Sr Director, Litigation

Tractor Supply Company • Brentwood, TN

19d

About The Position

This position is primarily responsible for supporting the effective and efficient management of TSC’s docket of U.S. commercial and other litigation, including handling pre-suit matters, setting litigation strategy, oversight of outside counsel, and mediation and resolution of claims in single-plaintiff and class/collective action cases. In addition, this role will also periodically provide support to Tractor Supply’s Legal Corporate and Technology practice with transactional matters related to general contracts, ecommerce, privacy, and technology and general corporate related matters.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of law firm, in-house or other relevant litigation experience.
• Juris Doctor degree.
• Licensed member of a state bar in good standing.

Nice To Haves

• Strong legal research capabilities, including the ability to investigate issues, compare alternative courses of action and move to decision-making.
• First chair experience negotiating settlements and mediating claims with opposing counsel
• Ability to solve complex legal issues and apply broad principles
• Ability to think strategically and proactively and quickly identify legal risks and solutions.
• Ability to identify appropriate and cost effective outside counsel and manage their efforts.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to build strong partner and interdepartmental relationships and contribute to committees and group efforts.

Responsibilities

• Providing effective counsel to the business as it related to commercial, small claims and other litigation, including but not limited to, helping to identify litigation trends and prevention, engaging in case risk and settlement analysis, and assisting with the preparation of quarterly and annual litigation related reports.
• Assist legal management in the development of policies and procedures to mitigate corporate risk and internal training on same.
• Coordinate and direct case strategy, edit pleadings and discovery and assist with preparation of witnesses for depositions.
• Respond to attorney letters and pre-suit correspondence.
• Assist stakeholders with subpoena responses and processes.
• Provide legal research on a variety of issues.
• Assist with identifying, assessing and pursuing claims and affirmative recoveries, when necessary.
• Support the other department members, as needed with discovery and other legal projects, document review, legal research and business projects.

Benefits

• Our benefits extend beyond medical, dental, and vision coverage, including company-paid life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and family planning resources such as adoption and surrogacy assistance, for all full-time Team Members and all part-time Team Members.
• Part time new hires gain eligibility for TSC Benefits by averaging at least 15 hours per week during their 90-day lookback period. The lookback period starts the first of the month following the date of hire. If the 15-hour requirement was met, the benefits eligibility date will be the first day of the month following 4 months of continuous service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree