Labor and Employment Counsel, Agency Proceedings

Join Trulieve - Where Passion Meets Purpose

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POSITION SUMMARY

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Intake and triage new demand letters and agency charges, complaints, petitions, and inquiries; assess risk, set strategy, and establish matter plans and timelines.
• Lead privileged investigations and fact development, including document review, custodian interviews, chronology building, and issue-spotting.
• Prepare, draft, and file demand letter responses, position statements, responsive submissions, affidavits, and declarations; coordinate data and document collection to meet agency deadlines.
• Manage agency discovery and information requests, including subpoenas, interrogatories, requests for information, and on-site inspections, ensuring timely, accurate responses.
• Represent the Company in agency mediations, conciliations, fact-finding conferences, and settlement conferences; develop negotiation strategies; evaluate and negotiate settlements; draft and review settlement agreements and related releases.
• Provide clear, practical guidance on agency process, risk, and best practices; provide timely and regular reporting on lessons learned and post-resolution compliance recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor trends in agency activity affecting the Company; coordinate with HR to update policies and training materials accordingly.
• Conduct privileged internal investigations as assigned.
• Collaborate with HR to review and assess reductions in force to ensure compliance with state and federal law.
• Assist Associate General Counsel with miscellaneous labor and employment law needs as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Juris Doctor from an accredited U.S. law school
• Active license in good standing with the State Bar of Arizona or ability to obtain Arizona licensure promptly via admission on motion or in-house registration, as applicable.
• Minimum 3 years of experience handling administrative agency matters at the EEOC, NLRB, U.S. Department of Labor, and/or state or local equivalents, whether in-house or in private practice.
• Demonstrated experience drafting legal correspondence, position statements, managing agency discovery and information requests, and participating in mediations, conciliations, and hearings before agencies.
• Proven ability to conduct and lead privileged workplace investigations and to develop factual records that support legal defenses and resolution strategies.
• Strong legal writing, advocacy, and analytical skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines and manage a high-volume docket.
• Experience coordinating with HR and business stakeholders and managing outside counsel to budget and plan.
• Familiarity with document preservation, legal holds, and defensible collection practices in the agency context.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, matter and document management platforms, productivity and collaboration applications, and similar business and legal technology.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable and capable of working with little supervision and within variable degrees of supervision, solo and within a lean in-house team, in a fast-paced environment to prioritize workload across a growing, multistate organization.
• Understand and adapt to various competing business and legal needs.

WORK CONDITIONS & SCHEDULE:

• Full time - variable (typically M-F, business hours may occasionally begin in Eastern Time Zone through Pacific Time Zone); because this role supports business partners and coordinates with outside counsel in all U.S. time zones, some flexibility in workday is required.
• Type or otherwise input text in computer and manipulate mouse or similar adaptive device.
• Speak clearly on telephone, in remote meetings and in person so listeners can understand.
• Understand the speech of another person on telephone, in remote meetings and in person.

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