Senior Corporate Counsel

Senior Corporate Counsel

Supports the General Counsel within the Legal group.  Renders legal advice regarding liability, risk and other matters, which have or may have a significant impact on business activities and operations. This position requires design and construction industry experience, both public sector (federal/state/local) and private sector, general practice experience.  In-house practice requires comfort handling a wide range of legal matters, as the need arises.  The person in this position must be a capable researcher, a risk manager, a business enabler, an effective negotiator, a superior listener, able to adapt to others styles and personalities, able to engender goodwill, able to bring calm, able to make things understandable, able to win over others in an agreeable manner, able to deliver good results consistently.  This position operates under general direction of General Counsel. 

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Supports General Counsel on a variety of matters.
• Provides legal services for federal, state, local and commercial sector projects involving construction, design and professional services.
• Handles claims, collections, construction, professional practice, insurance, surety, compliance, privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and other matters.
• Manages outside legal counsel for litigation and other matters.
• Generates legal documents, memoranda, outlines, checklists, forms, policies, standards, processes, procedures, and the like, as needed.
• Leverages resources from professional associations and societies, such as Association of Corporate Counsel, ABA Forum on Construction Law, ACEC Legal Counsel Forum, IRMI, and so forth.
• Provides clear actionable legal advice commensurate with the circumstances.
• Negotiates complex matters, professionally and effectively.
• Formulates and executes legal strategies and tactics.
• Guides corporate services groups in developing legal and risk solutions. 

• 15-20+ years of relevant experience in a law firm or corporate setting.
• Bar member, in good standing, in one state, with bar membership in Virginia, New York, California, or Florida, preferred.
• Requires minimal supervision to handle responsibilities.
• Required to be physically present in Dewberry’s Fairfax, Virginia headquarters offices.
• Experience with architecture, engineering, and other design professions.
• Experience with construction industry.
• Experience with federal government contracting and compliance.
• Experience with employment and labor law applicable to Dewberry.
• Experience with privacy and cybersecurity preferred.
• Experience working in both law firm and in-house settings preferred.
• Experienced litigation manager.
• Superior communications skills, including listening well, engendering trust, calming presence, approachable, readily understandable, natural educator, personable, clear, concise, and on point.
• Adept researcher.
• Aligns with company culture.
• Enjoys helping others succeed.
• Client focused.
• Delivers services requested, when promised, and when needed.
• Strong work ethic.
• Resourceful.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to achieve results.
• Knows how to win, playing by the rules.
• Comfortable with change.
• Able to readily adapt to the style of others.
• Takes responsibility for own actions.
• Exemplary integrity.
• Sees more than one path to an objective or goal.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.