Associate Attorney - Commercial

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities.  When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing.  Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

Apply by: No later than July 9, 2026
Location: Detroit - Downtown - Walker Cisler Building

Bidding Restriction: 1 Year

Hybrid Role: This role is hybrid, with an established schedule of in-person work required at an assigned work location. Any remote work is expected to be performed from an employee’s primary residence, unless allowed (or prohibited) through the Company’s remote work guidelines.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Provides legal advice and recommendations regarding routine legal matters or with directions from senior-level attorneys on more complex matters. Conducts legal research, provides legal counsel, and helps develop recommendations. Represents interests of the Company in formal or informal legal proceedings, including federal, state, or local jurisdictions, or alternative dispute resolution processes.  Span of control: 0; this is an individual contributor role.

Key Accountabilities

• Assists and supports various legal projects in an efficient and timely manner for assigned business units
• Conducts research on legal principles and precedents, including consulting with and supporting outside legal counsel
• Drafts and executes legal documents, including gathering relevant information using multiple sources and methods and shares findings with leadership
• Develops legal resolutions with business problems in one or more specialized areas of legal practice
• Provides legal guidance and work instruction to other professional, paraprofessional, and support staff
• Represents the company legally in job related workplace disputes or claims of employer wrongdoing (e.g., wrongful termination, contract disagreements, unemployment issues, and discrimination).
• Assists senior level attorneys in general corporate matters, including corporate organization, securities compliance, drafting transactional documents, license agreements, employment law, immigration law, data privacy, risk management asset-backed financing, and contract management.
• Identifies, evaluates, and provides recommendations on legal risk and mitigation initiatives to support internal business unit matters
• Provides drafts and recommendations on legal contracts, letters of agreement, policies and other documents related to a variety of trade, commercial, financial, and operational matters to senior level attorneys and leadership
• Supports the legal team on representing and advocating for the organization in litigation, arbitration, mediation or other disputes with courts, government agencies, or other legal authorities

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Graduate of accredited law school and admitted to the bar with 1 year of experience as a licensed attorney practicing law in any of the following areas: commercial transactions, federal and state regulatory law (energy), environmental, litigation, corporate finance and/or governance, and labor and employment law.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working on transactional/corporate legal matters.
• Experience with procurement contracts and complex transactions (mergers/acquisitions or joint ventures), as well as other types of business transactions (e.g., real estate or construction).

Other Qualifications

Other Requirements:

• Proficient communication and presentation skills
• Proficient in office software applications with minimal instruction or guidance
• Identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives and recommend optimal solutions
• Collaborates in a team environment and support multiple clients, procedures, and policies
• Manages multiple demands from superiors, peers, and subordinates in a positive and even-handed fashion; displays calm demeanor under pressure
• Prioritize and manage multiple tasks, issues, and projects, inclusive of high-visibility initiatives that require innovation, teamwork, and planning
• Initiates new ideas and approaches, challenges orthodox practices and approaches with reasonable and sound alternatives

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

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At DTE Energy, we are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and a sense of belonging. We seek individuals with a heart for service, a passion to help our communities prosper, and ideas to help shape the future of energy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity, employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal and/or state laws.