Associate Corporate Counsel, Employment and Litigation
On-site · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Job Summary
Associate Corporate Counsel focusing on employment and litigation; provide hands-on, in-house support to the Employment Practices Legal team. Responsibilities include managing and supporting a portion of the company’s employment-related claims across 18 states (including wage-hour, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation) under supervision of senior litigation counsel; drafting pre-litigation position statements and settlement agreements; engaging in pre-litigation negotiations and mediations with opposing counsel; advising HR and facility administrators on workforce compliance and risk management; providing practical legal advice on employee relations matters and employment practices/policies; assisting in updating policies, procedures, and training materials; coordinating with outside counsel on matters, preservation, e-discovery, and budgets; maintaining organized case files and reporting on claims using LegalTracker; location in-office at PACS Downtown Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Required Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
- Active membership in a state bar within the United States
- Experience handling employment claims as either plaintiff or defense counsel or managing employment claims as in-house counsel
- Strong familiarity with federal and state employment laws (e.g., FLSA, Title VII, ADA, FEHA, wage and hour law)
- Excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills
- Ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines in a fast-paced environment with heavy utilization of LegalTracker
- Strong judgment and problem-solving skills
- Self-starter
- Ability to translate legal risk into practical business guidance
- Collaborative and cross-functional mindset
- High attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong ability for prioritization of multiple competing matters
- Effective communication
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