Purpose - The Corporate In-House Attorney provides legal guidance, contract support, regulatory interpretation, risk management, policy support, dispute resolution, and legal process discipline for a fast-growing behavioral health organization.
Key Performance Indicators and Reporting- Assigned contracts are drafted, reviewed, negotiated, or coordinated within approved turnaround standards and risk-priority levels.
- Legal matter trackers, contract repositories, templates, outside counsel logs, and risk registers remain organized and review-ready.
- Avoidable outside legal spend is reduced through appropriate internal handling and efficient outside counsel coordination.
- Legal guidance is provided timely to leaders on contracts, employment, healthcare compliance, real estate, payor, privacy, and operational issues.
- Policies, training, compliance readiness, and dispute prevention are supported through practical guidance.
- High-risk legal matters are escalated with options, tradeoffs, recommended next steps, and documentation.
Upon achieving these key performance indicators, your supervisor will meet with you to review progress and collaborate on establishing new performance goals that reflect continued growth and excellence.
Core Competencies- Demonstrate strong role-specific knowledge, judgment, organization, and follow-through required for Corporate In-House Attorney.
- Demonstrate clear communication, confidentiality, accountability, and ability to work in a fast-moving national organization.
- Demonstrate ability to use data, systems, scorecards, and written documentation to make work visible and repeatable.
- Demonstrate professional collaboration with leaders, peers, and cross-functional partners without creating duplicate ownership.
- Demonstrate calm urgency, sound judgment, and willingness to escalate risks before they become larger problems.
Core Responsibilities - These duties may vary depending on job assignments and Company needs.Primary Role Execution- Draft, review, negotiate, or coordinate review of contracts, leases, vendor agreements, payor agreements, and employment-related documents.
- Maintain legal templates, approved clauses, contract playbooks, signature workflows, and risk escalation standards.
- Advise leaders on contract obligations, notice deadlines, risk allocation, confidentiality, and termination rights.
Systems, Reporting and Quality- Coordinate with outside counsel for specialized matters, litigation, state-specific advice, or major transactions.
- Support compliance, policy development, training, dispute response, and legal readiness for audits or diligence.
- Maintain legal matter logs, outside counsel budgets, and executive status updates.
Cross-Functional Collaboration- Partner with assigned leaders and departments to keep handoffs clear, timely, documented, and aligned with Company priorities.
- Maintain clean records, trackers, SOPs, reports, and communication trails that support audits, diligence, training, and continuity.
- Escalate risks, unclear ownership, missing information, underperformance, compliance concerns, or client-impacting issues promptly.
Required Qualifications- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required.
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction required; Utah license preferred.
- 5+ years of legal experience preferred, including healthcare, corporate, employment, contract, compliance, or regulatory work.
- Must pass all required background checks and meet Company, privacy, security, licensure, payer, or regulatory requirements applicable to the role.
Skills and Expertise- Contract drafting, negotiation, risk analysis, legal research, policy writing, dispute support, outside counsel coordination, and executive communication.
Physical Demands- Regularly sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, type, and view computer screens for extended periods.
- Use standard office equipment, secure systems, phones, video platforms, dashboards, and document-management tools.
- Communicate with employees, executives, board members, advisors, vendors, payers, legal partners, lenders, and external stakeholders as assigned.
- Travel occasionally or regularly for executive meetings, facility visits, market visits, conferences, diligence events, or stakeholder meetings.
- Maintain confidentiality while working with strategic, financial, legal, clinical, employee, client, and company records.
DisclaimerOCD Anxiety Centers has not designed this job description to contain a comprehensive list of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee. The Company may change, remove, or assign duties, responsibilities, and activities at any time, with or without notice, based on business needs, growth, compliance requirements, and operational priorities.
