Top Legal Jobs in Buffalo, NY

Lead and operationalize responses to subpoenas and eDiscovery demands; manage the end-to-end eDiscovery lifecycle; coordinate internal and external stakeholders; draft and improve policies and processes for customer data requests; monitor legal and regulatory developments; and act as project manager to drive litigation operations and legal tech–driven workflow improvements.

Build and run AI-first processes for legal e-billing and outside counsel management. Administer Brightflag, manage monthly accruals and vendor onboarding, analyze OC spend using SQL/Snowflake/Looker, produce reports and scorecards, and partner with FP&A, Sourcing, and stakeholders to optimize budgets, forecasting, and outside counsel strategy.

Part-time remote legal internship supporting regulatory and marketing compliance. Conduct FDA/FTC and advertising legal research, review marketing materials, draft memos, assist with contract lifecycle and corporate records, and support policy and training development.

Lead design and implementation of AI-assisted legal operations and knowledge-management workflows. Manage daily legal department operations, project-manage cross-functional company initiatives, evaluate and deploy AI tooling, and track adoption and efficiency. Drive process improvements and stakeholder alignment to scale legal support for a fast-growing healthcare technology company.

Provide legal guidance on healthcare regulatory matters and commercial contracting for payor and clinical partnerships. Advise on corporate practice of medicine, fraud and abuse, telehealth, HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid, AI clinical governance, and negotiate provider, payor, and commercial agreements to enable compliant growth.

As Vice President, Legal Commercial, you will lead GitLab's global commercial legal function, advising on strategies, managing a legal team, and overseeing AI governance and contracting.

Lead and scale U.S. public sector contracting: draft and negotiate SaaS/cloud and subcontract agreements, advise on FAR/DFARS/GSA/FedRAMP compliance, support RFPs and audits, build legal playbooks, and partner with cross-functional teams to mitigate regulatory and export control risk.

Negotiate delinquent accounts with law firms to secure reduced balances, extended payment terms, or lump-sum settlements. Review legal documents, manage escalated portfolios and client accounts, maintain attorney relationships, meet monthly settlement and compliance goals, and handle high-volume inbound/outbound calls to resolve lawsuits and prevent further legal action.

As Commercial Legal Counsel at GitLab, you will negotiate and draft various complex agreements, advise on risk allocation, support public sector transactions, and enhance the legal team's efficiency and training initiatives.

Review high volumes of foreclosure affidavits and supporting documentation for factual accuracy and state/federal compliance. Coordinate with Tier I reviewers and external attorney firms to resolve discrepancies, verify mortgage assignments and standing, assess bankruptcy and loss mitigation status, and execute affidavits or escalate issues. Maintain regulatory compliance, internal controls, and occasional court witness appearances.

Provide remote administrative and legal support to law firms: manage schedules, coordinate meetings, draft documents, perform legal research, communicate with clients, and maintain organized workflows. Must adapt to legal software and digital tools, multitask, and uphold high attention to detail and professionalism.

Manage construction defect litigation and complex third-party claim files, perform coverage analysis, manage outside counsel, conduct legal research and file audits, advise on negotiations/mediations, recommend reserves/payments, and support policy form review and claims reporting to senior management.

Assist in launching and maintaining venture capital firms globally, managing legal and operational matters while collaborating with partners and clients.

Provide U.S. regulatory legal counsel on crypto and financial matters, coordinate with agencies and internal teams on investigations, enforcement, AML/sanctions compliance, remediation, and regulatory filings, and advise on evolving U.S. regulatory developments affecting the business.

Manage full contract lifecycle including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, executing, and maintaining contracts. Route approvals and signatures, manage expirations, support template and clause library development, assist with corporate filings and subpoena responses, advise stakeholders on contracting best practices and regulatory compliance, and oversee departmental operations in leaders absence.

Provide commercial legal support for sales, finance, product, and engineering: draft, review, and negotiate SaaS, partner, vendor, and NDAs; identify data, IP, and privacy risks; build templates and playbooks; use AI-assisted contract tools to streamline workflows; coordinate with data acquisition, product, and privacy teams.

Provide accurate, timely legal support on consumer-facing matters; handle complex client inquiries across channels with professionalism and empathy; serve as escalation point; create and update scripts/procedures; assist project managers; monitor case health, identify errors, and implement resolutions.

Provide senior-level legal expertise to design, evaluate, and benchmark AI systems for legal tasks. Review AI outputs, create task specifications and reference solutions, develop evaluation frameworks and scoring guidelines, and give structured feedback. Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and program teams to translate professional legal judgment into consistent evaluation standards.

Edit and optimize high volumes of AI-assisted legal marketing content for U.S. law firms. Ensure legal accuracy, SEO best practices, persuasive conversion-focused copy, consistent tone, citations, and formatting. Collaborate with writers and SEO teams, manage multiple deadlines, and maintain quality while staying current on SEO and AI writing trends.

The Executive Legal Assistant supports high-level administrative tasks including case management, legal research, communication, and organization of case materials in a remote legal environment.

Own commercial contracting, privacy and data-protection (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA) programs, corporate governance, IP/open-source policy, and telecom/AI regulatory posture. Be the in-house legal function: build playbooks, support Sales/Product/Engineering, and manage outside counsel to keep deals and product shipping moving quickly.

Lead the legal function: own commercial contracting, stand up privacy and data-protection programs, advise Sales/Finance/Product/Engineering, manage corporate governance and equity matters, set IP/open-source and AI governance posture, and manage outside counsel while building playbooks to enable fast business operations.

Provide legal administrative support, manage document and contract repositories, maintain compliance and entity records, coordinate DocuSign and invoicing, use AI and automation to improve legal workflows, and enable Legal team projects and process improvements.

Provide hands-on regulatory and commercial legal advice for crypto, web3, fintech and payments products. Advise product teams on design, licensing, compliance (AML/KYC, sanctions), marketing/promotions, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory risks. Lead licensing/submission processes, coordinate local counsel, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, respond to regulators and stakeholders, and build scalable playbooks to enable compliant product launches.

Lead and build Duetto's legal function: implement AI-enabled legal tooling, advise on AI/ML product and data/privacy issues, architect scalable commercial contracting and governance, support PE-driven exit readiness and M&A, manage global employment and external counsel, and integrate legal with cross-functional leadership to reduce risk and enable growth.