Texas Hotel & Lodging Association
Summary :
Texas Hotel & Lodging Association (THLA) seeks a full-time Associate General Counsel (AGC) to provide legal advice to hotel industry members regarding state, local, and federal laws that impact hotel operations. During the legislative session, the AGC will review, negotiate, and testify on proposed legislation. And the AGC will conduct educational seminars throughout Texas and promulgate informational alerts and updated articles on best legal practices regarding legal issues affecting the lodging industry.
THLA is a 501(c)(6) trade association headquartered in Austin, Texas, serving the Texas lodging industry. THLA has over six thousand lodging industry members located throughout Texas. The AGC reports both to the General Counsel and to the CEO. The AGC position is based out of THLA’s office building in the Judge’s Hill neighborhood in central Austin. Travel within the State of Texas is required up to 15% of the time. The position allows for remote work up to one day per week.
Essential Responsibilities :
Provide legal advice and legal services to THLA members. Answer legal questions from THLA members and provide basic legal advice and best legal practices to the industry. Develop subject matter expertise regarding legal topics pertinent to lodging operators including but not limited to Texas hotel occupancy tax laws, public improvement district laws, labor and employment law, nonprofit corporation laws, etc. Publish legal department updates, legal guides, and legal alerts for the benefit of THLA members. Speak, make presentations, and conduct seminars for THLA members, destination marketing organizations, local government officials, and tourism industry leaders on legal issues of importance to the lodging and tourism industry. Assist the General Counsel and other THLA staff in preparing legal briefs and legal correspondence as needed for THLA and certain THLA clients. Assist the General Counsel and other THLA staff in the production and presentation of educational webinars and other materials for members.
Provide local hotel tax advice and other hotel law related seminars throughout Texas. Assist the General Counsel and the CEO in speaking and making presentations to local and state, entities on hotel occupancy tax, tourism public improvement districts, and other legal issues. Provide guidance and legal interpretations to local government groups such as city councils, county commissions, local government staff, destination marketing organizations, chambers of commerce, and other entities regarding hotel occupancy tax expenditures, collection, and hotel tax funded programs. Forward potential new member leads to membership department and help secure group memberships from assisted communities.
Advise and report to the General Counsel and CEO on statutory and legal developments and issues affecting THLA, THLA members, and the lodging industry broadly. Provide legal analysis, memos, and opinions to the General Counsel and CEO on new regulations, case law, and statutes affecting THLA and the lodging industry. Perform legal research as requested and/or needed. Help resolve issues between hotel operators and consumers.
Governmental affairs. Assist the General Counsel and CEO in administering and implementing THLA’s legislative advocacy program. Like other THLA legal staff, the AGC must register as a lobbyist with the Texas Ethics Commission. Review, track, and analyze proposed legislation and amendments. Draft legislation and prepare legislative testimony. Assist the CEO and General Counsel in providing advocacy on state and federal agency rulemaking. Provide support to other associations and hotel entities on local, state, and federal governmental affairs issues. Review local ordinances and policies, and advocate for the lodging and tourism industry as needed before city councils, county commissions, and other local entities. Provide assistance and lead response during statewide disasters.
Write and edit articles for monthly membership newsletter (“Industry Update”). Create and find legal and other topical material for the newsletter.
Supplemental membership communications. In coordination with the General Counsel and CEO, develop, edit, and send communications pieces as needed, such as emergency email alerts, and legislative alerts.
Qualifications : Candidate must hold a JD from an ABA-approved law school and be licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. Very strong writing and editing skills are essential. Strong public speaking and advocacy skills required. Experience in the creation of written legal correspondence and statutory interpretation content is preferred. Required: Ability to work collaboratively across organizations and networks, and skill in consensus building and creative problem solving.
Texas Hotel & Lodging Association (THLA) seeks a full-time Associate General Counsel (AGC) to provide legal advice to hotel industry members regarding state, local, and federal laws that impact hotel operations. During the legislative session, the AGC will review, negotiate, and testify on proposed legislation. And the AGC will conduct educational seminars throughout Texas and promulgate informational alerts and updated articles on best legal practices regarding legal issues affecting the lodging industry.
THLA is a 501(c)(6) trade association headquartered in Austin, Texas, serving the Texas lodging industry. THLA has over six thousand lodging industry members located throughout Texas. The AGC reports both to the General Counsel and to the CEO. The AGC position is based out of THLA’s office building in the Judge’s Hill neighborhood in central Austin. Travel within the State of Texas is required up to 15% of the time. The position allows for remote work up to one day per week.
Essential Responsibilities :
Provide legal advice and legal services to THLA members. Answer legal questions from THLA members and provide basic legal advice and best legal practices to the industry. Develop subject matter expertise regarding legal topics pertinent to lodging operators including but not limited to Texas hotel occupancy tax laws, public improvement district laws, labor and employment law, nonprofit corporation laws, etc. Publish legal department updates, legal guides, and legal alerts for the benefit of THLA members. Speak, make presentations, and conduct seminars for THLA members, destination marketing organizations, local government officials, and tourism industry leaders on legal issues of importance to the lodging and tourism industry. Assist the General Counsel and other THLA staff in preparing legal briefs and legal correspondence as needed for THLA and certain THLA clients. Assist the General Counsel and other THLA staff in the production and presentation of educational webinars and other materials for members.
Provide local hotel tax advice and other hotel law related seminars throughout Texas. Assist the General Counsel and the CEO in speaking and making presentations to local and state, entities on hotel occupancy tax, tourism public improvement districts, and other legal issues. Provide guidance and legal interpretations to local government groups such as city councils, county commissions, local government staff, destination marketing organizations, chambers of commerce, and other entities regarding hotel occupancy tax expenditures, collection, and hotel tax funded programs. Forward potential new member leads to membership department and help secure group memberships from assisted communities.
Advise and report to the General Counsel and CEO on statutory and legal developments and issues affecting THLA, THLA members, and the lodging industry broadly. Provide legal analysis, memos, and opinions to the General Counsel and CEO on new regulations, case law, and statutes affecting THLA and the lodging industry. Perform legal research as requested and/or needed. Help resolve issues between hotel operators and consumers.
Governmental affairs. Assist the General Counsel and CEO in administering and implementing THLA’s legislative advocacy program. Like other THLA legal staff, the AGC must register as a lobbyist with the Texas Ethics Commission. Review, track, and analyze proposed legislation and amendments. Draft legislation and prepare legislative testimony. Assist the CEO and General Counsel in providing advocacy on state and federal agency rulemaking. Provide support to other associations and hotel entities on local, state, and federal governmental affairs issues. Review local ordinances and policies, and advocate for the lodging and tourism industry as needed before city councils, county commissions, and other local entities. Provide assistance and lead response during statewide disasters.
Write and edit articles for monthly membership newsletter (“Industry Update”). Create and find legal and other topical material for the newsletter.
Supplemental membership communications. In coordination with the General Counsel and CEO, develop, edit, and send communications pieces as needed, such as emergency email alerts, and legislative alerts.
Qualifications : Candidate must hold a JD from an ABA-approved law school and be licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. Very strong writing and editing skills are essential. Strong public speaking and advocacy skills required. Experience in the creation of written legal correspondence and statutory interpretation content is preferred. Required: Ability to work collaboratively across organizations and networks, and skill in consensus building and creative problem solving.