Director, Assistant General Counsel, Labor Law

Posting Date
: 12/24/2025

Address
: 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America

As a legal department, we are committed to cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace in which all teammates feel treated with respect, are valued for their skills and qualities and belong. We also believe that diversity extends beyond traditional protected classes to the fullness of lived experiences and backgrounds. Our investment in Diversity & Belonging means that we are better able to harness the wide range of talents and perspectives among our teammates to develop collaborative, creative, and effective solutions to an array of business challenges;

but most importantly, because it is simply the right thing to do. Over the last decade, we set out to be the world's greatest dialysis company, and over the next decade, we’re poised to build the greatest healthcare community the world has ever seen. When you join the DaVita Village, you're joining a winning team. Through our commitment to training, growth and quality, we consistently achieve superior clinical outcomes while giving teammates the opportunity to excel in an award-winning environment that enables them to thrive both professionally and personally.

The person in this position will primarily be responsible for providing advice and guidance on a wide variety of traditional labor issues that arise from the day-to-day operations of a growing, complex public company operating in a heavily regulated environment. He/she will be part of a team that focuses on creating new strategies to support our teammates and drive efficiencies while ensuring that DaVita leads the way in being the Partner and Employer of Choice.

• Providing guidance to the Company, Senior Executives, and the Company’s Labor Relations team including labor relations and law, union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the NLRB.
• Manage outside counsel on unfair labor practice proceedings, including managing costs to ensure effective use of resources.
• Conducting management training regarding labor relations and federal and California workplace issues.
• Advising senior management and DaVita business units on labor compliance and risk management to accomplish business objectives without undue risk.
• Keeping the Company’s senior management abreast of significant NLRB decisions, legislation and rulings that may affect the Company’s business or policy.
• Developing a thorough understanding of and familiarity with the Company’s business, its people, markets, facilities, customers and competitors in order to identify trends and formulate appropriate structures and strategies.
• Establishing a rapport and working relationship with teammates at all levels in order to encourage and continue the proactive use of in-house legal counsel.
• Performing special assignments or projects.
• Depending on location, must be able to travel a minimum of 25%.

• J.D. Degree with minimum 10 years of legal experience, with 7-10 years of traditional labor experience, including labor relations and law, union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the NLRB.
• Experience working with healthcare clients and unions (i.e., SEIU-UHW, NNU, etc.) is a plus, but not required.
• A State bar qualification and good standing.
• Law firm experience preferred; additional in-house experience preferred.
• Strong alignment with DaVita’s Mission and Core Values.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Unquestioned integrity and ethics.
• Assertive and a self-starter.
• Maturity and strong interpersonal skills; one whose counsel and judgment are actively sought.
• Keen understanding of business and commerce, the ability to diagnose legal problems, and present positive, creative solutions and alternatives for management.
• Bright individual who is a “quick study” and grasps issues quickly. Not hindered by an overly bureaucratic and structured approach to solving problems.
• Possesses good stamina and humor. Able to work well under pressure in a fast moving, dynamic company.
• Interpersonal skills to be team participant with legal background rather than just the lawyer to the team.
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