Senior Counsel, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs

Public Storage is seeking a Senior Counsel / Counsel, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs to help lead the company’s response to an increasingly complex legislative and regulatory environment. This is a new, highly visible role supporting a national consumer-facing business at a time of significant growth, regulatory scrutiny, and operational complexity.

This individual will work closely with Legal, Operations, Compliance, Revenue Management, Marketing, Call Center, Insurance/Risk, and senior business leaders to monitor, interpret, and help shape legislative and regulatory developments affecting Public Storage and the self-storage industry. You will engage in regulatory advocacy, state and federal rule making, legislative strategy, trade association work/engagement, and other government-facing matters.

The ideal candidate will bring strong legal judgment and a working understanding of how legislative and regulatory processes affect business operations.

This role is well suited for someone who enjoys working across legal, business, and policy issues; can move comfortably between detail-oriented statutory analysis and executive-level guidance; and wants to help build a scalable legislative and regulatory affairs function for a national business. The role will support strategy in areas including consumer protection, pricing, advertising/marketing, operations, competition issues, and state self-storage laws.

• Monitor, assess, and advise on federal, state, and local legislative and regulatory developments affecting Public Storage and the self-storage industry.
• Help develop and execute advocacy strategies on legislation, rule making, regulatory proposals, and other government-facing matters.
• Suggest alternative language, exceptions, and modifications to material legislation and coordinate with lobbyists, trade associations, outside counsel, consultants, and other external resources.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to evaluate operational impact and develop practical compliance strategies.
• Support company responses to proposed legislation, rule making activity, regulatory inquiries, and other government-facing matters.
• Work with trade associations, outside counsel, consultants, and government affairs to advance the company’s legislative and regulatory priorities.
• Translate complex legal and regulatory developments into clear, actionable guidance for business leaders.
• Support integration and compliance planning related to acquisitions, new jurisdictions, and business expansion.
• Advise on emerging issues involving consumer protection, pricing, marketing, operations, call center practices, lien laws, insurance/risk, and related regulatory matters.
• Help build scalable processes for tracking, escalating, and responding to legislative and regulatory developments.

• 8+ years of relevant legal, legislative, regulatory, government affairs, or public policy experience.
• Experience with, or willingness to develop familiarity with, campaign finance, lobbying, gift, ethics, and related political law requirements.
• Experience interpreting statutes, regulations, proposed legislation, administrative rules, and regulatory guidance.
• Experience working with or before legislatures, regulators, attorneys general, agencies, trade associations, or government affairs organizations.
• Strong judgment, executive presence, and ability to advise senior business leaders.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Practical, business-oriented approach to legal and regulatory risk.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to develop subject-matter expertise in new and evolving regulatory areas.

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.