Product Litigation Counsel

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Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Counsel in its Litigation group. The preferred location is Midland, MI, but Houston, TX will also be considered. Your assignment will include litigation management for Dow and its affiliated companies. This will include a wide range of litigation including Union Carbide Corporation's asbestos personal injury litigation, and other product liability litigation.

• Independently provide legal counsel to clients.
• Provide client legal training and education on a variety of topics.
• Review and draft legal documents.
• Actively manage external counsel and experts.
• Collaborate with internal legal subject matter experts and other Company resources.
• Oversee paralegals and administrative staff in the Legal Department and coordinating with business and functional clients within Dow and its affiliated companies concerning discovery.
• Establish and monitor expense budgets.
• Set strategic direction for each case and related docket of cases.
• Develop and implement settlement strategies.
• Proactively communicate to Legal Department management and clients.
• Participate directly in key depositions, hearings and trials.
• Oversee appellate issues.

• Juris doctor or Master of Laws.
• Minimum of 7 years practicing as an attorney.
• Admission to State Bar or eligible for admission.
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 25% annually to meet business needs.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

• Demonstrable competence practicing law with a major law firm or corporation.
• Strong law school credentials.
• Trial and litigation experience.
• Product litigation experience.
• Commercial litigation experience.
• eDiscovery experience.

• Communication: Professional communication, encompasses written, oral, visual and digital communication within a workplace context.
• Critical Thinking: Critical thinking is the analysis of facts to form a judgment. The subject is complex, and several different definitions exist, which generally include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, or evaluation of factual evidence.
• Strategic Advice: Advising is to offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone.
• Mental Agility: Mental Agility is the power to learn or retain knowledge, the ability to understand the facts and significance of one’s behavior and possession of the qualities (capacity, ability, power) required to get something done.
• Detail-Oriented: Detail-Oriented is the ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task, ensuring accuracy and completeness in one’s work.
• Self Motivation: Self Motivation is the internal state that helps initiate, continue, or terminate a behavior, driving individuals to do things and work toward their goals, put effort into self-development, and achieve personal fulfillment.

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this…