Associate General Counsel - Labor & Employment

About the role

The Advocate Health’s Legal Department is seeking a Labor & Employment (L&E) attorney to provide legal advice and representation to our non-profit healthcare system.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to enterprise entities.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys, business partners, other teammates, outside counsel, and outside vendors, performing a wide variety of duties.
• Communicate effectively with Legal Department teammates, business partners, courts, and government agencies.
• Manage and delegate projects to outside counsel, with an ability to identify and articulate to outside counsel what needs to be done on matters such as EEOC charges, lawsuits, government agency investigations, and general employment matters and questions.
• Manage legal matters, including complex litigation, transactions, litigation holds, investigations, due diligence, discovery, and other responsibilities and assignments as required in the Legal Department.
• Conduct legal research.
• In partnership with outside counsel, conduct witness interviews, prepares witnesses for depositions, government agency interviews, and trial.
• Attend and/or provide support in mediations and depositions.
• In partnership with outside counsel and/or more senior in-house attorneys, negotiate various types of legal documents such as contracts, employment agreements, settlement agreements, severance agreements, discovery responses, pleadings, position statements, response to requests for information, response to agency complaints, correspondence, memoranda, policies and other legal documents.
• Participate in knowledge sharing, training, mentoring, and development for self and other members of the Legal Department.

Requirements

Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification Required Attorney must be licensed and registered as required by applicable law.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree in Law from an accredited law school.
• Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of experience providing legal services within a law firm or as in-house legal counsel.
• Demonstrated familiarity with federal and applicable state employment laws and related agencies highly recommended.
• Ability to support Legal Department leadership and business clients on business and legal strategy, while assessing, communicating, managing, and mitigating legal risk to the enterprise.
• Ability to develop, approve, and interpret policies within various sub-functions and departments.
• Ability to effectively leverage the use of outside counsel while controlling outside counsel costs.
• Ability to work effectively with governmental and other regulatory agencies to protect the best interests of the enterprise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees, which is necessary to collaborate with staff, management, executives and other organizations.
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills.
• Adaptable to change, supports transformation, and helps drive strategic objectives.
• Self-directed with strong time management and organizational skills.
• Manages time-sensitive/deadline-driven projects.
• Flexible and committed to the team concept.
• Willingness and ability to be proactive, takes the lead and is accountable for performance.
• Strong prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines, have good judgment, attention to detail, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand math concepts relates to wage issues.
• Excellent computer/technical skills required.
• Strong working knowledge and proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), legal databases, and relevant computer software.
• Ability to maintain data integrity.
• Excellent research and investigation skills.
• Knowledge and appreciation for the subtleties in applicable laws and regulations.
• Ability to spot legal, regulatory and risk management issues.
• Well organized, ability to identify, track and manage legal and other deadlines.
• Project management and leadership skills.
• Proficient in business English, legal terminology, and research.
• Knowledge of court and government agency systems and procedures.
• Experience in the health care industry preferred.

Skills

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and superior organizational and analytical skills.
• Comfortable with working independently with minimal supervision, applying analytical and critical thinking skills, and being open to change.
• Able to work in a team environment when required.
• Willingness and ability to be proactive, takes the lead and is accountable for performance.
• Strong prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines, have good judgment, attention to detail, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand math concepts relates to wage issues.
• Excellent computer/technical skills required.
• Strong working knowledge and proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), legal databases, and relevant computer software.
• Ability to maintain data integrity.
• Excellent research and investigation skills.
• Knowledge and appreciation for the subtleties in applicable laws and regulations.
• Ability to spot legal, regulatory and risk management issues.
• Well organized, ability to identify, track and manage legal and other deadlines.
• Project management and leadership skills.
• Proficient in business English, legal terminology, and research.
• Knowledge of court and government agency systems and procedures.
• Experience in the health care industry preferred.