Assistant General Counsel - General Liability Litigation

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Position Purpose:

This position manages and handles all legal matters within an area of specialization, and may include focused emphasis on litigation, regulatory, operational, or compliance issues. The ultimate objective of this position is to minimize the legal exposure of the Company in any and all legal matters .

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages auto liability, general liability, and product liability claims and lawsuits.
• Supervises and manages outside counsel.
• Assesses risk and exposure and works internally and externally to minimize the exposure
• Selects, develops and motivates assigned staff.
• Direct Manager/Direct Reports: Typically reports to an Associate General Counsel or Vice President – Legal.
• Direct reports generally include one or more Corporate Counsels, one or more legal specialist and one or more legal coordinators.
• Travel Requirements: Typically requires overnight travel less than 20% of the time.
• Physical Requirements: Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Working Conditions: Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Located in a comfortable indoor area.
• Under constant pressure to continuously meet tight deadlines, demanding quotas and/or must regularly deal with difficult situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in managing auto liability, general liability, or product liability claims and lawsuits.
• Knowledge of legal issues involved in auto liability, general liability, or product liability claims and lawsuits including expertise in insurance policy analysis and contractual indemnification issues.
• Demonstrated familiarity with medical-legal issues related to auto liability, general liability, and product liability claims
• Twelve years of experience as an attorney.
• Minimum Education: The completion of a Juris Doctor or equivalent and required certifications for practicing law.
• Preferred Education: No additional education
• Minimum Years of Work Experience: 12
• Preferred Years of Work Experience: No additional years of experience
• Minimum Leadership Experience: None
• Preferred Leadership Experience: None
• Certifications: Law license from a state bar association
• Competencies: J.D. is required.
• People management/supervisory experience.
• High degree of oral and written communications skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Analytical skills.