Sr. Legal Counsel

Overview

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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Legal Counsel in our National Center Office located in Dallas, TX!

This position will work in a hybrid setting (in-office approximately 2 days per week, and as desired or needed) in our Dallas, TX office.

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Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, the legal counsel provides legal advice, opinions, services, and documents to support the decisions, plans, and activities of National Center staff and departments.

* Provides reliable and timely legal advice and services to Association staff.

* Provides reliable legal advice on issues regarding business decisions and plans.

* Communicates with the Association's staff/clients effectively and promptly.

* Stays current with legal developments affecting the Association's business and advises Legal staff and Association management best practices.

* Build relationships with key players in the Association's business unit, attend strategic meetings to identify emerging legal issues and provide legal input to key players, identify the need for Legal projects, training, and/or intakes, and provide guidance to Legal Staff on intakes received related to that business area.

* Attends additional training/legal education courses as requested.

* Prepares and presents relevant legal training to the Association's National Center and region staff.

* Identifies areas of legal need and works on assigned projects to address the Association's requirements.

* Provides legal support for the Association's Compliance effort for applicable laws and the Association practices.

* Research legal issues and prepare legal opinions and guidelines regarding resolutions of specific issues or courses of action.

* Reviews, edits, interprets, drafts, negotiates and approves contracts, leases, intellectual property licenses, and other legally binding instruments.

* Design, conduct, and prepare recommendations from periodic legal audits of the Association's functions or operations.

* Provide guidance and resources to Attorneys and Legal Dept staff.

* Manages outside counsel and advises the Association's management on litigation and dispute resolution issues when necessary.

Know-How:

* The incumbent will be required to meet and interact with Association staff and volunteers to assist them in defining legal issues, educating them about pertinent laws, regulations, judicial determinations, and contractual requirements, and counseling them about appropriate decisions, actions, and plans.

* The incumbent frequently contacts people outside the organization regarding managing the Association's legal affairs, including attorneys, insurance companies, government agencies, and regional staff and volunteers.

* The incumbent must be skilled in using a personal computer for drafting and producing documents, legal research, internet access and research, and communications.

* The incumbent has demonstrated an understanding of entrepreneurial business.

* The preferred incumbent will have business operations experience or a diverse business background.

* The incumbent will possess a clear understanding of antitrust issues relating to distribution through sales channels, have prior experience reviewing marketing programs, and be able to creatively address time-to-market issues while minimizing risk.

* The incumbent will be a critical thinker who highlights short-term legal and business issues and calls attention to long-term results, administrative costs, and public perception.

Qualifications

* Current license in good standing to practice law. Graduate of an ABA-accredited law school.

* Eight (8) years of experience as a practicing attorney in a corporate law department, preferably involving contracts, intellectual property, and governmental regulatory affairs, and at least five (5) years of experience in drafting and negotiating intellectual property licenses.

* Current…