Update:  Filled

We are conducting a retained search for a downtown Chicago based company that wishes to keep this search confidential at this time.  We will share our client’s name with you offline after further discussion.  This is a growing entity seeking its first in-house counsel.  Senior Counsel title for a role primarily focused on commercial contracts with an IT focus.  Seeking candidates 5+ years out of law school, with a strong preference for in-house experience.  Compensation at about $200K (salary plus cash bonus), plus equity participation.  Email mike@everslegal.com or call 312-225-1144 for inquiries on this opportunity.

Update:  Position on hold until late 2017.  Interested candidates are still encouraged to contact us with interest.

Evers Legal has been exclusively retained by Border States Electric (www.borderstates.com) to recruit its first General Counsel.  You will manage two junior attorneys, report to the CEO, and have full strategic responsibility for running the legal function.

Border States (founded in 1952) is a growing leading provider of supplies, materials management solutions, and delivery and logistics expertise to tens of thousands of customers across diverse industries.  Border States is 100 percent employee-owned (over 2,200 employees) with locations throughout the country.

This position will require (fully covered) relocation to our client’s HQ in Fargo, North Dakota.  This is an opportunity to make a great career move and enjoy the combination of outstanding compensation with a low cost of living geography.

We seek candidates who are 10+ years out of law school, with at least some major law firm teeth cutting experience, preferably with expertise in M&A and corporate law generally.  We are open to individuals coming from established law departments (this could be a nice step up move for an AGC or DGC with a larger company, for example), or directly from a firm.

For a complete job description and more information, please email mike@everslegal.com.  Evers Legal is handling this search exclusively,  so please do not make attempts to send resumes directly to the client, as they will be routed to us.  If you are a search firm reading this and have a candidate in mind, please contact Mike Evers for discussion.  We are open to referral fees and always act in our client’s best interest.  Do not send a candidate resume with a fee split expectation, however, in advance of talking with Mike.

Evers Legal has been retained by Deerfield, IL based Baxter International to recruit great candidates for a newly created position that includes both sophisticated M&A work and corporate governance responsibilities.  The winner will bring securities and corporate transactional experience to the table.  We are targeting law firm attorneys at the junior partner and senior associate levels, and in-house attorneys at the Corporate Counsel to Senior Counsel levels.  Very competitive compensation includes a significant annual equity grant.  Please call Mike Evers at 312-225-1144 for more information or send your resume to mike@everslegal.com.

Update:  Closed

Our client Volvo Financial Services in Greensboro, North Carolina, seeks an attorney with 4+ years of experience for an equipment leasing and finance role.  Relocation package available.  Qualified candidates will have expertise in UCC Article 2A and Article 9 transactions.  Exposure to bankruptcy matters and litigation management helpful.  You will work with sales, operations, and credit functions in developing and implementing legal policies and documentation for commercial truck, tractor, trailer, construction equipment, bus and other specialized transportation and commercial equipment financing products in the United States.  Title: Senior Legal Counsel.

We welcome law firm associates with relevant experience seeking to make their first move in-house.  Of course, if you are in-house with a bank or captive finance company and seek the opportunity to live in beautiful Greensboro and work for a terrific legal team, we want your resume too.  Please email to mike@everslegal.com

Update:  Filled (However, we always welcome candidates who fit the description below, as our Adjunct Counsel service employs contracts attorneys routinely.)

Law department of major company with office location near O’Hare.  We are paying $45 to $50 per hour for a junior level contracts role.  Full-time, ongoing.  Some exposure to bankruptcy helpful but not required.  Our client is financially healthy, but some of the contracts are impacted by corporate customer bankruptcies.  Please email resume to info@everslegal.com.  Thank you.

Update:  Filled.

We are conducting a search for a pharmaceutical client located in the northern suburbs of Chicago.  6+ years of experience, generalist role (i.e. supports commercial operations), but does require industry regulatory knowledge (FDA, Prescription Drug Marketing Act, Anti-kickback statutes, etc.).  Pharma industry experience required, will gladly consider candidates straight out of law firms as well as in-house counsel.  Please email resume to mike@everslegal.com or call 312-225-1144.

Update:  Closed

Our client, Principal Financial Group, seeks two ERISA attorneys with 5+ years of experience.  Competitive compensation and relocation to the company’s HQ city of Des Moines, Iowa.  PFG is consistently voted one of the best companies to work for in America, and the attorneys we have placed with this client in the past rave about the opportunity.  Please send your resume to mike@everslegal.com or call 312-225-1144.

Here is the job description:

Experienced attorney with five years or more practice predominantly with pension plan issues relating to pension plan operation, plan investment issues, fiduciary/transactional operations, and experience with current regulatory positions.  Applicant would work with experienced team providing advice on pension-related legal issues to a group of affiliated companies that provide plan services as well as manufacture plan investment options.  

Requires Juris Doctorate and 5 plus years’ experience practicing law predominantly with pension plans issues.
Requires knowledge of the relevant area of law and its application.

Update:  Filled

Relocation (fully paid) to Arkansas required.  9+ years of litigation experience sought for an internal investigations role, Fortune 100 company.  Associate General Counsel title.  International travel, especially within Latin America.  Fluent Spanish required.  Please email mike@everslegal.com to submit a resume or call 312-225-1144 for more details.

Update:  Filled

BigLaw pedigree sought for ongoing commercial contracts role with Fortune 500 company in Chicago area.  Work from home approximately 20 hours per week, with occasional travel to the client’s HQ.  Chicagoland area residents preferred.  Prefer transactional backgrounds versus litigation.  4+ years of overall experience.  Role is via our Adjunct Counsel service at quality hourly rate.  Wide variety of contracts; client is in the manufacturing industry.  Email resume to info@everslegal.com.

In addition to traditional direct hire recruiting throughout the country, we also offer adjunct counsel on our payroll (in the Chicago area only).  Our work in this area is specific to the on-site flexible staffing needs of in-house law departments.  Our adjunct counsel help during hiring freeze periods (such as when a company is being acquired), staff absences (such as parental leave periods), and on longer term projects typically lasting at least 60 days.  We do not handle high volume, low paid document review matters.

If you have commercial contracts experience, live in the Chicago area, and preferably come with prior experience as in-house counsel, please call 312-225-1144 or email your resume to info@everslegal.com to be considered for adjunct counsel assignments.  Thank you.