Description:
Job Overview:As an In House Lawyer, you'll provide practical legal counsel and help the organization navigate disputes, contracts, and regulatory obligations. You'll work across a broad range of legal matters, assess risks, and communicate clear options to internal clients. Your impact: Sound legal guidance helps teams make informed decisions and resolve issues while protecting the organization's interests.
Responsibilities:
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts; support legal negotiation and commercial agreements.
- Manage general and commercial litigation, including case management, legal advocacy, court depositions, trial preparation, and legal motion preparation.
- Conduct legal research, statutory legal research, and procedural law analysis using LexisNexis and Westlaw.
- Advise on employment, landlord-tenant, environmental, immigration, estate planning, family, securities, workers' compensation, tribal, and patent law matters, as relevant to organizational needs.
- Communicate with clients and internal stakeholders; prepare clear legal writing and maintain accurate legal records.
Requirements:
- Law degree and authorization to practice law in the applicable jurisdiction.
- Law office experience, including legal administrative experience, litigation, legal drafting, contract drafting, and legal case management.
- Strong research, writing, client communication, negotiation, and legal advocacy skills.
- Experience with employment law cases and personal injury cases; knowledge of personal injury law is preferred.
- Familiarity with legal research platforms such as LexisNexis or Westlaw; experience in the listed practice areas is an asset.
