Senior Counsel – Ethics & Compliance Lead

City of Chicago; Chicago (IL); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

City of Chicago, Board of Ethics, seeks a Senior Attorney to act as lead counsel over a team of attorneys and support staff, handling a personal workload of complex legal matters.

The role involves supervision, negotiations, complex research, and interaction with management on compliance with laws, contracts, and policies. Education: ABA-accredited law degree; Illinois Bar admission; 5 years’ experience.

Qualifikationen

• Graduation from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Five years of work experience as a licensed attorney.

Aufgaben

• Assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of attorneys and staff to support division operations.
• Advises management on legal issues related to departmental operations under local, state, or federal law.
• Manages a personal workload of complex cases and acts as lead attorney at trials.
• Conducts negotiations on complex matters and drafts legal memoranda and opinions.
• Oversees case management activities ensuring intake, monitoring, and disposition.
• Coordinates discovery and production of documents and briefs for department matters.

Ausbildung

Graduation from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school

Five years of work experience in the legal profession as a licensed attorney

Jobbeschreibung

City of Chicago, Board of Ethics, seeks a Senior Attorney to act as lead counsel over a team of attorneys and support staff, handling a personal workload of complex legal matters.

The role involves supervision, negotiations, complex research, and interaction with management on compliance with laws, contracts, and policies. Education: ABA-accredited law degree; Illinois Bar admission; 5 years’ experience.