Senior Corporate Counsel - Broker-Dealer/Governance

Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC

Location: Virtual position and we are open to candidates located throughout the US with an active Bar License

Coordinates and oversee in-house and outside counsel; monitors all legal matters within the assigned division pertaining to Farmers Group, Inc. and subsidiary and managed entities; monitors reporting procedures and requirements; and maintains the Corporate Legal case management system.

Essential Job Functions

• Monitors all legal matters related to the Farmers Group of Companies within the assigned division.

• Provides regular reports regarding the status of cases to the assigned division head.

• Monitors compliance by the staff on report procedures and requirements.

• Provides advice, guidance, and strategy regarding corporate legal matters as assigned.

• Maintains and monitors computerized case management system.

• Researches and prepares legal memoranda and opinions on specialized questions of policy coverage and legal liability.

• Based on assigned Corporate Legal division, furnishes advice and opinions on the specialized legal aspects of: Labor and Agency; Property and Casualty; Corporate Secretarial, or Life company legal matters including corporate transactions and corporate secretarial matters, and makes appearances before various tribunals in respect thereto.

• Identifies and reports to the division head on areas and problems which are systemic and may give rise to exposure to the Companies.

• Conducts legal research and drafts points, authorities, and briefs.

• Manages specialized legal problems regarding subsidiary companies.

• Based on the assigned division: manages appeals of litigated cases (researches, prepares briefs, and argues at hearings on appeals); and assists trial attorneys on matters of procedure and substantive law including pleadings, discovery matters, and policy coverage questions; manages labor and agency matters; Life company matters; Commercial matters; regulatory or P&C matters.

• Manages special assignments as required.

• Performs other duties as assigned.