General Counsel

General Counsel Job Description

The position: The General Counsel member will be responsible for managing litigation with outside counsel and overseeing the legal matters of the business as a whole, including acting as the business’ legal representative with a major focus on real estate transactions, contract disputes, and eviction in county court.  

Main Responsibilities:      

• Advising executive members on new laws, existing laws and legal rights that would impact functionality of the business
• Reviewing Title Commitments and overseeing real estate transa
• Maintaining knowledge of the company’s legal documents and operations
• Crafting and reviewing legal strategy in response to any litigation
• Keeping a record of all legal documents and proceedings for the company
• Facilitating filings of licensing forms and other statutory requirements
• Communicating with outside counsel
• Answering questions and responding to Litigation inquiries.
• Managing employee Relations with outsourced HR
• Responding to CEO’s daily support requests
• Updating and managing internal templates 
• Dealing with escalated issues
• Attends state/county hearings or mediations as needed
• Completes other duties and projects as assigned by CEO

Qualifications:  

• Licensed Attorney in Texas and preferably Oklahoma
• Proficiency in email, word, excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Title and Transaction experience

What we provide:

• Competitive compensation
• Health Insurance, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance 
• Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
• PTO
• Gym
• Nice work environment

*After finishing up the Application Form, please proceed to complete the Candidate Survey to continue on with the hiring process. You must complete the Candidate Survey in order to move on to the next hiring step. 

Who We Are:

CooperZadeh is a holding company that is comprised of three core businesses. CooperZadeh Development, a residential focused lot developer with a pipeline of over 3,000 lots throughout Texas; Camden Homes, a residential home builder that has built over 4,000 homes in Texas; CZ Mgmt, an asset and property manager that manages an internal portfolio of 1,600 rentals, and mortgage-backed securities.