Associate Counsel (Fort Lauderdale) TK Elevator Corporation

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

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Responsible for (1) supporting in all phases of litigation, (2) managing caseload of claims and lawsuits (general liability (insured) and commercial liability (uninsured), and (3) advising corporate decision makers. Requires collaboration with internal attorneys, external counsel, and business stakeholders to ensure efficient case management, meticulous document preparation, and adherence to legal procedures and deadlines.

Operational Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Developing and maintaining a litigation management system to track assignments to external counsel and insurers, to track court dates and all other time-sensitive deadlines, and to log status updates while ensuring compliance with retention policies;
• Responding to insurer information requests;
• Creating, disseminating and tracking responses to legal hold requests;
• Identifying witnesses and documents responsive to subpoenas and discovery requests, securing same, and preparing responses;
• Conducting legal research; and
• Assisting the Vice President, Chief Labor & Employment Counsel with the enforcement of restrictive covenants involving former TKE employees (non-compete, non-solicit, confidentiality and protection of trade secrets) including the drafting of cease and desist letters and tasks related to the management of any resulting litigation.

Litigation Management Responsibilities:

• Learning the essential issues;
• Learning applicable TKE policies and procedures;
• Reviewing and analyzing damage information;
• Developing strategies for the early and cost-effective resolution of claims;
• Retaining and managing external counsel in accordance with the Company’s litigation guidelines;
• Recommending/approving loss and expense reserves and financial accruals;
• Communicating, in writing, with the General Counsel and applicable management regarding key developments and resolution strategies;
• Maintaining oversight of the third-party claims administrator;
• Preparing and maintaining departmental reports;
• Identifying and ensuring that witnesses and documents are timely sourced for external counsel’s use in defending TKE’s interests;
• Analyzing factual developments from claims and lawsuits to determine if there are post-mortem recommendations applicable to Branch, Area, Region and Corporate operations regarding policies, practices and procedures that reduce financial risk to the organization;
• Reviewing invoices from external counsel and other legal department vendors and tracking same against budgets; and
• Delivering written and verbal presentations/trainings to Branch, Area, Region and Corporate operations regarding such recommendations.