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CoreCivic · 1 day ago

Associate General Counsel - Litigation - ONSITE HYBRID

Brentwood, TN

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$180K/yr - $200K/yr

10+ years exp

CoreCivic is a company dedicated to public service and is currently seeking an Associate General Counsel - Litigation at their corporate office in Brentwood, TN. The role involves providing legal advice to senior management, managing litigation, and overseeing eDiscovery programs to ensure compliance and effectiveness in legal matters.

Government

Responsibilities

Manages a high volume of litigation and potential claims involving non-employment related areas of the law, giving comprehensive related legal guidance to business leaders across the enterprise

Selects, hires, and manages outside counsel for company litigation matters. Establishes legal and operational strategy for outside counsel in company litigation matters, ensuring adherence to overall company strategy. Reviews outside counsel invoices for patterns of significant spend in the pursuit of cost efficiencies and economies of scale

Ensures prompt and consistent legal guidance is provided to operations team on inmate rights issues such as use of force, discipline, classification, drug testing, privacy, visitation, religious rights, access to courts, due process, and custodial abuse

Oversees company-wide inmate access to courts programs, ensuring their overall effectiveness

Advises learning and development team leaders regarding use of force parameters, firearms regulations, emergency management and other correctional legal issues

Provides legal assistance and guidance to company's partnership development team in responding to requests for proposals or information

Provides training to company leaders on legal topics

Establishes parameters for health services programs on legally significant issues such as HIPAA/the Privacy Rule, informed consent, care‑related liability, involuntary medication and treatment, and hunger strikes

Sets official policy on company responses to state and federal public records laws. Ensures appropriate and accurate responses to public records requests consistent with applicable law

Manages short and long‑term continuous improvement and enterprise risk management goals established in consultation with the general counsel. Sets and implements broad goals for the strategic management of company litigation. Evaluates successes and setbacks in pursuit of continuous improvement

Develops legal theory and strategy in delivery of company-wide multi-state correctional operations

Analyzes and reports legislative developments in consultation with company decision makers in support of the company's long range strategic planning in regards to siting and operating or leasing facilities

Monitors and evaluates corrections‑related legislation, collaborating with partnership and government relations teams to educate legislators and others on the impact of legislative activities on the company and industry

Evaluates facility management agreements for legal and operational impact, advising company leaders on opportunities to develop key terms to enhance company position

Serves as the legal department team member on the company's public affairs response team, guiding public affairs and communication personnel in the development and dissemination of public statements that enhance or protect the company's positions in litigated and potentially litigated matters

Continuously monitors significant inmate grievances, incident reporting and other company sources to identify, manage, and respond to incidents likely to give rise to future litigation. Advises key managers on the significance of such incidents and, where appropriate, oversees investigatory activity in preparation of litigation defense

Analyzes company exposure and risk, establishing reserves for litigated and potentially litigated claims in consultation with the senior director, litigation and risk management

Sets strategic goals for cases where settlement is deemed appropriate; attends settlement conferences and participates in settlement negotiations as the company official with authority to resolve those matters and bind the company in settlement

Continuously monitors all significant pending cases, advising company leadership regarding developments that could increase company exposure. Incorporates information from negative outcomes in ongoing guidance and advice to company leaders

Ensures the provision of advice to corporate and facility leadership on litigation matters such as subpoenas, discovery requests and responses and witness appearances

Advises quality assurance team leadership on significant legal and enterprise risk management concerns that should be addressed through the company's ongoing auditing and quality control programs

Supervises Assistant e‑Discovery programs management of company litigation and the company's record retention, legal data handling strategies, and preservation of data

Domestic U.S travel may be required

Qualification

Juris Doctor degreeLitigation managementElectronic discovery managementLegal policy developmentMedical malpractice litigationMicrosoft Office proficiencyWritten communicationVerbal communication

Required

Graduate from an accredited college or university with a Juris Doctor degree in law and admission to the practice of law before the Courts of the State of Tennessee or eligible for licensure in Tennessee

Ten years of legal experience required, to include private or government practice managing significant litigation as an in‑house counsel or equivalent, as well as supervising of outside legal counsel handling litigated matters; or a combination of both

Five years of leadership level experience is required, to include first chair representation if private or government practice or decision-making authority if in-house

One year of managing electronic discovery required

Proven experience developing organizational policies required

Must demonstrate ability to analyze complex legal issues and documents

Must be able to interpret and apply local, state and federal laws, as well as institutional policies and procedures

Must possess excellent written and verbal and communication skills and have the ability to effectively advocate or defend legal positions to constituent groups at all levels of the organization

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications is required