Description:
Duties & Responsibilities:Purpose of Position:
- Under direct supervision, prepares documents, draft agreements, performs searches, reviews miscellaneous
- contracts, assists in preparation of contracts, corporation documents and notices required by law. Performs legal
- assignments applicable to areas where facts are well established and/or clearly applicable legal precedents are
- present. Carries out the legal processes in the Office of the General Counsel and/or Labor Relations Counsel
- necessary to effect the rights, privilege and obligations of the Corporation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepares miscellaneous contracts, leases, documents, etc., for all departments and advises Corporate staff
- regarding questions of laws and requirements affecting the operation of the Corporation.
- Prepares Corporation documents and notices required by law and Corporate by-laws.
- Prepares contracts, leases, purchase contracts of real estate, insurance and service agreements.
- Reviews advertising copy and public statement.
- Performs searches, keeps abreast of legislative and statutory trends and prepares abstracts and reports.
- Prepares materials and data for briefs and documents for litigation.
- Prepares correspondence dealing with legal matters affecting legal relationships with suppliers, governmental
- agencies, public and all other Corporate communication relationships.
- May assist in conducting pretrial preparations when defending the Corporation in law suits or proceedings
- before the courts, quasi-judicial or administrative agencies.
- May assist in the preparation of briefs, answers to employee complaints, proceedings and cases and legal
- matters relating to personnel management, labor relations and employment law.
- May perform and assist in processing disciplinary charges for Hearing Examiners and appeals under Section
- 75 Civil Service Law; legal research and defenses to allegations of violations of Corporate Personnel Rules
- and Regulations; drafting of opinions and legal documentations; participation and presentation of
- cases/complaints before the Personnel Review Board; and Human Rights Commissions, EEO conferences,
- OSHA, arbitration proceedings and other hearings before governmental constituencies administering
- employment law, statutory and administrative rules and regulations affecting Personnel Management, and
- Employee and Labor Relations.
Minimum Qualifications:
A Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited School of Law, and eligible for examinations to the New York State Bar.