Our preferred candidate will be based in the Seattle, WA area and work in our corporate office at least two days per week. We will also consider qualified candidates located in Oregon or Northern California who are able to travel to Company offices and operations as needed.
What the Job Is: As Deputy General Counsel, you'll work closely with the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Affairs and other members of the legal team, providing legal advice and support across Green Diamond's operations and affiliated businesses. This is a hands-on, managerial role with a broad range of legal responsibilities, including real property, commercial transactions, corporate governance, employment law, regulatory compliance, and litigation oversight.
You'll have the opportunity to work as part of a collaborative in-house legal team on complex legal matters, collaborate with people across the Company, and gain a deep understanding of our business and operations. Experience with timberlands and natural resources law would be particularly valuable in this role.
What You'll Do: We're looking for an experienced attorney who can work independently, exercise sound judgment, and provide practical legal advice that considers both the risks and the needs of the business. You'll work directly with Company leaders on a variety of matters, often balancing competing priorities and helping navigate legal issues that don't always have straightforward answers. Strong communication skills, initiative, and the ability to build productive working relationships will be important to your success.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Provide legal advice and guidance to Company leadership and operations on a broad range of business and legal matters.
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, agreements, and other legal documents involving real property, commercial transactions, and corporate matters.
- Advise on real property transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, title review, due diligence, easements, access rights, and other land-related issues.
- Support corporate governance activities, including matters involving the Board of Directors, affiliates, business structures, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Human Resources, business leaders and outside counsel on employment law, employee relations, and benefits-related matters.
- Manage claims, investigations, and litigation in coordination with outside counsel.
- Provide guidance on environmental and natural resource regulations, data privacy, cybersecurity, and other regulatory compliance matters.
- Coordinate with outside counsel, managing legal matters and associated expenses.
- Manage and lead direct reports.
What We're Looking For:
Required Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.
- Active license to practice law in at least one state where Green Diamond operates, in good standing.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive legal experience, with a strong background in real property and business transactions, or related practice areas.
- Experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial and real property agreements.
- Ability to review and analyze land records, title documents, legal descriptions, and property ownership, boundary, and access issues.
- Strong legal judgment and the ability to assess risk and provide practical, strategic, business-focused recommendations.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across the organization.
- Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple priorities.
- Experience with legal matter, contract, document, or land records management systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active license to practice law in California, Washington, and/or Oregon,, with admission in California strongly preferred. Legal practice experience involving timberlands, forestry, natural resources, or land management, including related transactions and regulatory matters.
- Prior in-house counsel experience, particularly in the forest products, natural resources, or other land-based industries.
- Experience supervising legal professionals and supporting team development.
- Experience with corporate governance, employment law, and litigation management.
- Additional graduate education in natural resources management, real property, business, or a related field.
Compensation: Annual Salary Range: $192,480 – $288,700 per year. The pay range listed is just one component of Green Diamond’s total compensation package. Other rewards include eligibility to receive a company-wide annual financial performance bonus, and the opportunity to receive an individual performance-based bonus, candidate referral bonuses, and spot bonuses.
Green Diamond offers generous benefits including medical/vision and dental, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plan with match and profit sharing, and an employee assistance program. Reimbursements for work related safety equipment, and wellness. Paid time off includes nine designated and up to two floating (personal) holidays, minimum ten days’ vacation (or per policy based on experience), ten days sick leave, 30 days parental leave, three days bereavement, jury duty, one volunteer day, and five days family care. Cell phone reimbursement for business use. More benefits information can be found at GreenDiamond.com.
Who Green Diamond is: We grow and nurture forests, a renewable resource to build homes, schools, and household necessities, harnessing carbon every single day we operate. We’re a family-owned company that is guided by our values of environmental stewardship and supporting our local communities. We do what’s right, even when it is the harder path to follow. We focus on the health and safety of our people first – by taking care of all of our resources, we plan to be here for another 130 years.
