Attorney, Commercial Litigation and Contracts (Director Level)

Jefferson; Jefferson Center (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Supplemental insurance

Dental

Vision

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

Thomas Jefferson University seeks an experienced in-house attorney to provide day-to-day legal counsel and operational support across a defined business domain. The role partners with business leaders to ensure legal guidance aligns with objectives and risk tolerance.

Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating agreements, guiding complex matters, and coordinating with internal teams and outside counsel. A JD from an ABA-accredited school and 5 years of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an ABA accredited law school.
• 5 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal analysis skills.
• Experience providing practical, solution oriented legal advice.
• Comfort operating in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day legal advice and guidance to business partners.
• Support department leadership on complex or escalated matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements and legal documents.
• Partner with business stakeholders to support execution of TJU initiatives.
• Identify legal risks and elevate issues appropriately.
• Manage multiple matters simultaneously while maintaining quality and responsiveness.
• Investigates facts and circumstances relating to disputes and manages litigation matters as assigned.
• Liaise between Thomas Jefferson University Office of Legal Affairs, internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Coordinate and oversee discovery efforts and preserve, collect, and produce documents as required.
• Review pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests and responses, settlement agreements and other litigation-related documents.
• Assist in developing litigation strategies and provide recommendations regarding legal risk and dispute resolution.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Legal analysis

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor (ABA-accredited)

Job description

Number of Positions In Requisition 1 Job Details Provides day to day legal counsel and operational support within a defined business or legal domain. This role works closely with business partners to ensure legal guidance aligns with business objectives and approved risk tolerance.

Job Description Summary Provides day to day legal counsel and operational support within a defined business or legal domain. This role works closely with business partners to ensure legal guidance aligns with business objectives and approved risk tolerance.

Job Duties

• Provide day to day legal advice and guidance to business partners.
• Support department leadership on complex or escalated matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements and legal documents.
• Partner with business stakeholders to support execution of TJU initiatives.
• Identify legal risks and elevate issues appropriately.
• Manage multiple matters simultaneously while maintaining quality and responsiveness.
• Investigates facts and circumstances relating to actual or threatened commercial, business, contract and other disputes and manages disputes and litigation matters as assigned.
• Serves as a liaison between Jefferson Office of Legal Affairs, internal Jefferson stakeholders and outside counsel regarding disputes and litigation matters.
• Coordinates and oversees discovery efforts, including document preservation, legal hold implementation and compliance.
• Reviews pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests and responses, settlement agreements and other litigation-related documents.
• Assists in developing litigation strategies and provides recommendations regarding legal risk, settlement opportunities, and dispute resolution approaches.
• Drafts, reviews and revises correspondence, demand letters, response letters, settlement communications, litigation-related memoranda, and other legal documents.
• Interfaces with claimants, opposing parties, opposing counsel, witnesses, experts, and other external stakeholders as appropriate.
• Works closely with business leaders and other attorneys to communicate regarding open litigation matters and disputes, identify litigation risks, implement risk mitigation strategies, and improve organizational practices.
• Maintains accurate litigation records and supports the administration of legal matter management, document management, and other legal department systems.
• Performs non-litigation related legal duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an ABA accredited law school.
• 5 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and legal analysis skills.
• Experience providing practical, solution oriented legal advice.
• Comfort operating in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Strong communication skills and responsiveness to tasks and shifting priorities.
• Ability to collaborate and work cohesively as part of a team.
• ATTY - Licensed Attorney - State of Pennsylvania

Physical Demands

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer

This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Thomas Jefferson University Primary Location Address 1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

• medical (including prescription)
• supplemental insurance
• dental
• vision
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• tuition assistance
• voluntary benefits

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.