Senior Counsel, Litigation

Larson Maddox; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Larson Maddox is seeking a Senior Counsel to oversee sensitive internal investigations and provide strategic legal guidance on conduct, compliance, regulatory exposure, and organizational risk. The role involves leading investigations, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and advising senior leadership on risk and remediation.

The successful candidate will have a J.D. from an accredited law school, 6+ years of relevant investigations experience, and strong written and verbal communication

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• 6+ years of experience conducting complex internal, regulatory, government-facing, or white-collar investigations.
• First-chair experience including investigative strategy, witness interviews, and findings.
• Ability to manage sensitive matters involving senior executives and significant exposure.
• Strong judgement and decisiveness in evolving factual situations.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication for senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as counsel on complex and sensitive internal investigations with strategy, scope, and resolution ownership.
• Lead investigations involving fraud, misconduct, ethics violations, regulatory non-compliance, conflicts of interest.
• Develop investigative plans, identify issues, review evidence, and interview witnesses.
• Coordinate with internal teams across compliance, HR, security, finance, and internal audit.
• Advise executive leadership on legal, regulatory, reputational, and business risks.
• Present findings with remediation and risk mitigation recommendations.
• Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda, findings, and executive briefings.

Skills

Investigation leadership

Legal research

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Our Client is looking for a Senior Counsel who will oversee a range of sensitive matters and provide strategic legal guidance on issues involving conduct, compliance, regulatory exposure, and organizational risk.

Our Client is looking for a Senior Counsel who will oversee a range of sensitive matters and provide strategic legal guidance on issues involving conduct, compliance, regulatory exposure, and organizational risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as counsel on complex and sensitive internal investigations, taking primary responsibility for investigative strategy, scope, execution, and resolution.
• Lead investigations involving allegations of fraud, employee or executive misconduct, ethics violations, regulatory non-compliance, conflicts of interest, and violations of company policies.
• Develop investigative plans, identify key legal and factual issues, review relevant evidence, and conduct interviews of witnesses and subjects.
• Coordinate with internal attorneys, compliance professionals, HR, security, finance, internal audit, and other subject matter experts throughout the investigative process.
• Advise executive leadership on significant legal, regulatory, reputational, and business risks arising from investigations.
• Present investigative findings and provide clear, practical recommendations regarding remediation, disciplinary considerations, risk mitigation, and potential legal exposure.
• Conduct sophisticated legal research and prepare memoranda, investigative findings, executive briefings, and other privileged legal work product.
• Partner with outside counsel and other external advisors when investigations require specialized expertise or additional resources.
• Maintain appropriate protections surrounding attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, confidentiality, and sensitive investigative information.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide investigation protocols, governance frameworks, documentation standards, and best practices designed to promote consistency and investigative excellence.
• Identify trends and lessons learned from investigations and recommend improvements to policies, controls, compliance programs, and business processes.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• 6+ years of experince
• Significant experience conducting complex internal, regulatory, government-facing, or white-collar investigations.
• Demonstrated first-chair experience, including responsibility for investigative strategy, witness interviews, evidence assessment, legal analysis, findings, and recommendations.
• Ability to independently manage sensitive matters involving senior executives, significant financial or reputational exposure, and complicated factual circumstances.
• Strong judgment and ability to make decisions when facts are incomplete, disputed, or evolving.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating complex legal and investigative issues to senior executives.