Senior Counsel - Litigation

About the role

This job investigates factual situations and presents well-reasoned and creative solutions and alternatives based upon independent legal research and analysis of the facts and the law. The incumbent provides timely and accurate legal advice and prepares effective documents based upon knowledge of federal, state and other applicable law and the regulatory environment in which the Corporation and its affiliates (“Corporation”) function.

Responsibilities

• Provide regular legal support for one or more discrete units of the Corporation; demonstrate deep knowledge of the Corporation’s business, while retaining the discipline of legal analysis;
• demonstrate sound business judgment to the provision of legal advice;
• apply sound business judgment to the provision of legal advice;
• have highly advanced expertise in areas of legal practice that are necessary to effectively provide legal counsel;
• be viewed as a subject matter expert;
• provide results of analysis to other attorneys in the Law Department (“Department”) or directly to appropriate management and staff of the Corporation;
• provide legal advice to management and staff of the Department;
• maintain positive, responsive, consistent and effective relationships with other members of the Department, as well as management and other staff of the Corporation, and teams of inside / outside counsel;
• mentor attorneys and paralegals;
• educate internal customers on legal issues;
• manage litigation, transactions or other matters and/or assist and work cooperatively with and/or supervise outside legal counsel, including outside lawyers from approved law firms used by the Corporation;
• review statutory, regulatory, and contractual language and case law, to provide counsel to internal stakeholders;
• work cooperatively with both inside counsel and outside legal counsel;
• oversee diverse litigation docket, with particular emphasis on provider-payor litigation, as well as fraud, privacy, and antitrust-related matters;
• work with outside counsel to drive litigation strategy and outputs;
• supervise discovery workflows, and assist with litigation holds, document collections, witness interviews, and trial preparation;
• analyze potential litigation exposure and respond to pre-complaint investigations and demands;
• coordinate with legal, compliance, and governance teams to manage risk across the enterprise;
• track, synthesize, and report on larger trends in healthcare litigation and impacts to the enterprise;
• prepare precise, thorough and responsive legal memoranda, contracts, pleadings, analyses, correspondence and other relevant documents;
• perform legal research and investigate facts;
• exhibit a strong attention to detail and work ethic;
• handle complex legal matters or projects independently;
• make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations;
• investigate highly complex situations and present well-reasoned, broad perspective, innovative and creative solutions and alternatives based upon independent legal research and analysis of the facts and the law;
• easily engage in two-way communication and solicit and accept feedback;
• negotiate with outside parties;
• effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely, thorough, comprehensive and efficient manner;
• work through goals and objectives despite changing priorities and demonstrate the willingness to do things differently;
• seek out challenging tasks and assignments, engage in frequent development discussions, set his/her own career goals and development plans and execute against them;
• be open to feedback and effectively adapt / change as a result of such feedback.

Qualifications

• Required: Juris Doctorate
• Preferred: None

Skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Client focused with strong business acumen
• Self-starter with the ability to work under pressure independently and as part of a team
• Able to think strategically and act proactively to create strong trust and confidence with business units
• Strong innovative problem-solving capabilities
• Keep current on recent developments in the law and develop in-depth knowledge of one or more areas of the law which are applicable to the Corporation’s business
• Observe high standards of confidentiality consistent with all applicable laws, professional standards and requirements of the Corporation
• Observe high personal and professional ethics

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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