Assistant General Counsel - Litigation

Summary:


* The Assistant General Counsel (Litigation) is an experienced litigator, with experience trying cases before both jury and arbitrator.


* Will provide legal counsel and guidance to the institution and management on all litigation matters relevant to a large, private, for-profit, higher education institution, including litigation and regulatory related hearings related to compliance, and general business law, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations, and laws pertaining to education, employee relations matters, contracts liability and insurance matters, and other state and federal laws and regulations.


* Reporting directly to the General Counsel and working on multi-faceted litigation and serves as primary litigation/arbitration counsel for the client.


* Will collaborate and assist the organization by giving advice/guidance regarding litigation matters, internal investigations and respond to and manage the organization's position and correspondence with outside legal and non-legal inquiries, complaints, and legal matters.

Responsibilities:


* In ACC and WCU's Legal Department, we have a collaborative team - no job is too big or too small and we often support each other by performing tasks outside of our traditional job responsibilities.


* The position will provide support and legal guidance on disputes or threatened legal action, including:
+ Analyzes demands, legal and arbitration pleadings and discovery requests to create early case assessments and legal budgets, including tracking and adhering to litigation project scope and budgets.
+ Handles litigation and dispute related issues not requiring assistance of outside counsel, including drafting of various motions, briefs and other pleadings.
+ Assists with discovery production, including gathering information and documentation, conducting privilege reviews, creating privilege logs and assisting in document review.
+ Provides counsel and advice related to private, for-profit, higher education laws and regulations, including the interpretation of statute and regulation and the development of implementation plans for new and changing laws.
+ Provides counsel and advice to Human Resources on employment related laws and regulations.
+ Provides regular counsel and advice regarding compliance with federal and state statutes and regulations affecting institutions of higher education.
+ Draft, review, and approve policies and procedures, regulations, bylaws, and other legal documents.
+ Assists with the creation of new policies for both American Career College and West Coast University in compliance with all federal and state laws and organizational policies, procedures and/or practices.
+ Assists in representing the institution in judicial and administrative proceedings and in negotiations and interactions with state agencies.
+ Assists in the supervision of o...