Legal Associate

Job description

Role Overview Lead the legal adjudication function for court-hit profiles, ensuring accurate, defensible, and audit-ready closures. The role combines legal expertise, operational rigor, AI governance, and team leadership to drive scalable, high-quality legal review processes. Key Responsibilities Legal Review & Risk Adjudication Own end-to-end review of profiles flagged with criminal/civil court hits. Provide clear, structured, and defensible legal opinions. Handle complex, high-risk, and escalated cases as final decision authority. Ensure consistency in legal interpretation, tagging, and documentation. Governance & Compliance Maintain audit-ready documentation aligned with regulatory and client standards. Reduce rework, exception rates, and audit observations. Build and refine SOPs and decision frameworks.