Deputy General Counsel

Min 10 yrs required

Full-time

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Deputy General Counsel
The candidate will work closely with the firm's General Counsel in managing the legal affairs and professional responsibility compliance of the firm. Support the General Counsel on all aspects of legal ethics, risk management, and legal/regulatory compliance. Supervise the lateral specialists and oversee the conflicts-clearance and conflicts-waiver process for lateral attorney hires. Coordinate with the GC and Client Intake Counsel on cross-functionality among teams involved in review, analysis, and resolution of actual or potential conflicts of interest. Oversee the review and negotiation of firm contracts with its vendors. Handle the response to subpoenas or other written discovery directed to the firm and/or its constituents. Manage litigation and claims against the firm or its constituents, including hiring and supervision of outside counsel, as directed by the General Counsel. Serve as advisor to firm constituents related to legal, ethics and risk management issues; firm policies, practice, and procedures; and strategic and client relations issues, as needed. Analyze and resolve actual and potential conflicts of interest, as needed. Propose, draft, and manage firm ethics, compliance, and risk-related policies, as needed. Provide ethics, professional responsibility, and risk management training to attorneys and business professionals, as needed. Identify ethical, liability, and regulatory risks to the firm, reporting those to the GC and formulating an effective response to those risks, as needed. JD from an ABA-accredited law school and an active Bar license in good standing are required. Should ideally have 10+ years of legal practice; however, may have less with a combination of exceptional experience and skillset. Prior experience in law firm risk management and legal ethics as well as prior assistant or deputy-level GC experience is strongly preferred. Litigation experience is a plus. Contract review experience is also a plus.

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Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401k/profit sharing retirement package

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Legal ethics, risk management, negotiation, litigation, contract review, communication, leadership, counseling, organizational, analytical, confidentiality

JD from ABA-accredited law school

Requisition ID: 1366

Legal