Senior Compliance Counsel
Description
About LegalZoom
LegalZoom has been providing accessible and affordable online legal services for over 20 years. Since 2001, we’ve helped millions of customers launch, run, and grow their businesses, secure their intellectual property, and protect their loved ones with estate planning documents.
As the industry leader in business formations, innovation remains at the center of all we do. LegalZoom employees are creative thinkers and problem-solvers who thrive on collaboration and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. Together, we’re working to make a positive impact on the world.
Where we work
In an effort to foster a better work-life balance, LegalZoom is committed to a remote-first work environment. Our Austin, Beaverton, Frisco, LA Metro, and SF Bay Area offices allow our Zoomers to collaborate with teammates and offer special onsite events, lunches, and more.
In an effort to foster a better work-life balance, LegalZoom is committed to a remote-first work environment. Our Austin, Beaverton, Frisco, LA Metro, and SF Bay Area offices allow our Zoomers to collaborate with teammates and offer special onsite events, lunches, and more.
This position is 100% remote and is not required to come into the office.
Overview
Being a lawyer on our legal team is a unique experience where the company’s core product and focus align with your craft as a lawyer. Our legal team comes from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences and we thrive on finding a path to yes with creative solutions for our cross functional business partners. People are the driving force of success at LegalZoom, and we’re building a team that drives our growth and shapes our culture and products. We’re looking for an experienced and collaborative Senior Compliance Counsel to join our team. If you’re someone who is passionate about technology, solution-oriented, and likes to have fun, we want to talk to you.
You will
- Become the architect of LegalZoom's compliance strategy. You'll develop, implement, and maintain programs that safeguard our business and our customers. Areas of focus will include marketing compliance, identity verification, fraud-risk reduction, and operational compliance for our registered agent and commercial mail receiving agency lines of business.
- Make a real impact. You’ll apply your excellent legal and business judgment to identify, analyze, and solve complex compliance issues. Applying LegalZoom’s strategic goals and risk tolerance, you’ll figure out what’s important to focus on, and what is not.
- Be a legal powerhouse who thrives in a collaborative environment. Partner with our brilliant engineering, product, and fulfillment teams to keep LegalZoom operating with best-in-class compliance.
- Never stop learning. You’ll stay abreast of the rapidly evolving legal landscape for LegalZoom’s current business as well as grow your expertise alongside LegalZoom as we explore new frontiers. You'll become a go-to resource for emerging compliance challenges, applying sound legal judgment to prioritize and navigate complex situations.
- Be a team player. You’ll contribute to legal department goals and take on additional duties as needed.
You have
- A JD from an accredited law school; licensed and in good standing to practice law.
- A minimum of 6 years of legal experience, including at least 2 years practicing at a leading law firm. Bonus points for in-house experience.
- A working understanding of best-practices in managing compliance issues in lightly regulated businesses.
- Strong legal research skills and the ability to gather information from non-legal stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and highly organized. Ability to guide projects from inception through completion.
- Outstanding judgment with the ability to understand the criticality and urgency of issues and prioritize them as appropriate within a fast-paced environment, providing clarity and direction to the team and to others throughout the company.
- Ability to apply a high level of discretion, common sense and good judgment to ambiguous situations.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to communicate complex legal concepts confidently and effectively across multiple departments and levels within the organization.
● Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
● 401k, With Matching Contributions
● Paid Time Off
● Health Savings Account (HSA)
● Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
● Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance
● Plus other wellness benefits to include:
○ Fertility
○ Mental Health
○ One Medical
○ Fringe lifestyle benefits up to $250
Join us in making a difference as we build our future and help ensure access to professional legal advice to all! LegalZoom is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. LegalZoom prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.