General Counsel

• Provide underwriting support, counsel, and authorization to company personnel and customers for real estate title insurance commitments and policies
• Apply underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits to underwrite title insurance issuance
• Guide company personnel in performing real estate settlement services
• Issue underwriting standards and guidelines according to established company processes

Commercial Underwriting Counsel

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to Services & Solutions and Sales leadership
• Counsel business initiatives, market expansion, and operational decisions
• Advise on building, selling, delivering, and managing new services and solutions
• Support M&A due diligence and integration activities for acquisitions and strategic partnerships
• Lead negotiation and structuring of complex commercial and technology transactions
• Provide go-to-market legal advice balancing risk mitigation with business agility
• Manage legal and commercial risk in partner, vendor, and subcontractor relationships
• Handle escalated contract negotiations involving material customer relationships and significant revenue impact
• Develop standardized contract templates, playbooks, and clause libraries
• Support compliance with state, federal, and international regulations
• Help develop controls and strengthen governance processes
• Monitor regulations involving AI governance, cybersecurity, data privacy, and industry-specific compliance
• Manage intellectual property considerations in services delivery
• Provide ongoing legal support for change orders, service modifications, performance issues, and customer relationship management
• Advise on services staffing models, contractor classifications, customer site requirements, and security clearance obligations
• Manage commercial disputes, service delivery claims, and pre-litigation matters
• Coordinate with Legal team members and cross-functional partners
• Mentor and guide junior attorneys and legal professionals
• Provide training and coaching on commercial risk, contract management, and regulatory requirements
• Drive continuous improvement in legal processes and adoption of legal technology tools

Director, Senior Counsel

• Handle a caseload of predominantly low to moderate complexity
• Develop and apply litigation skills and techniques to try cases to verdict or negotiate resolution
• Conduct legal research and prepare persuasive legal writing and presentations
• Draft pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery, and other documents
• Attend court events, depositions, and other appointments independently
• Provide case analysis and recommendations to insured clients and claim partners
• Build and maintain internal and external client and business partner relationships
• Provide advice and training to Claim partners and clients
• Use available technology, case management systems, and automation
• Travel as required to meet business needs
• Perform other assigned duties

Counsel, Workers Compensation

• Develop and maintain the enterprise-wide outside counsel strategy
• Design and manage law firm panel programs, preferred provider arrangements, and strategic partnership frameworks
• Establish governance standards for engagement, selection, evaluation, and offboarding of law firms and legal service providers
• Drive consistency in outside counsel management across business segments, regions, and legal practice areas
• Advise legal leadership on outside counsel market trends, alternative service delivery models, and emerging legal industry developments
• Oversee global outside counsel spend across all legal matters
• Develop annual budgets, forecasts, accruals, and spend projections
• Monitor budget-versus-actual performance and identify cost optimization opportunities
• Lead or support negotiations with law firms, especially in RFPs and alternative fee arrangements
• Expand adoption of alternative fee arrangements
• Conduct benchmarking and market analysis to support pricing decisions
• Own outside counsel billing governance and compliance programs
• Maintain and enforce outside counsel guidelines
• Oversee eBilling and matter management platforms
• Establish billing controls and invoice review processes
• Monitor compliance with billing guidelines and budget requirements
• Drive continuous improvement in billing accuracy and spend transparency
• Use legal technology and digital transformation tools to optimize legal service delivery

Senior Manager, Outside Counsel Management

• Serve as the primary legal architect for Cisco’s U.S. benefits programs
• Provide strategic legal frameworks for health, welfare, and retirement programs
• Advise plan committees on ERISA, Internal Revenue Code, fiduciary matters, and governance
• Advise and support plan administration, including filings, offerings, plan documentation, and SPDs
• Review benefits contracts, vendor agreements, and marketing materials
• Lead legal strategy for benefits-related litigation and administrative claims
• Partner with Global Benefits and Finance to identify and mitigate risks
• Drive benefits due diligence and integration strategy for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Evaluate target company plans, identify liabilities, and support benefits transitions
• Interpret and implement new regulations, including SECURE Act 2.0 and state-mandated retirement or paid leave programs
• Collaborate on cross-functional employment law initiatives
• Report to an Associate General Counsel Director, Employment Law

Principal Corporate Counsel – Employee Benefits, ERISA

• Assist with litigation, pre-litigation disputes, and claims management
• Draft demand letters, settlement agreements, releases, and related correspondence
• Coordinate with and manage outside counsel
• Investigate and help resolve disputes involving customers, contractors, property owners, vendors, and other third parties
• Support regulatory, permitting, compliance, and government affairs matters
• Provide practical legal guidance to business and operational teams
• Conduct legal research and prepare concise guidance memoranda
• Develop policies, forms, and internal procedures
• Review routine commercial agreements and identify legal risks
• Independently manage assigned matters, maintain organized files, track deadlines, and handle related administrative tasks without dedicated legal support staff
• Report to the Vice President and Corporate Counsel
• Support broadband expansion throughout the Midwest

Corporate Counsel

• Provide underwriting support, counsel, and authorization to company personnel and customers related to issuing real estate title insurance commitments and policies
• Utilize underwriting standards and guidelines within delegated authority limits to underwrite title insurance issuance
• Provide guidance to company personnel in performing real estate settlement services
• Issue underwriting standards and guidelines according to established company processes

Senior Commercial Underwriting Counsel

• Analyze, investigate, and resolve lower-severity and lower-complexity Bond & Specialty claims
• Retain, monitor, and manage outside counsel and other vendors
• Utilize incident response and litigation management plans and budgets
• Negotiate settlements for lower-severity and lower-complexity litigation matters
• Prepare management reports on loss development, financial exposure, and resolution strategies
• Develop and coordinate recovery efforts with the Recovery Management Unit
• Attend mediations, settlement conferences, trials, depositions, and business meetings as needed
• Provide legal and business support to underwriting colleagues
• Negotiate indemnity documentation and draft product forms and endorsements
• Review contracts and bond forms
• Support marketing and risk management efforts through broker visits and seminars
• Support stakeholders and customers throughout the claims process
• Ensure compliance with BSI Claims processes, procedures, and best practices
• Maintain thorough claim documentation, claim files, and confidential records
• Prepare coverage evaluations and correspondence to insureds
• Perform other duties as assigned

General Counsel jobs in Illinois