Description:
Overview:Position Type:
Full-Time
Job Shift
Day
Education Level:
Professional Degree
Day
Education Level:
Professional Degree
Travel Percentage
Up to 25%
Up to 25%
Category
Corporate
Corporate
Description:
Centurion is proud to be a leading provider of comprehensive healthcare services to correctional facilities, state hospitals, and community mental health centers nationwide.
We are currently seeking a full- time Corporate Counsel- Litigation to join our Corporate Legal team. Located in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Corporate Counsel - Litigation will assist in overseeing and directing strategy for Centurion's professional liability caseload across the country.
Qualifications:
Centurion is proud to be a leading provider of comprehensive healthcare services to correctional facilities, state hospitals, and community mental health centers nationwide.
We are currently seeking a full- time Corporate Counsel- Litigation to join our Corporate Legal team. Located in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Corporate Counsel - Litigation will assist in overseeing and directing strategy for Centurion's professional liability caseload across the country.
- Oversee and direct outside counsel, including development of strategy and management of all phases of pre-suit, litigation, and trial; edit motions, pleadings, and other documents; strategize with local defense counsel and insurance adjusters regarding responses to demand letters; conduct internal investigations and fact gathering; oversee the handling of all elements of pre-trial discovery; respond to third-party document requests and subpoenas.
- Attend settlement conferences, mediations, and trials on behalf of Centurion.
- Identify potential litigation risk and counsel our organization to minimize risk and potential exposure.
- Review, edit, and draft legal documents.
- Synthesize complex legal issues and provide concise, articulate summaries and recommendations.
- Perform legal writing and research on a vast array of legal issues.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with senior Legal and inter-departmental leadership on a variety of legal matters.
- Assess and respond to complex inquiries and investigations, and high-risk litigation involving our healthcare services.
- Support Centurion and its Legal Department by developing best practices for conducting investigations, training, tracking and monitoring inquiries and investigations, and responding to matters involving heightened risk.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate obtained from an ABA-accredited law school
- Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the State of Georgia.
- Minimum of 8years of civil litigation and trial experience, with medical malpractice and section 1983 experience preferred.
