Assistant General Counsel

Job Summary

The Assistant General Counsel is responsible for handling employment law and related legal matters. In particular, this role will provide counsel, representation, and litigation management in connection with employment law matters, including related transactional matters, such as restrictive covenant matters, and miscellaneous other legal matters.

Job Duties

• Provides expertise in compliance and legal risk management in advice to management and human resource professionals on a broad range of employment issues including: recruiting; hiring; employee relations; discipline and terminations; internal investigations; leaves of absence; accommodations; wage and hour compliance; EEO compliance; compensation and benefits, affirmative action and contingent worker issues.
• Provides informal day-to-day training on legal developments to HR and management, formulating and revising HR policies, and provides formal training as requested.
• Provides legal counsel regarding restrictive covenant and other related contractual matters, including negotiating with opposing parties and drafting related agreements.
• Represents the firm in connection with civil, regulatory, and governmental litigations, subpoenas, and investigations; which includes, but is not limited to: considering and executing effective legal strategy; coordinating the gathering and production of documents; interacting with opposing, third party, governmental, regulatory, and outside counsel; drafting position statements, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements.
• Manages outside counsel on employment-related matters to ensure quality advice and service at reasonable cost to the firm.
• Miscellaneous additional legal tasks which could relate to other areas of law.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Juris Doctorate (JD), required.
• Ten (10) or more years of litigation experience as a practicing attorney in good standing, required.
• Eight (8) or more years of experience in practice focused on employment law litigation and agency defense, required.
• Five (5) or more years of experience with a law firm engaged in litigation practice, required; employment law/agency defense experience, preferred.
• Restrictive covenant experience, preferred.
• Experience counseling clients on employment related legal risk analysis and compliance, required.
• Experience managing and completing complex projects, preferred.
• Experience working directly with management level clients, preferred.
• License/Certifications: Member of a Bar in Good Standing in state of residence, required.
• Software Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suites, required.

About Us

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