Associate General Counsel
About The Role
The Associate General Counsel, Employment and Litigation Legal exists to ensure Veho can grow quickly, operate a complex and highly varied workforce, and resolve disputes with confidence and speed. This includes supporting a mix of gig workers, corporate employees, temporary staff, warehouse and frontline workers, and a distributed workforce across multiple U.S. states and international locations.
This attorney will serve as a key legal partner to the People team and play an important role in shaping litigation strategy, bringing strong employment law expertise, practical judgment, and a builder mindset to a company that is scaling and evolving rapidly.
They will help protect the business by identifying and addressing risk early, not just reacting to issues as they arise, and will leverage AI tools and technology to operate with the level of efficiency and leverage required in a high-growth environment.
Key Responsibilities
Labor & Employment
- Serve as a day-to-day legal partner to the People team, providing both strategic and real-time advice on a wide range of employment matters
- Advise on employee lifecycle issues, including recruiting, hiring, performance management, discipline, terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and compensation
- Provide fast, pragmatic guidance on employment obligations across U.S. jurisdictions
- Draft, review, and maintain employment-related documents including offer letters, separation agreements, and employee handbook updates
- Partner with People and Compliance to build and refine policies, standards, and processes that are legally sound and operationally effective
- Advise on independent contractor classification and workforce model risk
- Partner with Trust and Safety to handle contractor disputes, including reviewing claims, advising on risk, and shaping communications and outcomes
- Handle and respond to agency charges and pre-litigation disputes including EEOC and state-level matters
- Lead or support internal investigations involving employee conduct, policy violations, and other sensitive matters
- Advise on sensitive and high-risk People decisions, partnering with the Head of Legal as appropriate
- Stay current on evolving employment laws and translate them into actionable guidance for the business
Litigation
- Manage day-to-day litigation and pre-litigation matters including employment disputes, workers comp claims, contractor-related claims, and other civil matters
- Partner with the Head of Legal on litigation strategy, risk assessment, and key decisions, while independently driving certain litigation matters such as workers compensation
- Support responses to regulatory inquiries, agency investigations, and enforcement actions
- Coordinate discovery efforts, document collection, and responses to subpoenas and information requests
- Prepare internal stakeholders for depositions, interviews, and other proceedings
- Manage dispute resolution for inbound complaints, claims, and legal demands
- Collaborate cross-functionally to gather facts, assess risk, and drive resolution strategies
- Identify trends across disputes and litigation and translate them into preventative actions
- Stay current on relevant legal and regulatory developments and advise stakeholders
AI and Legal Operations
- Identify and implement opportunities to use AI and automation across legal workflows including drafting, investigations, dispute triage, and knowledge management
- Advise on emerging legal issues at the intersection of AI and employment
- Build lightweight systems, templates, and playbooks that increase speed, consistency, and scalability
- Continuously improve how legal supports the business with a focus on efficiency and leverage
Experience
- Must have
- 10+ years of employment law and litigation experience, including time in-house
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in New York
- Strong experience advising on U.S. federal and state employment laws
- Experience handling employee relations issues, investigations, and counseling
- Experience managing employment litigation, agency charges, and pre-litigation disputes
- Experience working closely with HR or People teams
- Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth, or ambiguous environments
- Demonstrated use of AI tools in legal workflows or strong willingness to adopt
- Nice to have:
- In-house or secondment experience
- Marketplace, logistics, or gig economy experience
- Experience supporting Trust and Safety or similar teams
- Experience building legal processes from scratch
- Exposure to international employment law
Compensation
$260,000 - $290,000 per year
The pay range is subject to the discretion of the Company. Additionally, Veho offers a competitive equity package, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage as well as other benefits such as 401k and generous PTO for full-time roles.
