Assistant Vice President – Asset Recovery
Texas, United States of America
Full Time
6 hours ago
$145,000 - $160,000 USD
No Visa Sponsorship
Key skills
LeadershipCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Develops the processes, vendor relationships, and litigation strategy to provide effective and compliant representation to the firm’s portfolio of national lenders in replevin matters.
- Builds and manages the Replevin Group to handle replevin litigation for various clients across the firm’s national footprint.
- Provides leadership for and direction to the Replevin Group and mentorship to the firm’s attorneys regarding replevin matters.
- Executes firm-wide replevin strategies at the direction of the Vice President of Litigation Operations and actively keeps the firm’s upper management and clients abreast of legal trends and challenges in replevin, and effectively recommends appropriate action as required.
- Facilitates communication between the firm’s trial attorneys, the Replevin Group, and the firm’s clients.
- Acts as lead counsel in the prosecution of select replevin matters, including motion practice, arbitrations, mediations, trials, and appeals as needed (in states where admitted, or pro hoc vice in select matters), identifies contested and high-risk replevin claims, and provides special guidance and oversight therein.
- Responsible for developing, reviewing, approving, and monitoring the overall strategic, tactical, and operational planning for the Replevin Group with critical focus upon developing efficient and compliant litigation review and processes.
- Oversees all replevin intake, litigation, and litigation processes. Responsible for ensuring the firm’s replevin litigation matters move in compliance with legal requirements, and firm and client expectations.
- Develops and manages guidelines, plans, procedures, and processes for the Replevin Group to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of legal services to the firm and its clients.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited college or university
- Active license to practice law in one or more jurisdictions
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive litigation experience including litigating all aspects of replevin actions, preferably with demonstrated leadership of a litigation team
Benefits
- medical, vision, and dental insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- compensated time off
- paid holidays
- 401 (k) with a match