Mid-Atlantic Finance Company

Legal Director

Legal - Clearwater, FL - Full Time

MidAtlantic Finance is looking to add an in-house attorney as Legal Director with five+ years of Commercial Litigation experience. 
Primary Responsibilities

  • Manage a high-volume portfolio of commercial disputes and contract enforcement matters
  • Lead pre-litigation strategy, negotiation, and settlement discussions with counterparties
  • Drive end-to-end litigation strategy, including coordination with outside counsel when necessary
  • Develop and execute recovery strategies to maximize collections and minimize loss severity
  • Evaluate claims and defenses, and make go/no-go decisions on litigation vs. settlement
  • Draft and refine demand letters, pleadings, and litigation strategy memos
  • Oversee and control outside legal spend, including budgeting and performance management of external firms.
  • Assist with Regulatory Compliance operations including staff supervision, audit activities
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to identify patterns of risk and repeat counterparty behavior
Additional Skills and Experience
  • Experience with secured transactions, collateral recovery, or asset-backed lending
  • Background in collections litigation or enforcement actions
  • Familiarity with multi-jurisdictional litigation and judgment enforcement
  • Familiarity with topical issues of relevant regulatory compliance (e.g. FCRA, FDCPA, privacy, etc.)
Benefits
  • Full healthcare benefit package
  • 401k Retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Great work-life balance
  • Bonus

If you want to learn more about this position, please provide your resume and a representative with HR will contact you with details. 

 
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