Corporate Counsel - Litigation

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

This position represents the Company in legal claims, lawsuits, and litigation. The ultimate objective of this position is to minimize the legal exposure of the Company in any such legal matters. Advises and consults with managers and other departments on various legal issues, and educates internal clients on proactive measures and approaches to reducing all potential legal exposure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prosecutes and defends business claims and lawsuits involving Home Depot.
• Conducts internal investigations
• Collaborates and interacts with outside counsel regarding claims, lawsuits, et. al.
• Advises various departments and managers on a diverse range of legal issues.
• Supervises and conducts appropriate legal research for all pending legal work.
• May manage and track budgets.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Typically reports to a Senior Corporate Counsel or Vice President - Legal.
• Areas of specialization are commercial litigation, including class action and complex litigation, antitrust, tax, IP, regulatory, real estate, construction, and internal investigations.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience litigating commercial litigation matters, including consumer class actions and MDL proceedings; substantive experience litigating antitrust, tax, IP, regulatory, construction, and real estate matters; experience conducting internal investigations.

Minimum Education:

• The completion of a Juris Doctor or equivalent and required certifications for practicing law.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 7 - 10 years with a major law firm or corporate legal department

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• Member of state bar

Competencies:

• Proven drafting and negotiation skills
• The ability to manage numerous outside counsel
• The ability to work independently on numerous activities and prioritize them properly while meeting deadlines
• The ability to address difficult issues in a professional, assertive and proactive manner
• The ability to develop, organize, implement and manage standard procedures and train outside counsel and paralegals in the procedures
• High degree of oral and written communication skills
• Analytical skills