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Job Overview:
This attorney will have responsibility for active management and oversight of all aspects of Intellectual Property (“IP”) and network related litigation and disputes, as well as other complex commercial litigation and risk management issues. This position interacts directly with Vice Presidents, Senior Directors, and Directors across many areas of the business, including Corporate Communications, Government Affairs, Engineering, IT, Marketing, Finance and Corporate Strategy. 

Primary responsibilities for this role are managing the Company’s IP and network related litigation with a focus on successful strategy for risk mitigation and value recovery to the business with a focus on effective budget and cost controls. This role will require managing an internal team of IP litigation attorneys and other legal professionals. This role also requires an appreciation for IP transactional issues with respect to risk mitigation, as well as an ability to handle general commercial litigation issues in partnership with the larger litigation team, as needed. The specific areas of legal risk include IP litigation; trademark litigation (both proactive and defensive); software and technology licensing; MVNO litigation; and roaming, network share, and backhaul (roaming and interconnect). Primary responsibilities for this role are managing the Company’s IP and network related litigation with a focus on successful strategy for risk mitigation and value recovery to the business with a focus on effective budget and cost controls. This role will require managing an internal team of IP litigation attorneys and other legal professionals. This role also requires an appreciation for IP transactional issues with respect to risk mitigation, as well as an ability to handle general commercial litigation issues in partnership with the larger litigation team, as needed. The specific areas of legal risk include IP litigation; trademark litigation (both proactive and defensive); software and technology licensing; MVNO litigation; and roaming, network share, and backhaul (roaming and interconnect).

This attorney will counsel executives and internal clients on IP litigation strategy and risks, manage internal lawyers and other legal professionals on IP and commercial litigation caseloads, retain and manage outside counsel, manage cost effective budgeting and fee arrangements with outside counsel, review pleadings, participate in mediations and arbitrations, engage in settlement negotiations, and manage settlements internally. In addition, this attorney may be required to support general commercial litigation matters that include risk and dispute management in other business areas. This attorney must have a sense for the importance of how business goals and operations guide litigation strategy and advice.

The Experience You’ll Bring:

15 years of relevant legal experience, including extensive experience litigating and managing IP litigation, experience managing teams of professionals, as well as experience advising senior leaders.

• JD from an ABA-accredited university with outstanding academic credentials
• Executive maturity – Inspires the trust and confidence of Senior Leadership and their teams.
• Strong attention to details.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of legal and regulatory risks. 
• Knowledge of the law and an aptitude for its application. 
• Excellent Business Judgment.
• Experience and comfort with executive interaction and communications. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and diplomacy, as well as the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Experience managing people and high-profile projects.

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About T-Mobile

The Un-carrier formula is so simple. Love customers. Listen to them. And change the industry to make it better for them. Easy to say, but apparently hard to do, especially if you judge the actions of our competitors. We’re inspired to keep going because of this secret: Customers NOTICE when you put them first. There’s no other explanation for 1.2 million new postpaid account net adds in the last year alone — the highest number reported by any company. 2021 was our best growth year EVER, with 5.5 million new postpaid lines added. This was the most customer growth we’ve EVER delivered and also the most in the wireless industry.We do it with the most capable, empathetic, customer-loving team in the wireless industry. Across Retail, Care, Engineering and more, Team Magenta is the heart, soul, face and voice of this company. T-Mobile thrives because of them. And we’re continuing to grow this team of customer-obsessed heroes. We hired thousands of employees in 2021 and will keep bringing in more diverse talent whose various backgrounds, skillsets and experiences will continue to drive our business.

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