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Description

Based in Knoxville, TN or Dallas, TX

Summary: Regal is seeking an experienced and self-motivated Litigation/Employment Counsel to handle a wide variety of litigation and employment matters that are core to the company’s business and growth. You’ll work closely with teams like theatre operations, human resources, communications and finance to provide expert legal advice and help tackle novel and thorny cross-disciplinary issues related to general litigation, worker classification and traditional employment laws. You must have the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment, prioritize a dynamic and varied workload, and possess excellent judgment. You’ll also need to be proactive and engaged, able to work well cross-functionally both internally and externally, excited about supporting our theatre teams and serving our customers, and ready to roll up your sleeves and dig into tough problems!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Manage disputes from commencement through resolution, providing appropriate updates to cross-functional partners and leadership regarding risk, financial impact, and opportunities to resolve
• Managing outside counsel, including providing tactical guidance to ensure alignment with Regal’s broader legal strategies
• Ability to manage high volume portfolio that could encompass a variety of general litigation and employment matters, including litigation; unemployment claims; administrative audits; agency charges; and workers’ compensation claims
• Partnering closely with human resources and business partners to evaluate legal risks and provide subject matter knowledge on a broad range of employment issues, including wage and hour, recruiting and hiring, training, employee performance management, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, and HR best practices
• Drafting and revising a variety of employment-related agreements and other written content such as offer letters, contractor agreements, vendor agreements, and more
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to structure legal compliance across multiple jurisdictions
• Thinking ahead, seeing around corners, and helping to prepare for and address operational compliance and employment issues that may arise in the future

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• D. from a top-tier law school.
• Active membership with at least one state bar.
• A minimum of 5-7 years of related experience in employment litigation and counseling at a leading law firm
• Deep experience with employment laws in multiple states and across a wide range of issues
• Proven track record of providing pragmatic and reasoned advice to Finance, HR and business partners
• Excellent writing and communication skill
• Ability to efficiently handle and organize multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to make quick but informed decisions and to advocate for a position that mitigates risk while advances the business’ goals
• Experience in supporting customer service or operations organizations

Professional Skills

• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent computer skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and distinguish high priority matters
• Excellent reasoning and analytical skills
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Must be self-motivated with strong ability to prioritize and recognize critical situations that need immediate attention.
• Must be detail-oriented and produce both a high quality and a high volume of work in a timely manner

Education/Experience

JD from an accredited law school

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Bar Admission in a US State required (TN or TX preferred)

Computer Skills

Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, database software

Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has one direct report

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the environment is moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.