Top Legal Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

The Senior Legal Counsel will draft and negotiate commercial contracts, provide legal advice, manage risk, and develop legal frameworks for the Lido ecosystem while supporting its growth and partnerships.

The Vice President, Legal will lead the legal strategy for complex business development transactions, collaborating with various teams to ensure legal rigor and operational efficiency while managing external counsel and contract workflows.

Serve as the CLO's Chief of Staff and lead Legal Operations: manage a small team and global legal budget, own legal vendor and tech strategy (CLM, e-billing, litigation tools), build dashboards and metrics, drive cross-functional integration, and implement AI-driven automation to improve reporting, decision-making, and operational efficiency across legal, corporate development, and IT.

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Provide expert legal support for global data center client contracts, focusing on complex commercial leases, triple-net leases, service agreements and gigawatt campus projects. Negotiate and draft contracts, manage contractual risk and compliance, advise leadership, support cross-functional stakeholders worldwide, and develop contract templates and procedures to improve efficiency.

As a Legal Intern, assist with legal research, contract drafting, policy review, and the development of legal operations processes.

Lead first in-house legal function for a fast-growing SaaS startup: own commercial contracting, build intake/approval processes, create contract playbooks and CLM-ready infrastructure, enable Sales and CS to reduce deal friction, and scale legal operations to Series B/C maturity.

Provide independent legal support for commercial contracting: draft, review and negotiate MSAs, vendor/client agreements, leases, sales and change orders; advise management on contractual, compliance, and financial risks; develop templates and procedures; liaise with global stakeholders; prioritize multiple matters and ensure contractual obligations are met.

The Legal Operations Analyst will manage legal processes, support technology projects, maintain databases, assist with document preparation, and collaborate with teams to streamline operations.

Support attorneys with legal research, document preparation (briefs, memos, reports), case management, and regulatory monitoring. Analyze environmental law issues, maintain organized case files, collaborate on case strategies, and assist in preparing materials for client matters.

The Legal Operations AVP coordinates data governance initiatives, project management, and reporting while ensuring compliance and documentation standards across legal operations.

Provide product-focused legal counsel across the full product lifecycle, advising on AI/ML, privacy, IP, and open-source issues; draft and negotiate technology licensing and integration agreements; support trademark, acquisitions integration, and incident response; help build privacy-by-design practices and shape product legal function as it scales.

Lead a team of product-focused attorneys advising on product development, launches, lifecycle management, marketing, and FDA-regulated digital offerings. Provide business-oriented legal guidance, shape processes and standards, partner with product and marketing leaders, and mentor junior attorneys to scale legal support in a high-growth health and wellness telehealth company.

Lead and scale a commercial legal team for a high-growth ad tech company. Build automation and AI-enabled contracting processes, oversee negotiation and drafting of major commercial agreements, provide legal advice to revenue and executive teams, set strategy and hiring, and mentor commercial counsel while balancing enterprise and automated contracting workflows.

Provide corporate and commercial legal support including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, advising on regulatory compliance, maintaining corporate documents, updating confidentiality agreements, and developing legal training materials while mitigating legal risk for the business.

Provide administrative and billing support for a boutique law firm: manage attorney inboxes, handle client calls, use Lawmatics and Clio Manage for intake and file maintenance, export billable time to Excel and prepare weekly invoices, and support ad-hoc administrative tasks while improving internal workflows.

Translate, edit, and proofread certified legal content from English into Japanese in XTM; perform terminology research and TM/glossary maintenance; implement SME and LQA feedback; flag legal-risk issues; collaborate in a multi-vendor environment and meet strict SLAs. Support Standard Legal projects as needed.

As a Contract Attorney, you'll provide legal services to Rocket Lawyer members remotely, including consultations, document reviews, and legal drafting, while managing the administrative tasks related to client interactions.

Remote unpaid legal internship supporting contract drafting and review, legal research, compliance, policy development, meeting participation, and administrative support for a startup-focused legal team. Ideal for JD students or recent graduates seeking practical corporate and contract law experience.

The translator/editor will provide legal language services, translating and editing content for a U.S. Government client, requiring extensive legal terminology knowledge.

The role involves translating, editing, and transcribing legal documents from English to Somali, editing audio transcripts, and reviewing other translators' work. Applicants need strong legal terminology knowledge and proficiency in CAT tools and MS Office.

Manage the operational workflow for pre-litigation personal injury cases in Illinois and Ohio: open claims, request and track medical records and police reports, monitor liens and subrogation, collaborate with paralegals to prepare demands, and resolve operational bottlenecks to keep cases moving.

Negotiate personal injury settlements with insurance carriers and adjusters, build settlement breakdowns reconciling recoveries against fees, costs, and liens, and collaborate with attorneys, case managers, and clients. Execute agreed negotiation strategies, cultivate stakeholder relationships, manage competing deadlines and SLAs, and apply strategic thinking, attention to detail, and AI tools to drive timely, fair resolutions for clients.

Provide in-house legal support focused on US commercial contracting for customers and suppliers, lead negotiations, advise on procurement and compliance, develop compliance programs and training, and support litigation and dispute management.

Hybrid executive-support and legal/governance administrator supporting CLO/Corporate Secretary and CFO. Manage executive calendars, board/committee logistics and minutes, maintain corporate records, own contract lifecycle and CLM data, coordinate with outside counsel, and prepare SEC Section 16 filings (Forms 3/4/5). Emphasis on discretion, regulatory compliance, and process improvement.