Associate General Counsel Labor and Employment

Job overview:       

Schneider is seeking an Associate General Counsel in the Green Bay area to provide leaders with legal advice to help them implement practical business solutions. The Associate Corporate Counsel will assemble and exam the available facts and select the best solution possible.       

Responsibilities:       

• Examine facts, identify legal risks and recommend the best solutions to Schneider leaders.       
• Formulate and test hypotheses drawn from limited evidence and speculation to identify and recommend solutions.       
• Monitor matters with legal implications for consistency with company and operating guidelines.       
• Simplify and appropriately communicate legal matters and analyses to business leaders.       
• Work with various departments to facilitate compliance with federal and state regulations.       
• Draft and negotiate business contracts, such as carrier transportation and logistics contracts, cross-border contracts, computer software contracts, etc.       
• Assist with the negotiation of acquisition or divestiture of businesses, the purchase or sale of property and the negotiation of contracts and proposals.       
• This role will focus in the area of employment and labor law, responsible for anticipating and mitigating legal risk, responding to administrative agency charges, researching and tracking updates to traditional labor and employment laws and working alongside experienced practitioners both inside and outside the organization.      
• Ability to be involved in meaningful contact with executive and senior leadership, and advising and defending the employer under federal and state employment laws.      
• The Associate General Counsel will report to the EVP/General Counsel.      
• Looking for an experienced employment lawyer with hands-on-employer labor experience.        
• Develop and provide engaging legal education and training for the company.