Top Legal Jobs in Lexington, KY

The Associate Director of Patent Research will develop patent search strategies, collaborate with legal and scientific teams, analyze findings, and support due diligence processes.

Provide paralegal support for product and privacy legal work: document product functionality, maintain privacy and regulatory records, draft and manage DPAs and notices, support global privacy program administration, perform legal research, assist with AI/legal tech implementations, and coordinate cross-functional compliance workflows.

Provide day-to-day legal support to Product, Engineering, and Marketing on payments, card network compliance, consumer disclosures, and marketing. Draft and maintain consumer-facing agreements and notices, review campaigns, advise on payments architecture and network rules, coordinate with Compliance, support escalations and regulatory inquiries, and participate in product planning to surface legal issues early.

Lead and manage complex commercial, construction, and government-related litigation in state and federal courts. Develop strategy, draft dispositive motions, take/defend depositions, support trial preparation (second-chair and potential first-chair), advise sophisticated clients, mentor junior attorneys, and contribute to business development and firm leadership with a clear path to partnership.

Provide litigation expertise to evaluate and improve AI-generated legal content. Review outputs for factual and legal accuracy, identify errors and inconsistencies, draft or edit sample legal language, and offer expert judgment on complex edge cases. Provide detailed written feedback and collaborate asynchronously with a cross-functional team to refine model behavior and professional standards.

Senior Sales Transaction Paralegal responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating SaaS and commercial agreements, supporting enterprise deals, assessing risk and compliance (data privacy/security), maintaining contract templates and CLM processes, collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Security and Legal, tracking contract metrics, and training internal teams to streamline contracting and protect company interests.

Lead multi-state legislative and regulatory advocacy to advance Pearson’s policy and business goals. Develop and execute state and local government relations strategies, monitor policy trends (including AI and student data privacy), liaise with internal business leaders, manage outside lobby consultants, and represent the company at public forums to influence policy and support procurement priorities.

Lead and build broker-dealer and transfer agent compliance programs for US operations: create policies and controls, oversee AML and transfer-agent rules, manage filings and regulatory exams, conduct audits and risk assessments, provide training, investigate incidents, and report to executive leadership and the Board.

Lead end-to-end legal ownership of bank–fintech strategic partnerships: structure, draft, and negotiate complex agreements; advise on product, regulatory architecture, compliance (payments, cards, lending); partner with cross-functional teams from ideation through launch; scale legal operations using AI and automation tools.

Provide hands-on commercial contracting support focused on sales (NDAs, MSAs, Order Forms, DPAs) and procurement; draft, review, and negotiate contracts; build scalable processes, playbooks, CLM/CPQ workflows, and sales enablement; partner with Sales, Security, IT, Product, and Legal Ops to answer questionnaires, drive tool adoption, and support growth-stage scaling.