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Executive | Full-time
Executive | Livermore, CA | 03/02/2026
Reference #: REF
8012I
Job Code: 176.0 Laboratory Counsel
Organization: Office of the Director
Position Type: Career Indefinite
Security Clearance: Anticipated DOE Q clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information access (requires U.S. citizenship and a federal background investigation)
Drug Test: Required for external applicant(s) selected for this position (includes testing for use of marijuana)
Medical Exam: Not applicable Apply Now

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a premier U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) national security Laboratory, with an annual budget more than $3 billion. LLNL is managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS). The Laboratory's mission is to enable U.S. security and global stability and resilience by empowering multidisciplinary teams to pursue bold and innovative science and technology.

LLNL is seeking a General Counsel
to serve as the senior legal advisor for the Laboratory. As the General Counsel you will be a trusted advisor to the Laboratory’s senior leadership team, provide legal advice and counsel on all matters affecting the Laboratory, lead and manage the Office of General Counsel, oversee external legal resources. This includes leading, mentoring, and developing a high-performing legal, compliance, and IP team of about twenty professionals.

You will also provide legal advice and perspective to the LLNS Board of Governors. The General Counsel reports to the Laboratory’s Principal Deputy Director of LLNS.

Depending on your assignment, this position may offer a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You may have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

You will

• Serve as a strategic leader who can architect transformational organizational change that aligns with LLNL’s mission and leadership priorities.
• Provide proactive risk assessment that leans into operational needs and mission priorities of LLNL and DOE/NNSA.
• Be a catalyst for change with an ability to effectively collaborate with and influence senior management and leadership at all levels of the organization.
• Advise LLNS management and provide practical, strategic, and solution-oriented advice on a broad range of legal matters.
• Partner with the senior management team to establish strategic priorities, implement policies, and provide oversight and management for the Laboratory.
• Provide legal support to the LLNS Board of Governors as appropriate.
• Provide proactive LLNL executive representation of LLNS to DOE/NNSA.
• Coordinate and lead a team of legal professionals managing a variety of disputes and litigation, employment matters, complex business transactions (e.g., industry and academic consortia, joint ventures, CRADAs), regulatory compliance, intellectual property, technology transfer, and other legal matters.
• Lead the Office of General Counsel, an organization consisting of about twenty attorneys and other legal professionals, including responsibility for budgetary matters, recruitment, retention, and career development.
• Ident…