Assistant General Counsel – Litigation
Ferguson
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Newport News • Maryland • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $11,400 - $18,700 per month
About the role
- Provide consulting services to the management team and others in the law department on potential or preventative commercial issues
- Select, handle and coordinate company assistance with external counsel
- Provide regular reporting on the status of litigation matters, including developing and reporting on key benchmarks and financial metrics
- Review legal documents, pleadings, correspondence to court and case parties
- Attend key events in the course of litigation, including material depositions, mediation, settlement conferences and trials
- Conduct internal investigations and prepare responses to third parties
- Increase effectiveness of the delivery of legal services through preventative action
- Communicate effectively, and maintain professional and productive relationships with company associates, witnesses, attorneys, and external partners
Requirements
- Law degree from a law school fully accredited by the American Bar Association and member of a state bar in good standing
- A minimum of five (5) years total credited experience
- Responsible, significant, relevant and successful experience with a law firm or private corporation as legal counsel leading or overseeing cases involving commercial litigation and/or products liability with asbestos litigation experience preferred
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
- Ability to apply regulations and policies to daily situations
- Ability to travel as needed
- Poise and ability to communicate effectively to groups
- Excellent organizational and time management skills required
- PC literacy in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Benefits
- health, dental, vision insurance
- paid time off
- life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- mental health coverage
- gender affirming and family building benefits
- paid parental leave
- associate discounts
- community involvement opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
law degreecommercial litigationproducts liabilityasbestos litigationlegal document reviewinternal investigationsreporting on financial metricskey benchmarks developmentpreventative action in legal servicescase management
Soft skills
strong oral communicationstrong written communicationinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillstime managementability to interact with managementpoiseeffective group communicationrelationship managementconsulting skills
Certifications
American Bar Association accreditationstate bar membership