Associate General Counsel III - Litigation

Company Description At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team's ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors. Company Description At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team's ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors. Position Requirements

• The role requires an attorney with deep knowledge and experience with complex litigation and trial practice, with first or second chair trial experience preferred.
• It is crucial that the candidate is able to successfully partner with business stakeholders within the Firm to provide advice and build understanding around emerging and ongoing initiatives and in response to changing regulatory environments.
• The successful candidate must demonstrate initiative and have the ability to innovate and add value in a dynamic litigation and regulatory environment while balancing competing time demands brought from managing a broad litigation portfolio.
• Experience managing portfolios of litigation in a law firm or in-house environment.
• Experience with representing financial industry clients in arbitration is strongly preferred.
• Experience within the financial services industry, and knowledge of securities law, litigation, and FINRA arbitrations is preferred, but not required depending upon other relevant complex litigation accomplishments.
• Familiarity with regulatory issues in the securities industry, including ones involving the SEC, FINRA, and state securities regulators will be particularly beneficial.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze and resolve complex matters is required.
• The ability to lead, delegate, and mentor with a desire to work well with others to achieve common goals is required.
• The successful candidate must be highly organized, detail-oriented, resourceful, and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Sound judgment, decision making, and conflict resolution skills are required.
• The successful candidate must have the ability to be proactive and drive matters to conclusion.
• The successful candidate must have the ability to think independently and strategically; and to execute tactically.
• Excellent communication skills and decision-making ability are required.
• Strong cross-function collaboration skills and ability to build legal understanding with business partners in order to achieve workable solutions is required.
• Commitment to a high level of ethics, professionalism, and confidentiality is required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
• License to practice law in Missouri, or a reciprocal state.
• A minimum of ten years of progressive responsibility as a litigator in private practice, the public sector, or in an in-house counsel capacity.

Colorado Salary Information At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate: