Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel | 100% Remote
Are you our next Legal Counsel? You could very well be, if you...

• Are interested in developing legal expertise in state property and casualty and workers' compensation insurance law, and federal and state privacy laws?
• Have some prior civil litigation and/or administrative law experience?
• Expertise with negotiating transactions and an eye for business issue resolution?
• Desire to work at a company traded on the NYSE?
• Have a minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience, with significant law firm and/or in-house experience; public company familiarity preferred.
• Hold a law degree from an ABA accredited law school and are duly licensed to practice law in one the United States.
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit, willing to embrace technological evolution and disruption. Get excited by working to benefit America's small businesses (with the stability of a 100 year-old company behind you).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs legal services in the Company for assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• May advise Company employees on their role in litigation and support senior attorneys in litigation.
• Creates and conducts law related training programs, internally and externally.
• Work collaboratively to support business objectives and corporate governance.
• Achieve a standard of excellence with work processes and outcomes, honoring company policies and regulatory compliance.
• Perform legal analysis and make recommendations on risk, and compliance issues, including insurance, professional liability, employment, or litigation matters
• Provide legal advice to business departments on a wide range of legal issues; research and/or interpret legal issues and statutory and case law; draft and review legal opinions, resolutions, contracts and other legal documents.
• Drafts, monitors, and prepares comments on proposed state and federal legislation and regulation; provides advice on revisions to legislation and regulation; recommends changes to Company policies and practices to comply with new compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Prior civil litigation experience to oversee and support outside counsel in civil litigation and administrative hearings is preferred.
• Answers correspondence and responds to policyholder and regulatory agency inquiries on legal matters related to Company.
• Conducts compliance investigations.
• Provides counsel and guidance on labor and employment issues
• Counsel and advise the business units regarding new and existing legal requirements that apply to the workers' compensation industry and other business-related initiatives, products and services. Support and assist the business on implementing and executing such guidance.
• Build and maintain strong and effective relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to federal and state regulatory entities.
• Perform legal analysis and make recommendations on contractual, risk, and compliance issues.
• Effectively review and negotiate legal agreements with third parties with designated internal business partner and appropriately document business relationship for execution by authorized parties.
• Familiarity with intellectual property issues.
• Proficient in state and federal privacy laws and data protection

Job Requirements:

• A minimum of 3-5 years relevant experience required, with a combination of major law firm and in-house experience with a public company strongly preferred.
• Exposure to state property and casualty and workers' compensation insurance laws and federal and state privacy laws strongly preferred.
• Law degree from an ABA accredited law school and a license to practice law in a domestic jurisdiction.
• Analyze complex situations and provide practical, timely and accurate legal advice.
• Excellent contract drafting, negotiation and complex legal project management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for working across teams and interacting with management and the board of directors; able to build and maintain good relationships both internally and externally
• Able to make practical, timely, solution-based decisions, while demonstrating superior judgement.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills including ability to assess implications of proposed actions/arguments and respond appropriately in internal and external forums.
• Ability to engage colleagues from a business as well as a legal perspective and to deal effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Flexible, collaborative mindset and willingness to tackle projects outside of areas of prior experience.
• Be well-organized, self-initiating and have the ability to handle multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the requirements listed above.
Certificates/Licenses
Law degree from ABA accredited law school and domestic license to practice law.
Work Environment:

• This role is a remote opportunity and only open to candidates currently located in the United States.
• It requires a suitable space that provides a private and quiet workplace.
• Expected Work Hours: Schedules are set to accommodate the requirements of the position and the needs of the organization and may be adjusted as needed.
• Travel: May be required to travel to off-site location(s) to attend meetings, as necessary

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines

• This is largely a sedentary role; however, some mobility is required
• May work early, late, or occasional weekend hours to accommodate business needs
• Occasional lifting of a maximum of 30lbs.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Salary Range : $100,000 - $122,000 comprehensive benefits package, please follow the link to our benefits page for details! https://www.employers.com/careers/our-benefits-and-perks/
EMPLOYERS is a dynamic, fast-growing provider of workers' compensation insurance and services, we are seeking a goal-oriented individual willing to put their ideas to work!
We offer a positive, challenging work environment, combined with an opportunity to build your career as you help us grow our business, in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely EMPLOYERS®!
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, EMPLOYERS attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource, our employees across the United States. EMPLOYERS is known for the quality service and expertise we provide to our clients, and the exemplary work environment we provide for our employees.
We live and breathe our core values: Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration, Initiative, Accountability, Innovation, and Personal Fulfillment. These are the pillars that support how we do business with our clients as well as how we treat each other!
At EMPLOYERS, you'll discover an energetic environment that inspires top achievement. As "America's small business insurance specialist", we have the resources, a solid reputation and an expanding nationwide identity to enrich your work/life and enhance your career.
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