Overview:
As the Corporate Counsel for TQL, you will be responsible for proactively mitigating the company’s legal risk, analyzing, managing, addressing, and seeing through to completion legal matters particularly relating to employment, transportation, compliance, and contractual issues, including litigation. We are seeking a highly motivated and energetic individual to join our legal team.
  

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What's in it for you:

\n\nHealth, Dental and Vision coverage to best fit your needs, including a plan that takes $0 out of your paycheck + 401(k) with company match\nLeadership advancement opportunities with structured career paths  \nReimbursement for continuous education and training\nWe win wherever we go - Voted a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for (2023) and Forbes America’s Best Employers (2022)
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Responsibilities:

\n\nProvide hands-on counsel to all management staff on general and specialized legal matters including litigation, transportation law, employment law, commercial contracts, compliance, and corporate governance\nProvide analysis and guidance on matters relating to pursuing and/or defending litigation, including discussing strategies with internal and external counsel\nOversee and coordinate litigation matters, including discovery efforts between TQL and external counsel\nWork with third party administrators in tracking, reporting, and managing employment and cargo claims and claims-related litigation from start to finish\nReview, analyze, and advise business segment on risks relating to insurance coverages and applicability to claims\nOffer legal advice and support regarding various employment, compliance, collections, and claims issues\nCollaborate with the various departments to review issues, evaluate legitimacy, and provide legal advice as to how to proceed \nDevelop innovative solutions that mitigate legal risk in a manner that supports TQL objectives and priorities\nDistill complex legal principles to an understandable form, concisely articulate such principles to business partners, and apply and implement them in a fast-paced business setting\nIdentify risks specifically attributable to the Company’s current and future footprint, then develop, contribute to, audit, and maintain corporate policies and procedures that ensure compliance with applicable statutes and regulations related to such risks\nPerform other legal duties based upon new opportunities that arise within TQL
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Qualifications:

\n\nJuris Doctorate from accredited law school\nAdmission to a state Bar\n7+ years experince practicing law in a major law firm or corporate law environment\nKnowledge and experience in reviewing, analyzing, participating in, and managing various types of litigation and corporate projects\nPassion for solving complex problems involving multiple individuals and their respective departments\nExcellent business acumen and judgment\nAbility to understand business needs and place legal risk in proper business context\nStrong research, communication, and project management skills\nProven ability to cultivate and maintain positive working relationships with leadership and both internal and external counsel \nEffective influencing and persuasive skills\nAptitude to effectively deal with difficult, sometimes contemporaneous situations\nProactive self-starter with the ability to work independently\nProfessional team player comfortable to work with all levels of business\nFlexible, go-getter attitude willing to tackle additional projects as opportunities arise\nProficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
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What we prefer but do not require:

\n\nKnowledge of the transportation industry, especially experience in transportation services involving customs, ocean, air, export, import, and international shipments\nKnowledge of compliance and risk management issues in corporate environment
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Location: 4289 Ivy Pointe Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45245