General Counsel

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• Provide functional leadership to the Contracts Manager and Contracts Specialist.
• Manage all outside counsel relationships, budgets, and performance.
• Advise executive leadership and the Board on legal strategy and enterprise risk.

• Serve as Logisticus' primary legal authority, providing timely and practical legal guidance to the CEO, COO, CCO, CFO, and senior leadership across all three business lines.
• Establish and maintain the company's legal risk framework — defining standards for contract language, indemnification structures, liability limitations, and governing law provisions.
• Build and maintain a library of standard contract templates for each business line, updated regularly to reflect changes in law, regulation, and company risk appetite.
• Define the scope of what legal work is handled in-house versus directed to outside counsel and manage those boundaries rigorously over time.
• Report to the Board of Directors on legal risk, outside counsel performance, and legal operations metrics on a quarterly basis.

• Govern the company's three existing outside law firm relationships — one per business line — directing their scope, managing billing, and reducing unnecessary spending.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for outside counsel on complex, specialized, or litigated matters, ensuring alignment with internal strategy and risk tolerance.
• Track outside counsel spend against budget and report variance monthly to the CFO.
• Evaluate annually whether outside counsel relationships remain optimal and make recommendations for changes where appropriate.

• Review and provide legal sign-off on non-standard, high-value, or high-risk customer and supplier contracts across all three business lines.
• Partner with the Contracts & Legal Operations Manager to develop contract playbooks, redline standards, and escalation protocols.
• Ensure all contract templates are consistent with Logisticus' insurance policies and risk management standards.
• Reduce contract review lead times for standard agreements from the current 5–15-day cycle to a target of 1–3 business days.

• Lead the company's legal risk management efforts by providing practical, business-oriented counsel on contracts, insurance requirements, indemnification provisions, regulatory compliance, and the effective allocation of legal and commercial risk.
• Partner with the CFO and Gallagher insurance broker when new or additional coverage is required to support a new customer or supplier relationship.
• Advise on regulatory compliance across Logisticus' business lines, including DOT/FMCSA requirements, bonding and surety for construction, and commercial real estate compliance.

• Over-Dimensional Transport: Support carrier agreement negotiation, cargo claims defense, federal/state DOT regulatory compliance, and customer agreements.
• Civil Engineering & Construction: Advise on subcontractor agreements, surety bonds, mechanic's lien risk, professional liability exposure, warranty and OSHA compliance, and customer agreements.
• Warehouse Lease & Operations: Negotiate and review commercial lease agreements, advise on warehouse legal liability, bailment risk, and customer agreements.

• Provide general employment law guidance in coordination with HR and outside counsel as necessary on matters including hiring, termination, non-compete enforceability, and workplace policy.
• Advise, in conjunction with outside counsel, on corporate governance matters, including entity structure, officer authority, and Board governance as appropriate.
• Support M&A, partnership, or joint venture activity as it arises, coordinating with outside counsel on due diligence and deal documentation.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school; active bar admission in good standing.
• 8–12+ years of legal experience, with a strong commercial and transactional foundation; in-house experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience advising on commercial contracts in at least two of: transportation/logistics, construction, or commercial real estate.
• Proven track record managing outside counsel relationships, including scope definition and billing oversight.
• Strong working knowledge of commercial insurance structures relate to contract indemnification and risk allocation.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex legal issues clearly to non-lawyers and to the Board.
• High degree of commercial judgment — able to provide risk-calibrated guidance that facilitates business outcomes.

• Experience in-house at a logistics, transportation, construction, or supply chain company.
• Familiarity with FMCSA regulations, DOT permitting for over-dimensional loads, or surety and bonding requirements in civil construction.
• Experience building or formalizing a legal function from scratch or during a period of rapid growth.
• Exposure to warehouse legal liability, bailment law, or commercial real estate lease negotiation.
• Multi-state bar admission or willingness to obtain admission in relevant states.

• Strategic Business Partnership
• Legal Judgment & Risk Management
• Commercial Negotiation
• Executive Communication
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Contract Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Process Improvement
• Integrity & Professional Ethics

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.    
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization's facilities. 
• Communicates with coworkers, third-party providers and vendors.
• Must be able to adhere to standard operating procedures.
• Typical office environment.