Corporate Counsel - Litigation

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The Role
The Corporate Counsel position is responsible, under the guidance of Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) Leadership, for providing valued, strategic, and practical legal advice and support for Providence St. Joseph Health (“Providence”) in a wide range of diverse litigation and dispute matters, including general liability, medical malpractice (as appropriate), commercial disputes, regulatory enforcement, and internal investigations, and for specific projects as assigned.

Description
The Role
The Corporate Counsel position is responsible, under the guidance of Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) Leadership, for providing valued, strategic, and practical legal advice and support for Providence St. Joseph Health (“Providence”) in a wide range of diverse litigation and dispute matters, including general liability, medical malpractice (as appropriate), commercial disputes, regulatory enforcement, and internal investigations, and for specific projects as assigned.
The ideal candidate brings strong litigation skills, a collaborative mindset, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation and case strategy. This role works closely with Risk Management, Compliance, Claims, and operational leaders to protect the organization’s interests while advancing its mission of delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.
This role is hybrid and can be located in either Seattle, WA or Irvine, CA.
Essential Functions

• Manage a portfolio of active litigation matters, including general liability, professional liability (as assigned), contract disputes, business torts, and regulatory enforcement.
• Coordinate closely with Risk Management and insurance carriers on pre-litigation claims and insured matters.
• Oversee outside counsel: approve strategy, budgets, pleadings, discovery, and resolution recommendations.
• Advise internal stakeholders on litigation risk, early case assessment, and settlement strategy.
• Support internal investigations and responses to subpoenas, civil investigative demands, and administrative inquiries (excluding employment-related matters).
• Serve as legal liaison for complex tort claims, facility incidents, and enterprise-level disputes.
• Participate in the development of system-wide litigation protocols, early warning systems, and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Provide education and guidance to operational teams on litigation trends, claims processes, and documentation practices.
• Maintain accurate tracking, documentation, and reporting of litigation and dispute matters.
• Assume responsibility for administrative functions within DLA, as assigned.
  

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Active admission and license to practice law in either California or Washington.
• At least 5-10 years of relevant litigation experience (law firm experience is a plus), including experience with general liability, healthcare-related claims, or commercial litigation.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams including risk, compliance, claims, and operations.
• Superior communication skills in both written and verbal presentation, including all aspects of legal writing technique and procedure, and the ability to convey complex legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• Ability to function effectively and complete projects in a timely manner in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively with attorneys and staff within DLA and Providence.
  

About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Requsition ID: 374229
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Legal
Job Function: Legal/Compliance/Risk
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Leadership
Department: 4007 SS LEGAL 1
Address: WA Renton 1801 Lind Ave SW
Work Location: Providence Valley Office Park-Renton
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Pay Range: $78.33 - $138.50
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Seniority level

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  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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