Description:
Position Summary...Join our Commercial Litigation team as a Counsel, Employment-Related Litigation! In this role, you'll lead litigation strategy for a docket of employment and contractor lawsuits and arbitrations. As counsel, you will manage all aspects of threatened and actual litigation, including setting strategy, editing legal filings, managing discovery, supervising outside counsel, and collaborating closely with internal clients and partners. You will spot risks for remediation, identify emerging trends, and advise the company on legal rights and obligations. Exercising exceptional judgment and litigation skills, you will help the Company navigate a complex and changing legal landscape.
What you'll do...
What you'll bring…
- Developing legal strategies for employment and independent contractor lawsuits and arbitrations
- Retaining and managing qualified outside counsel
- Setting budgets and closely managing litigation expenses
- Providing actionable, clear, and timely advice to internal clients
- Recognizing operational risks and working with stakeholders to remediate them
- Identifying emerging litigation trends, spotting issues across matters, and ensuring consistency of positions
What you'll bring…
- At least five years of experience in employment litigation and independent contractor disputes
- Experience with arbitration procedures
- Thought leadership thinking critically about the law, staying abreast of changes in the legal landscape, and contributing meaningfully to legal discourse and scholarship
- Communicating complicated legal principles in a way that is easily understood and delivers decisive advice that can be acted upon by busy non-lawyers
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work with a sense of urgency
- Excellent legal writing
- Consistent good judgment and keen instincts
- Process-mindedness implementing solutions to streamline litigation management
- Serving as a technologist and early adopter
- Friendly with a sense of humo