Expert Counsel - Litigation: Salary, Job Title, and Experience Information
Salary Information:
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity
- Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program
- Robust medical and life insurance packages
- Opportunities for yearly vacation allowance and paid time off for new parents and caring for family members
- On-site fitness facilities and employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships, and more
Job Title:
- Expert Counsel - Litigation
Experience Information:
- Minimum of 10 years practicing as an attorney
- 12+ years' demonstrable competence practicing law with a major law firm or corporation
- Strong law school credentials
- Trial and litigation experience
- Arbitration experience
- Product litigation (including asbestos) experience
- Commercial litigation experience
- Insurance coverage experience
- eDiscovery experience
Responsibilities:
- Independently provide legal counsel to clients
- Provide client legal training and education on a variety of topics
- Review and draft legal documents
- Actively manage external counsel and experts
- Collaborate with internal legal subject matter experts and other Company resources
- Oversee paralegals and administrative staff in the Legal Department and coordinating with business and functional clients within Dow and its affiliated companies concerning discovery
- Establish and monitor expense budgets
- Set strategic direction for each case and related docket of cases
- Develop and implement settlement strategies
- Proactively communicate to Legal Department management and clients
- Participate directly in key depositions, hearings, and trials
- Oversee appellate issues
Required Qualifications:
- Juris doctor or Master of Laws
- A minimum of 10 years practicing as an attorney
- Admission to State Bar or eligible for admission
- Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% annually to meet business needs
- A minimum requirement for this . based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of . permanent residency (green card) process
Preferred Qualifications:
- 12+ years' demonstrable competence practicing law with a major law firm or corporation
- Strong law school credentials
- Trial and litigation experience
- Arbitration experience
- Product litigation (including asbestos) experience
- Commercial litigation experience
- Insurance coverage experience
- eDiscovery experience
Your Skills:
- Initiative - Must be a self-starter willing to take a strategic perspective to legal challenges, assume a leadership role, and support team endeavors; must possess legal knowledge and skills required to recognize, analyze, and resolve a variety of legal issues; must be able to perform under pressure in a professional and mature manner; must be able to recognize and take appropriate risks
- Teamwork/Interpersonal Effectiveness - Requires ability to think and act strategically and handle challenging legal issues while letting go and trusting other professionals (paralegals and other staff) to perform their core legal responsibilities. A flexible style and excellent interpersonal skills are essential characteristics required to interact effectively with a variety of people inside and outside of Company. Must be able to work as part of a cross-functional team and build effective client relationships. Close teamwork and collegiality with others on the legal team is essential. Respect for inclusiveness and fostering diversity of thought and style are critical
- Work Ethic - Intense dedication and commitment to the job is essential. Hours match the needs of clients and the demands of specific projects. The ability to be reached by clients and others on the legal staff during off-hours is important. Ease of interaction and spontaneous communication are also key to a strong and beneficial client counseling relationship
- Consulting Skills - Understands the short- and long-term needs of clients and colleagues and provides expertise to improve business and functional results
- Legal Knowledge and Judgment - Understands and appropriately and effectively responds to legal issues relevant to specific role in function
Additional Notes:
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position
Benefits - What Dow offers you:
- Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives
- Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you you need it
- Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals
- Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location)
- Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (. only) - Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees' Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match
- Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations
- Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement, and team building
- Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs
- Competitive yearly vacation allowance
- Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents)
- Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured
- Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group's (ERG) participation
- Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey
- On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location)
- Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships, and more
- Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
- Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
- Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
- Carbon-neutral transportation incentives . bike to work (
