Assistant General Counsel Job in San Antonio, TX Near Me - 259241 | BCGSearch.com

Assistant General Counsel

Type Full-Time

Location Texas - San Antonio

Job ID YLZ8259241

Experience Level Midlevel Associate

Job Experience Min. 3 - Max. 8 Years

Ranking 2 : Consumer and/or Business $$

Estimated Salary Consumer Facing Firm Salary-Tend to Be on Lower End in Market (Varies by Firm)

Practice Areas Employment Law - Traditional Labor Law (Unions)

2022-05-29 23:48:12

San Antonio office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks assistant general counsel with 3 years of experience in employment law in a corporate and/or law firm with an emphasis on the following specialty areas: litigation, administrative proceedings (state or federal), compliance issues, and negotiation of executive-level contracts. The candidate will serve as a subject matter authority in all areas of federal and state employment laws, providing timely, practical resolutions and legal advice to business leaders on a variety of employment law issues including hiring, performance management, disciplinary action, terminations, internal investigations, contingent worker issues, reasonable accommodations, leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance, and general employee risk management. Will coordinate and supervise responses to administrative charges, demand letters, and other potential disputes against the company through negotiation or mediation. A substantial part of the job will focus on developing, implementing, and monitoring compliance. Also, provide advice and counsel with regard to legal compliance issues impacting employees and assist the General Counsel in developing strategic plans for all employment-related matters, including policies, procedures, litigation, and pre-litigation matters. Be part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide employment law advice that requires an ability to work collaboratively within the legal and compliance function and with various business, legal, compliance, and HR stakeholders. Establish a strong partnership with the legal, HR, and business teams, provide sound employment and labor advice, active leadership, and engagement in managing a broad range of employment and labor matters impacting the business. Anticipate and mitigate risk to deliver value and drive the best results for the enterprise. Oversee HR investigations and provide employment and labor advice. Lead projects across legal and functional teams through project management skills. Provide advice on the full range of employment law issues, including hiring, discipline, termination, compensation, benefits, restrictive covenants, and COVID-19. Support HR, labor, benefits, and business colleagues. Advice on employment cases, including discrimination and wage and hour matters. Review and provide guidance on drafting and developing HR policies and procedures. Assist human resources in reviewing and implementing human resources compliance training programs. Advice on labor-related legal matters and generally assist the company in all other employment-related matters. Defend, supervise, and manage employment-related claims, including managing outside counsel, and responding to administrative charges, complaints, attorney letters, settlement demands, and claims. Reports to the General Counsel. Must have an active Texas license. The ability to speak Spanish is highly desirable.

The candidate should have a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school. Must have seasoned communication skills-able to influence at all levels and across functions in a complex matrix organization. Ability and experience working closely and collaboratively with teams are required. The ability to work efficiently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment and with a demanding case workload, and adjust to frequent workload fluctuations is needed.

The firm has 60 attorneys working in the areas of product liability, accidents, workplace injuries, dangerous drugs, business and consumer and child injuries. The firm believes in clear commitment to clients and comes up with solutions that best suit each client. Client satisfaction and putting the client first is what this firm specializes in.

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