Legal Specialist I

Legal Specialist I

** Date:
** Jul 30, 2026

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* Location:

** Corning, NY, US, 14831

** Company:
** Corning

Requisition Number: 76798

** The company built on breakthroughs. ​ *
* ** Join us.​ *
* Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what's possible.  ​ 

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations - not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. ​ 

​At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.​  

Come break through with us. 

Corning's businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with:

+ Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives

+ Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected

+ Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light

+ Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences

+ Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation

+ Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

** Role Purpose*
* Reporting to the Litigation Director, this role is responsible for supporting the administration of Corning's Legal Hold program by ensuring timely, accurate, and defensible preservation activities throughout the litigation lifecycle. The role coordinates day-to-day legal hold operations, exercises sound judgment in resolving routine matters, and recognizes when issues require escalation to Corning's Litigation Director. Partners with attorneys, Human Resources, Information Technology, Records Management, and other business stakeholders to support compliance, improve operational efficiency, strengthen audit readiness, and support defensible legal hold processes through standardization and technology-enabled solutions.

** Key Responsibilities*
* + Support end-to-end legal hold process, including creating, issuing, tracking, updating, and releasing legal holds in accordance with established procedures

+ Manage the Legal Hold inbox, ensuring timely responses, appropriate prioritization, and accurate resolution of inquiries from attorneys, custodians, HR, IT, Records Management, and business stakeholders

+ Maintain accurate legal hold records, documentation, and audit trails to support defensible preservation practices and regulatory or litigation requirements

+ Coordinate preservation-related administrative activities with internal stakeholders while ensuring requests are completed accurately and within established service levels

+ Perform periodic quality assurance reviews and process audits of legal hold activities, including preservation requests, acknowledgements, releases, and related workflows, identifying discrepancies and driving corrective actions

+ Develop, maintain, and continuously improve legal hold templates, standard communications, practice-level guidance, standard operating procedures (SOPs), external FAQs, and knowledge management resources.

+ Identify and support process improvements that simplify administration, reduce manual effort, improve user experience, and increase operational efficiency

+ Leverage Microsoft 365, AI-enabled capabilities, and workflow automation technologies to improve legal hold administration, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder communications.

+ Build collaborative relationships with Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Records Management, Privacy, and other teams to ensure effective coordination of legal hold activities.

+ Resolve routine operational issues while exercising sound judgment to identify…