SUMMARY
Our client, a Manufacturing Company, is seeking to hire a Litigation Counsel to join its legal department in Charlotte, NC.
This position will manage the Company’s products liability and complex commercial litigation portfolio. The attorney will be responsible for recommending alternative solutions for litigation resolution and avoidance, supervising outside lawyers and expert consultants, managing products and complex commercial-related litigation, including all aspects of case evaluation, discovery, settlement negotiations, arbitration, and/or trial management.
DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Litigation Counsel
Reporting: U.S. General Counsel
Compensation: $110K Base • Bonus: 10% Target and 20% Stretch • PTO/Vacation • Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) •
EXPERIENCE: Candidates will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in products liability and commercial litigation, with a focus on consumer products-related litigation (mechanical products). We are looking for a litigator with large law firm experience that can handle and manage complex products liability and complex commercial litigation matters.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the General Counsel, the Litigation Counsel will be the point of contact for recommending alternative solutions for litigation resolution and avoidance, providing oversight and direction of outside counsel, and controlling the attendant costs. The Litigation Counsel will provide legal advice and guidance on a wide range of issues (i.e. internal as well as external litigation support) with a focus on products liability and complex commercial litigation, and prepare documents to support the Company's legal initiatives and interests.
The Litigation Counsel will be responsible for (1) management and oversight of products liability and complex commercial litigation; (2) oversight of company-wide records management program, and (3) counseling in other substantive areas, as needed.
KEY TASKS WILL INCLUDE:
- Manage and oversee U.S. product liability and certain other complex commercial litigation including preparation of discovery, review and preparation (as necessary) of pleadings, setting strategy, and making recommendations regarding settlement or case disposition.
- Review claims and set strategies as requested, conduct routine depositions and arbitrations, and coordinate discovery between internal operations and outside counsel and experts.
- Handle counsel selection, manage outside counsel, coordinate litigation strategies, work with other in-house counsels, and control related litigation costs.
- Manage the litigation caseload in-house, whenever possible, to minimize the cost of outside counsel.
- Advise on legal issues relating to products liability and complex commercial negotiations or disputes.
- Provide legal counsel and develop and conduct legal training for business partners in the areas of product liability risk, records and information management, and other areas of expertise.
- Provide support for and oversee the Company records management program, including maintaining and updating the records and information policy and retention schedule, ensuring compliance with e-discovery obligations, providing training on records creation and disposition, and ensuring general corporate compliance in the area of records management.
REQUIREMENTS:
- EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCTS LIABILITY IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST! Extensive experience in products liability and complex commercial disputes, setting case strategy, managing discovery process, taking and defending depositions, and managing mediations/arbitrations and trials are required.
- J.D. degree, licensed to practice in NC or eligible for waiver into NC, a minimum of 5 years of litigation management and trial focused on products liability and complex commercial cases, with a large national law firm.
- Extensive trial (state and federal) and arbitration experience with a nationally recognized law firm handling complex products liability and complex commercial litigation matters is highly preferred.
- Must have demonstrated success counseling clients and litigating complex cases with a top tier law firm or in-house setting.
- Ideal candidate will possess consumer products litigation experience, with a focus on mechanical products.
- Litigation and litigation management experience required. Global employment law litigation experience will be considered a plus.
- Must have a stable work history with few transitions.
- A demonstrated ability to work in a corporate environment, work across functions, and provide practical, thoughtful solutions is required.
- Must be comfortable working in a dynamic environment where decisions are made and advice given in practical real-time.
- Ability to work independently, assimilate to an existing team and customers.
- Must be self-motivated, self-disciplined, and highly results oriented with an ability to manage priorities and workflow.
- A strong commitment to excellence and high standards of integrity, professionalism, loyalty, honesty, respect, open mindedness, open communication, and business ethics is required.
- Must be able to work independently, and handle both small and large matters with equal effectiveness and enthusiasm.
- Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with ever-changing business and legal objectives, be willing to adapt to change, as well as being capable of driving change.
- Some domestic travel may be required.
[U.S. Residents Only. Relocation Available Where Applicable.]
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