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Manager, Counsel - Retail Bank Legal; Hybrid

Job in Riverwoods, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Listing for: Capital One
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-01-09
Job specializations:
  • Law/Legal
    Financial Law, Legal Counsel, Business Law
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 144000 USD Yearly USD 144000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Manager, Counsel - Retail Bank Legal (Hybrid)

The Capital One Legal team thrives on collaboration and creates an environment where everyone's voice is heard. This exciting role will allow you to use your depth and breadth of experience to strategize and influence management, as well as the business lines you support. In addition, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and broaden your knowledge. Come to Capital One to be a part of challenging work while enjoying our exceptional culture and work life balance.

An amazing opportunity exists for an experienced attorney to join Capital One's Consumer & Small Business Legal team. In this critical business counsel role, you will help our Retail Bank Operations organization refine and service new and existing banking products for our millions of banking customers. In this role, the Manager, Counsel will apply strategic and analytical skills to support our business teams.

The attorney in this role will be responsible for providing support to the various teams within Retail Bank's operations line of business. The successful candidate must be capable of quickly answering complex legal questions that arise in the banking space, including with respect to federal consumer banking laws and state laws impacting consumer deposit accounts.

As business counsel, you will:
  • Serve as the Legal point of contact for bank operations functions - including support for questions that arise in connection with garnishment of and other third-party claims against bank accounts, deceased accounts, and escheatment/unclaimed property reporting requirements
  • Identify and coordinate resolution of potential line of business compliance or operational errors
  • Partner closely with other Compliance and Risk advisors to drive comprehensive and consistent support
  • Partner internally with other business counsel and legal subject matter experts to drive consistency and best practices across Capital One's lines of business
  • "Translate" the laws and legal requirements for the business teams and the business intent for the legal team and legal subject matter experts
  • Actively engage with colleagues to provide legal support as part of a collaborative and cross-functional team
Basic Qualifications:
  • Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
  • Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
  • At least 3 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate or as in‑house counsel
Preferred Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, in‑house legal department, or government agency involving regulatory experience, with specific experience in advising bank depository business teams
  • Expertise in Regulation E, Regulation CC, Regulation DD, UDAAP, Articles 3, 4 and 4A
  • Knowledge of deposit account ownership structures, FDIC insurance requirements, unclaimed property reporting requirements, and state probate and estate requirements
  • Knowledge of The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
  • Ability to prioritize and manage a significant volume of legal questions on a broad array of topics with multiple and simultaneous deadlines
  • Ability to rapidly synthesize new information and make quick, well‑grounded decisions
  • Ability and desire to learn new areas of law
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This role is hybrid meaning associates spend 3 days per week in‑person at one of our offices listed on this job posting. Fridays are enterprise wide virtual work days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are options for in‑person days for associates to spend time together working in our beautifully‑designed team areas.

The minimum and maximum full‑time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part‑time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Chicago, IL: $144,000 -…

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