Vice President Legal and Risk Management

Responsibilities:

General corporate duties and compliance activities, including all:

• HR matters including personnel issues, employee contracts, and all compliance activities to include conflicts of interest, ethics, and other LMS training, PII protections, and 401K fiduciary requirements.
• Risk Management activities including collaborating with insurance company legal teams to minimize claims settlements
• Commercial contract negotiations with end user customers and with business leaders on matters to include customer contract terms, project claims and delinquencies, lien matters, utilizing AI Legal tools
• Maintain all business licenses on behalf of the organization
• Support acquisition-related activity including purchase agreements and protections
• Support corporate legal needs and control costs of outside attorneys, to include: including IP data software licenses, facility leases, business licenses, and class action lawsuits
• Provide support for delinquent AR to avoid bad debts or agency charges through early intervention
• Maintain surety relationship and monitor outstanding bonds
• Participate in any and all disputes with vendors
• Participate in union activities and wage matters
• Conduct compliance audits
• Centralized approach to company-wide contract landscape and digital filing
• Develop company SOPs for all areas as appropriate
• Commercial contract negotiations with end-user customers
• Establish process COI (Certificates of Insurance) management of vendors/contractors and development of centralized repository

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• 10+ years of employment and contract litigation experience.
• Significant responsibility in complex federal and state court cases, including strategy, major motion practice, and depositions.
• Experience working with service and manufacturing industries; substantial employment law background is a plus.
• Excellent legal writing and research skills, with a track record of high-quality briefs and motion work.
• Strong courtroom presence, oral advocacy skills, and comfort arguing motions.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and thrive in a team-oriented, trial-focused environment.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple high-stakes matters simultaneously.
• Proficiency with litigation technology and tools necessary for efficient in-office and remote work.