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Dare to Bring Your Unique Perspective?
At Novogradac, we value individuals who bring unique perspectives and bold ideas. If you're eager to contribute to an inclusive, innovative environment where your personal and professional growth is encouraged and supported, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us.

Position Summary:
The Assistant General Counsel partners with the firm's General Counsel to manage the organization's legal needs by overseeing contracts and other legal-related processes, providing strategic legal advice to business stakeholders, and helping shape the strategic operations of the legal department.

The firm has one available position in either San Francisco, CA, Walnut Creek, CA, Long Beach, CA, Bellevue, WA, Portland, OR, Austin, TX, St. Louis, MO, or Kansas City, KS.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Assist the General Counsel in advising and representing the organization in connection with a variety of legal and contractual matters, including:

Manage a team to provide high quality legal counsel and support to partners and employees with respect to preparation of client engagement letters, master service agreements, responses to requests for proposals, subcontractor agreements, Kovel agreements, non-disclosure agreements, conflict waivers and other vendor and client-related agreements, as well as the legal team's maintenance of contract and case management files.
Provide independent, strategic legal advice to business stakeholders in connection with day-to-day legal matters, including potential claims, disputes, and applicable professional standards and ethics.
Oversight of subpoena compliance and other court-related matters, including formulation of strategy to protect the organization's interests.
Review leases for the organization's premises throughout the country and/or oversee related work performed by staff or outside counsel.
Effectively manage outside counsel's use of time and resources in any outsourced legal matters.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a variety of contracts, including negotiation of agreements with clients, vendors and other third parties is required.
Strong experience and ability to understand and provide insight to clients concerning nuanced issues in a variety of practice areas.
Ability to anticipate and identify issues and strategically weigh risks and potential legal outcomes is required.
Detail-oriented, with excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize competing deadlines.
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently with initiative and as a team member.
Interest in a long-term role contributing to the strategic development of a growing legal department.
Willingness to work occasional nights or weekends as client needs may dictate.

Minimum Qualifications:
Juris Doctor degree with at least eight (8) years of relevant experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or as an in-house corporate attorney required. Must be a member in good standing with the Bar of one U.S. state or territory. Meaningful litigation and trial experience or equivalent experience in a risk management capacity is required.

Preferred Qualifications:
Professional liability and/or accountants liability experience is preferred.

Why Work With Us?
Novogradac is committed to fostering a welcoming workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered to grow. We believe in offering a supportive, balanced work environment that encourages professional growth and work-life integration.

We are proud to offer:

Increased number of paid holidays per year
Competitive salaries with continuous review of market conditions
Flexible working hours and work arrangements
Remote and hybrid opportunities
Inclusive workplace, providing strong professional growth and development opportunities

The benefits of joining our team

Strong growth opportunities
Competitive benefits package
401(k) package with firm profit-sharing
Strong emphasis on quality work-life integration
Dress for your day policy
Resources of a national firm
Opportunities to engage with our active Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), affinity groups, and advance your career within a supportive, inclusive environment
Compensation: $149,000 to $200,000 depending on experience. More is possible if experience dictates.

Don't Meet Every Single Qualification?
After reviewing this job posting, are you hesitating to apply because you don't meet all the listed requirements? At Novogradac, we are dedicated to building a workplace supported by unique perspectives and experiences, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.

You may still be the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

Get to Know Us Better!
We're Novogradac, a national certified public accounting and consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco. Founded in 1989, the allied group of Novogradac companies has grown to more than 800 employees and partners with more than 25 offices throughout the country.

Novogradac is one of the nation's top 40 certified public accounting and consulting firms and is a recognized leader in real estate and community development. Novogradac provides publicly and privately held national enterprises with a full spectrum of audit, tax, valuation, expert witness and litigation support, property compliance and general consulting services and works extensively in the affordable housing, community development, historic preservation and renewable energy fields.

Ready to Learn More?
To be considered for this position, interested candidates MUST apply via our company website: https://www.novoco.com/careers.

Commitment to Inclusion

Novogradac is committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process, making reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities or special needs throughout the application process. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to apply, as we believe that unique perspectives strengthen our ability to achieve excellence.
At Novogradac, we offer a variety of Employee Resource Groups and Affinity Groups to provide all employees with opportunities to connect, collaborate, and support one another in the workplace.
Novogradac & Company LLP offers a progressive work environment, competitive pay and an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, life/disability insurance, commuter flex accounts and a 401(k).
Novogradac and Company LLP is an equal opportunity employer. Novogradac's culture is centered on education, acceptance, innovation and opportunity. We value diversity and respect the different perspectives that each of our employees bring to Novogradac no matter their age, race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation. We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace for our entire workforce.
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