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Total Quality Logistics

Assistant Corporate Counsel

Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45208


About the role:

As an Assistant Corporate Counsel at TQL, you will be responsible for proactively mitigating the company’s legal risk, analyzing, managing, addressing and seeing through to completion legal matters particularly relating to employment, transportation, compliance and contractual issues, including litigation.

What you'll be doing:

Provide hands-on counsel to all management staff on general and specialized legal matters including litigation, transportation law, employment law, commercial contracts, compliance and corporate governance

Provide analysis and guidance on matters relating to pursuing and/or defending litigation, including discussing strategies with internal and external counsel

Oversee and coordinate litigation matters, including discovery efforts between TQL and external counsel

Work with third party administrators in tracking, reporting and managing employment and cargo claims and claims-related litigation from start to finish

Review, analyze and advise business segment on risks relating to insurance coverages and applicability to claims

Offer legal advice and support regarding various employment, compliance, collections and claims issues

Collaborate with the various departments to review issues, evaluate legitimacy and provide legal advice as to how to proceed

Develop innovative solutions that mitigate legal risk in a manner that supports TQL objectives and priorities

Distill complex legal principles to understandable form, apply and implement in business setting

Develop, contribute to, audit, identify risk and maintain corporate policies and procedures ensuring compliance with applicable statutes and regulations

Perform other legal duties based upon new opportunities that arise within TQL

What you’ll need:

Juris Doctorate from accredited law school

Admission to state bar association(s)

At least 2+ years of legal experience in a major law firm or corporate law environment

Knowledge and experience in reviewing, analyzing, participating in, and managing various types of litigation

Excellent business acumen and judgment

Ability to understand business needs and place legal risk in proper business context

Strong research, communication and project management skills

Proven ability to cultivate and maintain positive working relationships with leadership and both internal and external counsel

Admirable influencing and persuasive skills

Aptitude to effectively deal with difficult, sometimes contemporaneous situations.

Proactive self-starter with the ability to work independently

Professional team player comfortable to work with all levels of business

Flexible, go-getter attitude willing to tackle additional projects as opportunities arise

What we prefer but do not require:

Knowledge of the transportation industry

Knowledge of compliance and risk management issues in corporate environment

Where you'll be:

4289 Ivy Pointe Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45245

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