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Litigation Attorney in San Antonio, TX

San Antonio Water System Mar 08,2017 Feb 19,2017 Location San Antonio TX
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Public Interest

Attorney

Litigation

Litigation - Whistleblower - CFTC

$114,036 annually and increase

Min 3 yrs required

Profile

Corporate Counsel Duties: Serve as the organization’s in-house legal counsel for matters involving general business and transactions law, specifically including construction, engineering and other service contracts. Providing timely and accurate legal advice, counsel, representation, and analysis to executive management and staff, as well making presentations to the Board of Trustees in connection with legal matters. Responsible for the management and oversight of litigation involving transactional matters, including the development, monitoring and enforcement of litigation budgets, the evaluation of litigation strategies and oversight of outside counsel. Will have frequent contact with internal clients, providing legal support for their goals, and external parties, including attorneys, consultants, contracting parties and members of the public. Reports directly to the Vice President and General Counsel. Serves as the organization’s in-house counsel for matters within one of more of the following specialties: general transactional law, public law, contracting, utility law, real estate, and land use law. Providing advice, counsel, representation, and analysis to the Board of Trustees, President/CEO, Executive Management, and staff in connection with legal matters. May represent the Systems’ legal interests before local administrative agencies, special interest groups, or stake-holder groups in a variety of settings. Provides legal counsel and advice to Board, President/CEO, Executive Management, and staff within one or more assigned law specialties. Provides legal review, analysis, and research for the development of policies and procedures, programs, and projects to ensure conformance with relevant contracts, laws, administrative regulations, and local agency rules. Provides analysis and recommendations on the legal risks and strategies associated with disputes or settlements. Negotiates, drafts, interprets, and reviews complex transactional documents associated with projects and programs. Advises management on complex legal issues and provides direct legal support, as needed. Manages outside counsel and actively participates in discovery, mediation, and litigation on behalf of the System. Advocates in a wide variety of settings, including negotiations, dispute resolutions, mediations, trials, hearings, and administrative processes, to resolve disputes or legal actions. Responds to and resolves sensitive inquiries and complaints from both internal and external sources. Works well within the Legal department providing legal advice and assistance to team members. May supervise, select, develop, train, and evaluate the performance of assigned staff.

Qualification and Experience

Requirements: A Law Degree (JD Degree ) from an accredited Law School is required. Must be a member in good standing of the Texas Bar and currently licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. 3+ years of experience as a licensed, practicing attorney in a private law firm or governmental agency specializing in 1+ of the following areas: general business and transactional law, corporate law, public law, contracting and/or utility law. Additional experience with water and/or wastewater utilities or municipal or other governmental agency or public sector practice experience is preferred and highly desired. Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field. Water and/or wastewater utility experience. Municipal or other governmental agency/public sector practice experience. Skill in proficiently utilizing a personal computer and associated software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets, database, financial and presentation software. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers, including, clients, Executive Management and Board of Trustees, attorneys, consultants, administrative agency, and government staff and members of the public.
CLOSING DATE: March 19, 2017 11:59 PM

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