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Corporate - General Attorney / Litigation - General Attorney in Washington, DC

Service Employees International Union. (SEIU) Dec 15,2017 Nov 05,2017 Location Washington DC
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In-House

Attorney

Corporate - General

Litigation - General (consumer)

Min 3 yrs required

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Assistant General Counsel The candidate will be responsible for the provision of legal services, broadly defined, to the company. Develop and implement comprehensive legal and litigation strategies to advance the Union’s programs as assigned by the General Counsel. Direct, supervise, and carry out the responsibility for all of the assigned legal work, whether performed in-house or by outside counsel as assigned by the General Counsel. Initiate, pursue and supervise both proactive and defensive litigation in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies, including negotiating legal settlements as assigned by the General Counsel. Advise the officers, division heads, other managers and employees, and union leaders on the range of legal issues affecting their areas of responsibility, including strategic organizing and campaigns as assigned by the General Counsel. Monitor legal developments in wide range of legal areas, including organizing, worker rights, voting rights and pre-emption; promote and defend the company’s interests advancing legal and organizing rights before courts, administrative agencies, federal, state and local policymakers, and regularly report on legal developments to the appropriate parties as assigned by the General Counsel. Draft legislation, executive orders, and rules; draft formal comments to proposed federal, state and local legislation and administrative proposals as assigned by the General Counsel. Develop training materials and lead training sessions on variety of legal issues as assigned by the General Counsel. Serve as liaison, where assigned, for the company with outside allies, advocacy groups, and legal professional committees as assigned by the General Counsel. Approve memoranda and correspondence in area of responsibility for review and execution by the International President or International Secretary-Treasurer and other full-time officers, where applicable, as assigned by the General Counsel. Perform other duties as assigned by the General Counsel in support of the work of the Department. Supervise and direct work of outside counsel in assigned areas; review and approve all outside counsel bills in areas of assignment, before transmittal to General Counsel. Direct supervision of Law Fellows, Law Clerks, and Secretaries in the incumbent’s area of responsibility. Where applicable, responsible for recommending divisional or regional legal budgets and/or project budgets for legal work done by outside counsel. Juris Doctor degree or equivalent from accredited law school and active membership in the bar association of at least one state or jurisdiction required. 3+ years of experience as attorney in labor and employment area and/or related fields required. Demonstrated ability to strategically use the law to further workers’ interests, including developing and employing cutting-edge legal arguments required. Knowledge of company structure, programs, policies and positions required. Skill in using computerized legal research tools such as Lexis-Nexis and internet-based legal databases required. Knowledge of word processing programs such as MSWord required.

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Job ID: 2017-2492

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