Compensation Range $72,000 - $80,000 / Hour Position Overview: Eligible for a hybrid work schedule split between home & office, with a minimum of 3 days in the office each week. You may know us as a company with great food… You may also know us from ‘Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For’ list… 12 years in a row! What you may not know is, we are a company driven by legal expertise, ensuring smooth operations and compliance across every part of our business. This role is a dynamic blend of litigation support, legal research, and cross-department collaboration, providing vital assistance to the General Counsel and VP of Legal Services. From reviewing documents, prioritizing lawsuits, and drafting legal correspondence, to preparing responses for agencies and supporting depositions, hearings, and trials, you’ll play a key part in keeping cases and compliance matters moving smoothly. You’ll work closely with attorneys to research issues, assemble exhibits, and summarize testimony, while also partnering with teams across HR, Operations, Risk, Finance, IT, and Marketing to ensure the company’s legal obligations are met. Beyond casework, the role also supports training initiatives and contributes to department projects, making it an engaging opportunity to be at the center of the company’s legal activities. You’ll thrive in this position if you're: A Clear Communicator: you’re capable of articulating information in a clear, concise manner. Highly Organized: in a dynamic work environment with many moving parts, you easily prioritize your responsibilities while maintaining deadlines. Adaptable: you’re at ease in a fast-paced environment and you’re able to change direction rapidly when priorities, deadlines, or personalities shift. Intellectually curious: you’re a lifelong learner; you pick things up and dissect them to see how they work, then figure out how to improve them. Exhaustively meticulous: you have an unrelenting attention to detail leaving nothing to chance while understanding what deserves your immediate attention and what can wait. A team player: you’re a collaborative team player who shows respect for the views and contributions of others and enjoys brainstorming, project-work, and team building. Here’s more of what you’ll get to do: Provide litigation support to the General Counsel and VP of Legal Services, including document review, and prioritizing summons, lawsuits, arbitrations and administrative hearings. Perform research (factual, legal, internet and other) to identify issues and relevant matters. Analyzes and reviews documents as required by attorneys specific to case issues and determines necessary information. Draft legal documents and correspondence for review and approval by attorneys. Prepare written responses to agency inquiries, investigations, and requests for information, including drafting and revising position statements, responses to requests for production of documents. Prepare for and attends depositions, hearings, trials and arbitrations. Coordinates assembly of exhibits and appendices for court papers, witness sets, depositions and trials. Summarizes deposition and trial exhibits and transcripts. Track and assist company entities with legal and compliance related questions. Assist attorneys in planning, organizing, coordinating and tracking programs and projects associated with various legal matters. Work with a variety of internal departments, including Human Resources, Operations, Risk Services, Finance, IT, and Marketing to ensure timely handling and completion of the company’s legal activities. Conduct training programs for management and company personnel regarding legal issues. Assist with department projects as needed and performs other work-related duties as assigned. What we require: Bachelor's Degree Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills; desire and ability to work effectively in a team environment; and ability to multi-task and perform in a fast-paced environment What we prefer: Experience with employment law, insurance, immigration, commercial litigation What we offer: Vacation and sick time Medical, Dental & Vision 401K with company match Tuition reimbursement 25%-35% discount when dining as a guest Annual stipend for dining in our restaurants About the Company: Named to FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list every year since 2014, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a leader in experiential dining. We are culinary-forward and relentlessly focused on hospitality. Delicious, memorable experiences created by passionate people—this defines who we are and where we are going. We currently own and operate 353 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada under brands including The Cheesecake Factory®, North Italia®, Flower Child® and a collection of other FRC brands. Internationally, 34 The Cheesecake Factory® restaurants operate under licensing agreements. Our bakery division operates two facilities that produce quality cheesecakes and other baked products for our restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace for all. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Cheesecake Factory offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. #SoCheesecake #LifeAtCheesecake