Description:

What work will you perform?
As the Assistant General Counsel for Transportation Services, you will be responsible for providing information, advice, and legal assistance to all transportation logistics departments for all modes of transportation provided by the Company. You will ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in an effort to limit and manage the Company's exposure to all types of risks. The Assistant General Counsel has supervisory oversight of the legal services department within A Transport Company and its affiliate corporate holdings (the "Company").

Essential Responsibilities:

Regularly provide advice and counsel to the Company through its various officers and key managers to enable them to guide independent but affiliated businesses in a legally compliant manner that achieves unified goals of increased productivity and profitability
Draft and implement reasonable and effective Company policies and contracts and respond to legal issues and concerns as they arise
Review contracts with customers, vendors, contractors, employees and capacity providers and all other legal documents to manage the Company's risk and protect its financial security
Ensure compliance with legal authorities and government mandates focused on transportation and logistics matters and in responding to related legal issues before and as they become manifest
Provide assurance and specific advice to permit the business arrangements that need to be pursued, while acting within the law
Review and consult on:

Transportation and Logistics services including truckload, less-than-truckload, heavy haul/specialized, expedited, rail intermodal, air, ocean and warehousing
Risk management practices with the Company's Risk Management department
Safety and compliance practices
Claim issues (liability, cargo, workers comp, etc.); litigation involving the Company whether as a party or a non-party
Labor issues including independent contractor classification issues
International law issues principally focused on international freight transportation services, including with respect to cross-border US-Mexico and U.S.-Canada freight transportation services, and related customs and security issues
Environmental issues relating to emissions, transportation equipment and sustainability strategies, policies, reporting and disclosure

Provide preventative legal strategies that address long-term issues that could have far reaching implications to the Company
Retain, direct and oversee outside counsel performing legal work for Company
Investigate and resolve commercial disputes and oversee litigation with customers, BCOs, capacity, vendors and governmental agencies

Minimum Experience and Qualifications:

Juris Doctor Degree (J.D) or equivalent
10 years of experience practicing law
5 years of experience in transportation law
Licensed to practice as an attorney and counselor at law

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

2 years government contracting legal experience
1 year of emissions and environmental reporting

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Strong oral and written communication skills
Timely and competent legal assistance in developing policies, contracts, plans and strategies governing the Company's customer, vendor and capacity relationships
Requires in-depth knowledge of long term strategic legal issues as they relate to long term strategic business initiative to methodically ensure decision making is made with sufficient background information, as it relates to issues of statute, regulatory and contractual compliance
Short-term legal trouble shooting and long-term strategic legal planning skills that include timely, thorough and capable reaction to each situation and request for assistance
Ability to develop policies, practices and strategies that are easily understood and accepted by all affected departments
Negotiation, conflict resolution and mediation skills
Handle escalated calls/issues regarding for resolution