Position Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and strategic direction to outside counsel with respect to the handling of assigned caseload of lawsuits, claims, and subpoenas.
• Support business partners and company witnesses on matters relating to litigation, including witness interviews, document collection, depositions, hearings, and other adversarial proceedings.
• Represent Conagra Brands in legal, administrative, and regulatory proceedings, as well as in mediations and settlement negotiations.
• Oversee discovery processes, including e-discovery and legal hold, for assigned caseload; champion the evolution of tools, processes, and services.
• Assist in identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the litigation group and lead efforts to implement process improvement solutions.
• Advise business partners on dispute resolution, litigation, insurance, regulatory, and risk management among other matters and identify opportunities to provide training.
• Ensure appropriate use and deployment of Company assets at all times, including through enforcement of billing guidelines and negotiation of alternative fee arrangements.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with business partners and other members of the litigation team and legal department, as well as external partners.
• Commit to promoting the development of one’s own legal and business skills, industry knowledge, and to maintaining an inclusive working environment.

Position Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with minimum of 4 years of litigation experience in a law firm or corporate litigation department.
• Meaningful exposure to a broad range of litigation matters; relevant experience includes commercial and contract disputes, product liability, personal injury, employment, environmental, insurance coverage, and class action disputes.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, think critically, manage complex projects, learn new areas of law, and solve problems.
• Understanding of e-discovery best practices; hands-on experience with e-discovery software/tools preferred.
• Must be able to work autonomously in area of responsibility while keeping manager and business partners appropriately informed.
• High integrity, collaboration skills, and emotional intelligence.
• Able to manage complex projects within established budgets.
• Collaboratively influential. Must be able to ensure key legal perspectives are taken into account and alternative actions and outcomes considered, even if unpopular.
• Professional and effective written and oral communication skills. 
• Ability to think in business scenarios, evaluate and articulate risk on a cost-benefit basis, and propose creative alternative solutions.
• Demonstrated curiosity; ability to quickly learn new areas and business considerations; comfortable with change.
• Committed to personal development and continuous learning.
• Must have a bias toward action; takes personal initiative to hold self and team accountable for delivering desired results.
• Must be able to handle company confidential information and data requiring the highest degree of attention to preserve confidentiality.
• Self-starter with a sense of urgency, ability to multi-task, stay organized; ability to handle unanticipated situations effectively and work well under pressure with tight deadlines.
• At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future

Disclaimer

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.  It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation.  As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Our Modern Workplace:

Conagra’s culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance. We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in-person. This position requires you work from our Chicago office 3-4 days a week.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
• Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
• Balance: paid-time off, paternal leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. â€‹