Attorney, Commercial Litigation and Contracts (Director Level)

Jefferson Health Plans; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferson Health Plans seeks an experienced in-house attorney to provide day-to-day legal counsel and operational support within a defined business domain. You will collaborate closely with business partners to align legal guidance with strategic objectives and risk appetite.

The role involves drafting and negotiating agreements, handling complex matters, and supporting litigation and disputes from intake to resolution.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from 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.

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 actual or threatened disputes and manages litigation matters as assigned.
• Liaise between Jefferson Office of Legal Affairs, internal stakeholders and outside counsel regarding disputes and litigation matters.
• Coordinate and oversee discovery efforts, including preservation, holds, and compliance.
• Review pleadings and discovery documents.
• Assist in developing litigation strategies and risk assessments.
• Draft correspondence and litigation-related memoranda.
• Interface with claimants, opposing parties, counsel, witnesses, and experts.
• Collaborate with business leaders to communicate about open matters and mitigate risk.
• Maintain litigation records and support matter management systems.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Legal analysis

Practical legal advice

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school

Licensed Attorney - PA

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 Upon Hire

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

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 Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. 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

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. 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 diemcolleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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