What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Liability & Regulatory Counsel (Bilingual English/Korean) position at LG Electronics USA?
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Summary
Manage and/or lead in-house and work with outside legal counsels to minimize risks in the North America region and its subsidiaries (US, CI, AI, TN). Manage product liability litigation and advise on product safety. Provide legal services on compliance and regulatory issues to internal clients and respond to governmental inquiries on safety and regulatory matters to further business goals and minimize risks.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice to internal clients on product safety and regulatory compliance
- Conduct fact investigation, review product, and regulation analysis to advise business units of legal risks and its mitigation plan
- Provide support on US/Canada government agency actions, investigations, or inquiries before agencies such as DOE, NRCan, EPA, FDA, FCC, CPSC, Health Canada, etc.
- Coordinate litigation case management with insurance companies and relevant internal clients
- Communicate with business units and manage outside counsel
- Conduct legal analysis to advise on product compliance, marketing, internal policy, and product safety, as needed
- Regulatory research and assess application to product
- Advise and support company's strategy in identifying environmental related goals
Qualifications
- JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school with 2-4 years combined legal experience preferred; litigation experience preferred
- Position of Counsel or Senior Counsel to-be-determined in accordance to experience
- Must be currently licensed to practice law in the state of New Jersey or eligible to practice in New Jersey as in-house counsel
- English and Korean language proficiency required
- Strong legal research and document drafting skills
- Able to attend meetings as scheduled in different time zones
- Able to travel domestically
- Superior analytical skills
- Creative
- Team-oriented and collaborative
Benefits Offered Full-Time Employees:
- No-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents for competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits.
- Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.
- Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.
- Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
- Access to confidential mental health resources to help you and your loved ones improve your quality of life. Personal fitness goal incentives.
- Family orientated benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
- Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.
Benefits Offered Temporary/Contractors:
- Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through our partner agencies.
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In addition to the above, LG believes that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary ranges take into account many factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs. While we consider geographic pay differentials in final offers, because we operate in many geographies where applicable, the salary range listed may not reflect all geographic differentials applied.
LG Electronics, USA Inc., LG Mobile Research USA LLC, LG Electronics, Alabama, Inc., LGEVU and Zenith Electronics LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the Company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.
