Counsel - Employment Counseling & Litigation

The Employment Division of the Wells Fargo Law Department is in need of an Attorney to join the Employment Guidance & Litigation Unit. The chosen candidate will become a member of a group of lawyers tasked with handling employment-related legal matters for the business and its subsidiaries, including managing administrative agency claims, threatened litigation, litigation, and relationships with outside counsel; giving business line management and Human Resources advice, counsel, and risk management training; creating and drafting policies, plans, agreements, and contracts; and working on reports and projects. Visit the offsite Careers Portal at Wellsfargo.com/career for more details on this industry.

The Employment Division of the Wells Fargo Law Department is in need of an Attorney to join the Employment Guidance & Litigation Unit. The chosen candidate will become a member of a group of lawyers tasked with handling employment-related legal matters for the business and its subsidiaries, including managing administrative agency claims, threatened litigation, litigation, and relationships with outside counsel; giving business line management and Human Resources advice, counsel, and risk management training; creating and drafting policies, plans, agreements, and contracts; and working on reports and projects. Visit the offsite Careers Portal at Wellsfargo.com/career for more details on this industry.

In this role, you will:

Engage in complicated projects and look for opportunities to better processes

Represent the Business intensely contested legal proceedings, agreements, settlement talks, and claim-related legal matters.

Guidance on legal issues for private customers

Review and evaluate fundamental tasks or challenges that call for autonomous reasoning in selecting, evaluating, and conducting research to inform medium-risk outcomes.

Control complicated legal cases and demands

take part in projects with different levels of intricacy and scope

Support the work of more seasoned St Louis counselling lawyers and expert employees when dealing with complex issues, or seek advice from outside counsel when dealing with complex issues.

While gaining knowledge of policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, present advice for complicated circumstances and use autonomous judgement.

provide guidance and leadership for specific complex tasks globally.

Give advice on the effects of changes to policy, the law, and regulations.

provide direction to paralegals or attorneys who lack expertise

Establish strategic guidance for specific claims tasks and handle relevant policies, procedures, and controls to reduce risk.

Work together with corporate collaborators, stakeholders, and your functional coworkers.

Develop and execute risk management initiatives in conjunction with other company departments' management and business leaders.

Required Qualifications:

2+ years of legal expertise, or an equal, as proven by one or more of the following: Active State Bar membership or its counterpart in a St Louis mental health  nation outside of the United States, along with relevant job experience, training, service experience, and schooling

Desired Qualifications:

thorough familiarity with and understanding of state and federal job rules and regulations

understanding and practical expertise in handling employment law issues in court and through the administrative agency procedure

Quickly take on responsibility and be able to work in a complicated setting that demands a high level of collaboration

Experience in personnel legislation for two years

the capacity to evaluate employment law and regulatory problems and give clients good guidance on difficult employment legal issues

internal legal counsel

experience offering advice and direction on challenging workplace law problems

Experience dealing with FINRA matters, including offering advice and direction regarding complicated employment law problems involving workers who hold FINRA licences and dealing with the adjudication of employment claims before FINRA

working with state and federal employee legal issues

We Value Diversity

At Wells Fargo, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion at work. As a result, we accept applications for employment from anyone who meets the qualifications, regardless of their race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ability, or marital or other status that might be legally protected.

Employees support our emphasis on developing solid customer relationships in balance with a strong risk-mitigating and compliance-driven culture that clearly sets those practises as essential to the success of both our clients and the business. They are responsible for carrying out all relevant risk programmes (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which entails effectively adhering to all relevant Wells Fargo policies and procedures, meeting obligations related to risk and compliance, escalating and resolving issues in a timely and efficient manner, and making wise risk decisions. Proactive tracking, governance, risk escalation, and making wise risk choices that are consistent with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance programme requirements are all highly stressed.

applicants for positions advertised in the US: Without respect to race, colour, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, handicap, or position as a protected veteran, all eligible candidates will be given consideration for work.