Product Liability Defense Attorney in Englewood Cliffs, NJ

In-House

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Product Liability Defense Attorney in Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Attorney

2-4 yrs required

No

Job Title:
Product Liability & Regulatory Counsel (Bilingual English/Korean)

Job Responsibilities:
- Manage and lead in-house and collaborate with outside legal counsels to minimize risks in the North America region and its subsidiaries.
- Handle product liability litigation and provide advice on product safety.
- Offer legal services on compliance and regulatory issues to internal clients.
- Respond to governmental inquiries on safety and regulatory matters to further business goals and minimize risks.
- Provide legal advice to internal clients concerning product safety and regulatory compliance.
- Conduct fact investigations, review product, and regulation analysis to advise business units on legal risks and mitigation plans.
- Support US/Canada government agency actions, investigations, or inquiries before agencies such as DOE, NRCan, EPA, FDA, FCC, CPSC, Health Canada, etc.
- Coordinate litigation case management with insurance companies and relevant internal clients.
- Communicate with business units and manage outside counsel.
- Conduct legal analysis to advise on product compliance, marketing, internal policy, and product safety as needed.
- Perform regulatory research and assess application to products.
- Advise and support the company’s strategy in identifying environment-related goals.

Education and Experience Information:
- JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school with 2-4 years of combined legal experience preferred; litigation experience is preferred.
- Position of Counsel or Senior Counsel to be determined according to experience.
- Must be currently licensed to practice law in the state of New Jersey or eligible to practice in New Jersey as in-house counsel.
- English and Korean language proficiency required.
- Strong legal research and document drafting skills.
- Ability to attend meetings scheduled in different time zones.
- Ability to travel domestically.
- Superior analytical skills.
- Creative, team-oriented, and collaborative.

Salary Information:
Recruiting Range: $107,, USD

Benefits Offered Full-Time Employees:
- No-cost employee premiums for competitive medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits for you and your eligible dependents.
- Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.
- Generous Paid Time Off program, including company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.
- Performance-based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
- Access to confidential mental health resources to help improve quality of life.
- Personal fitness goal incentives.
- Family-oriented benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
- Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.

Benefits Offered Temporary/Contractors:
- Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through partner agencies.

Privacy Notice to California Applicants:
The company aspires to empower people and celebrate differences, believing diversity will create the unexpected. The company provides equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Consistent with the commitment to providing equal opportunity and embracing diversity, the company has implemented affirmative action to ensure applicants are employed and employees are treated without regard to these characteristics.

Additionally, the company believes that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Salary ranges consider many factors in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs. While geographic pay differentials are considered in final offers, salary ranges may not reflect all geographic differentials applied.