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Litigation Counsel (In-House)

Legal.io
$115 - $135/ hour
Posted Sep 13
Full Time
Remote

A leading aerospace company is seeking an experience Litigation Counsel on a full-time (40 hours per week) long-term (14 months) contract basis. This is a w2 position through Legal.io with available Health, Vision, Dental, and 401k benefits.

Scope of Work

  • Title: Litigation Counsel (Secondment)
  • Experience: 10+ Years
  • Location: Remote
  • Hours: 40 Hours / Week
  • Duration: 14 Months (From 10/1/2024 until 12/23/2025)
  • Pay Rate: $110 - $135 / hr

Job description:

  • Manage and lead litigation and arbitration matters, with a focus on government contracts protests and claims involving government customers and suppliers
  • Oversee international disputes and manage international arbitration cases.
  • Develop and implement strategies for resolving complex legal issues while maintaining good business and political acumen.
  • Ensure compliance with all legal standards and regulations, particularly those related to government contracts.
  • Provide counseling to business lawyers and management on the resolution of pre-litigation disputes.

Role:

  • Be able to integrate with company as if part of in-house team
  • Manage/interact with Outside Counsel • Help manage a wide variety of litigation and dispute resolution matters
  • Government contract protests (not too many of those, but generally 2-3 annually. Often go forward with one annually.)
  • Cases where the Government is the customer and disagreement over performance of the contract, or nonpayment, or changes to the contract.
  • Supplier disputes
  • international arbitration.
  • All of the cases will have Outside Counsel support, but the company needs someone to take an active strategic role in directing the strategy of the cases.
  • Role will not be in court often; no L&E litigation

Qualifications:

  • Member of a state bar in good standing
  • Strong litigation strategy skills Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
  • Over 10 years of litigation experience, with a strong background in government contracts, compliance, and global trade matters (TAR and EAR) matters.
  • Proven track record in managing government contracts protests and claims. • Experience in civil commercial litigation.
  • Familiarity with international arbitration and dispute resolution.
  • Strong ability to counsel business lawyers and management on pre-litigation disputes.
  • Excellent business and political acumen.
  • Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Excellent writing, drafting, and interpretation skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively, collegially, and collaboratively in a team environment with multiple levels of the organization.
  • Well-organized, with strong project management skills and the ability to prioritize and manage a high-volume workload (multiple projects at once) and drive issues to timely conclusion, provide timely responses, and set/manage deadline expectations.