documents from across the U.S., investigates, works with internal and external counsel as necessary, and determines/executes appropriate response
- Independently conducts factual investigations to respond to administrative claims, demand letters, and other litigation matters, as needed
- Complete court filings and attend court appearances
- Thinks proactively about improving processes to help Lyft’s legal operations continue to scale effectively with incredible growth
- Liaises with other teams within the company and external parties to ensure efficient workflow and handling of requests
- Provides legal support to in-house attorneys, paralegals, and various internal business partners to ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures
- Helps define procedures and practices within Legal to promote efficient workflows and handling of legal requests
- Maintains overall governance of existing processes and strategies
- Liaises with internal and external counsel and contacts on a day-to-day basis
- Leads projects and tasks within a broader legal strategy in collaboration with other team members
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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