Senior Counsel, Employment Law

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

The Senior Counsel, Employment Law is responsible for providing employment and labor law legal counseling and advice to AbbVie’s research-based pharmaceutical business.   

 

Core Job Responsibilities:  

• Represent AbbVie in response to threatened claims, and before government agencies in employment discrimination and wage claims.
• Provide legal counsel to clients regarding all employment and labor law issues, including non-competes and trade secrets.   
• Provide employment and labor law support on corporate transactions, restructures, policies, and other employee-related agreements.   
• Support corporate compliance initiatives and HR projects.   
• Provide project direction and supervision of outside counsel on domestic and international matters. 
• Support HR in development of affirmative action plans and goals, and compliance audits.
• Develop and conduct employment-related training.

 

Position Accountability/Scope:  

Position supports entirety of AbbVie and will interact with senior leaders in the Legal Division, Human Resources and other areas of AbbVie. The position reports to Division Counsel, Litigation & Compliance, Employment, Labor and Immigration.

Qualifications

Basic requirements:

• JD degree and appropriate licensure to practice law in Illinois. 
• Strong understanding of federal, state and local employment and labor laws.
• Experience representing clients in government agencies, drafting and negotiating agreements, drafting policies, and employment litigation.  
• Minimum of 7+ years of practice.  In-house experience strongly preferred.  Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry and employment/labor law required.

Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
Yes, 10 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
D
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.