Senior Associate General Counsel
Summary of Relevant Experience
Summary of Experience – Senior Associate General Counsel @ Natural Resources Defense Council
- JD/MBA-credentialed in-house counsel with approximately four years of progressively senior legal experience spanning ERISA, employee benefits, HIPAA, employment law, and labor relations across multiemployer funds and a Fortune 500 insurer.
- Litigation and compliance leader who has served as lead counsel on complex disputes, regulatory compliance programs, and plan governance matters, reporting directly to C-suite executives and managing outside counsel relationships.
- Employee benefits and healthcare regulatory attorney who has supported M&A due diligence and built compliance frameworks within large, regulated organizations including multiemployer pension and health funds.
- Nonprofit-sector-aligned legal professional who combines transactional, advisory, and litigation experience across financial services and healthcare, well-positioned to support a mission-driven organization's broad in-house legal needs.
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Why this is a fit
The title and seniority band align well with your target of Senior/Associate General Counsel, and the nonprofit industry and DC/NY locations match your preferences, but the role is at NRDC—an environmental advocacy organization—where the legal work centers on environmental law and litigation rather than your core specialization in ERISA, employee benefits, HIPAA, and healthcare compliance, making the function match weak despite the level and location fit.
About the role
NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) works to safeguard the Earth, its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 800 policy advocates, lawyers, scientists, and communication experts to...