Assistant General Counsel, Disputes (San Francisco)

Responsibilities

• Managing all aspects of litigation, including directing outside counsel for matters including:
  • High exposure litigation
  • Commercial disputes
  • Regulatory agency disputes
  • Corporate litigation
  • Accident litigation
  • Employment litigation, including EEOC charges
• Coordinating responses to discovery requests, including e-discovery
• Establishing, overseeing and coordinating the company’s policies for record retention, e-discovery and service of process intake system
• Establishing and overseeing the operation of the company’s case management and litigation tracking systems
• Managing all aspects of regulatory reviews of the company’s business
• Analyzing the root causes of litigation and devising litigation prevention strategies
• Handling various requests for legal advice and related assistance, including presentations to the business on litigation and legal issues
• Liaising with operations, transaction and compliance attorneys on litigation prevention
• Formulating early resolution strategies
• Representing the company at mediations, arbitrations, settlement conferences, key depositions and court appearances
• Providing and ensuring legal risk management for the company including initiation and steering of all activities appropriate for minimizing of legal risks for the company
• Ensuring defense of as well as enforcement of the company claims against 3 rd parties in all legal issues in accordance with the company’s policies
• Assisting with the selection of and management of outside counsel

Advising On Other Matters

• Reviewing contracts with customers, suppliers and others
• Recommending contract language to minimize risk and avoid litigation
• Assisting with the creation and review of company policies
• Providing training on legal and compliance matters to company personnel
• Providing other counsel and advice on legal matters that the Chief Legal Officer may assign from time to time
• Interaction with executives and the board on both the status of litigation and litigation prevention

Qualifications

• D. degree from an accredited law school
• At least 8 years of complex commercial litigation experience; prior in-house litigation experience strongly preferred
• First chair trial experience
• Collaborative personality
• Comfortable working with executive management on litigation strategy
• Ability to adapt to change and work in a fluid environment
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of the organization and external parties
• Strong analytical skills
• Self-starter with the ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines