Corporate Counsel

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

(1) Effectively handles assigned legal activities for business units, functions or legal practice areas.

• Supports projects and teams - Supports or leads projects and teams providing legal support and solutions to the company's business units or corporate departments.
• Provides advice - Provides focused and practical legal advice respecting business operations as well as the impact of current or anticipated laws, rules and regulations.
• Substantiates positions - Researches, develops and coordinates implementation of legal solutions.
• Mitigates risk - Identifies and analyzes existing and emerging legal risks. Develops and implements business-focused strategies to manage risks.
• Manages claims and litigation - manage company disputes in the U.S. including e-discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, depositions, case management conferences, motion practice, and arbitration or trial preparation and presentation.
• Proactive guidance - Stays abreast of new regulations and emerging legal risks; provides proactive advice and counsel to business units and corporate functions that may be impacted.

(2) Demonstrates the development of core legal expertise and support for legal affairs of business units or enterprise-wide functions.

• Develops understanding of the operational model by which the supported business unit or enterprise-wide function operates.
• Supports clients on a cost-effective basis.
• Manages outside counsel in an efficient and cost-effective manner, as necessary.

(3) Primary Business Partner Engagement:

• Engages, communicates with and advises mid-management and operational business level of such clients.
• Develops understanding of how legal support affects objectives, risks and returns of business clients

(4) Supervisory Responsibility.

• Manages or provides work direction or review the work of individual contributor level support staff (paralegals, admins, fellows, law clerks, etc.).

(5) Performs other duties as assigned.

"Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships."

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Juris Doctor
• License to practice law in Ohio or ability to obtain licensure in Ohio

Preferred:

• Prior federal or state clerkship experience.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 5+ years of post-licensure experience in civil litigation, insurance defense or claims management
• Strong work ethic combined with diligence and the ability to act independently and adapt to changing priorities Demonstrated experience clearly articulating complex legal concepts to a lay audience.

Preferred:

• Typically requires 5-8 years of legal experience
• Demonstrated experience as an in-house attorney providing guidance and counseling to business. partners in connection with litigation and pre-suit disputes.
• Experience training company personnel on substantive legal topics. \

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• PC skills; Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); and other applications as required.
• General working knowledge of legal software

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION)

• 20%