What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Counsel position at TETRA Technologies Rebranding?
Summary:
TETRA Technologies, Inc. is a global organization whose foundation and strength comes from the drive and dedication of our team members. We value equal employment opportunity to stimulate creativity and innovation in our workforce as we use our collective talents to develop unique solutions to address the world's energy challenges.
Founded in 1981, TETRA (NYSE: TTI) is an energy services and solutions company focused on developing environmentally conscious services and solutions that help make people's lives better. With operations on six continents, the Company's portfolio consists of Energy Services, Industrial Chemicals, and Critical Minerals. In addition to providing products and services to the oil and gas industry and calcium chloride for diverse applications, TETRA is expanding into the low-carbon energy market with chemistry expertise, key mineral acreage, and global infrastructure, helping to meet the demand for sustainable energy in the twenty-first century.
Visit the Company's website at www.onetetra.com for more information or connect with us on LinkedIn.
Essential Duties:
- Ability to handle a fast-paced workload from multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Flexibility to provide legal advice and counsel as a generalist which may include advice in a wide range of legal areas extending beyond litigation to also include corporate law, regulations, securities, real estate, and new/emerging fields.
- Must have a positive attitude and be a team player and work well with others in various office locations.
- Ability to immediately identify and involve key stakeholders, support teams, and clients as well as work independently to locate all relevant information requested by external counsel.
- Self-starter who can work independently. This position has no paralegal support and administrative functions may include performing paralegal duties.
- Possesses the ability to prioritize workload in real time given competing pressures and demands from executives and key stakeholders.
- Review all subpoenas, pleadings, and other legal documents that TETRA receives from outside counsel and/or agents for service.
- Review pleadings, motions, settlement agreements, and other legal documents prior to filing by external counsel.
- Conduct legal research and keep abreast of legislative changes to support case strategies.
- Represent the company in depositions, mediations, legal settlements, and, as requested, in court proceedings.
- Manage external counsel effectively to control costs.
- Manage case files, provide updates to key stakeholders, and maintain proper documentation.
- Ensures procedures are followed for the integrity of the legal files database and records retention policies.
Requirements:
- EDUCATION: Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
- EXPERIENCE: 5 years of in-house experience mixed between general legal counsel and civil (state and federal) litigation skills.
- LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Texas Bar admission with membership in good standing.
- OTHER:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
- Experience using Contract Management Systems and Westlaw.
Work Environment:
The requirements are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
While performing the duties of any field-based position, an employee may be exposed to various outside weather conditions including but not limited to rain, humidity, snow, and/or heat during daytime hours and/or nighttime hours. The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate to loud for extended periods of time.
