Deputy General Counsel - Commercial Transactions - 90390421 - Washington

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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

 

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Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

 

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

 

The Deputy General Counsel position is a critical strategic and oversight/management role in the Law Department, responsible for (i) advising and supporting Law Department executive staff (EVP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel and VP Sr. Managing Deputy General Counsel) in executing the Law Department’s functions, organization and structure, policies, procedures and priorities, (ii) leading a practice area team of attorneys in the execution of transactions, the representation of the Company in negotiations and administrative proceedings, and the support of active judicial, regulatory and other proceedings, and (iii) counseling senior Management with respect to  Amtrak’s transactions, policies and procedures as well as significant and specialized legal rights, obligations and other interests under the Constitution and numerous federal statutes, rules and regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Exercises experienced, mature, confident and appropriate strategic and tactical legal judgment independently.
2. Develops positive working relationships and communication within the Law Department and with internal clients and colleagues in other departments across the Company.
3. Leads, manages and provides oversight of inhouse attorneys, outside counsel, and paraprofessional and other support staff in the efficient and productive delivery of legal services.
4. Provides thought leadership on the subject matters and the practice areas in which the team provides legal services, including, procurement, federal and state government grants, marketing, advertising, branding, social media, information and digital technology, cybersecurity, privacy, and intellectual property (trademarks and patents). 
5. Advises internal business leaders and advocates externally on behalf of the company on issues such as federal regulations regarding procurement, domestic preference requirements, grant funding, consumer and health care privacy, and trademark infringement.   
6. Negotiates scope of engagements, legal fees, and budgets with outside counsel to maximize inhouse resources and to provide the Company the most appropriate, efficient, and productive legal team.
7. Operates within budget and maintains cost controls to utilize Amtrak resources effectively and productively.
8. Represents the Company in matters which involve or could involve counter or adverse party negotiations and/or adversary proceedings before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration tribunals.  This representation requires the clear, organized, and persuasive articulation, both in legal documents and in oral proceedings, of Amtrak’s positions and arguments of supportive factual materials, without substantive or procedural errors, and within deadlines, to best position Amtrak and/or interests to prevail.
9. Supervises the efforts of outside counsel retained to represent Amtrak in adversary proceedings or for advice, in order to ensure that such representation is effective and cost-efficient.
10. Advises Law’s senior leaders and executives in other departments with respect to legal, compliance and liability considerations in a variety of matters to assist Amtrak in making business decisions with full knowledge of applicable legal and ethical considerations.
11. Mentors less experienced attorneys and other staff on aspects of legal professionalism, substantive areas of expertise and ethical conduct.
12. Develops and conducts communications including training to inform Amtrak employees on topics within the attorney’s area of expertise, to ensure that they will perform consistent with legal requirements.    

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful candidate for this position must have:

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