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As a titan in mortgage lending and digital financial solutions, Guaranteed Rate Companies proudly operates with more than 6,400 employees stationed across over 800 branches nationwide, including Washington, D.C. Founded in the year 2000, we've assisted more than 1 million homeowners with their home purchase loans and refinances. In 2022 alone, we managed a total loan volume exceeding $33 billion. But were more than just numbers; were about innovation, offering competitive rates, and delivering customer service that's second to none. Our accolades include Inside Mortgage Finance's Second Largest Retail Originator for 2023, Chicago Agents Lender of the Year for the 7th consecutive year, Scotsman's Guide 2022 ranking for having more top originators than any other lenders, NerdWallets Best Lenders for Low and No-Down-Payment Mortgages of 2022, and Forbes' Best Online Lender for First-Time Homebuyers in 2022. For more information, visit rate.com.

What's the role:

Guaranteed Rate is building a winning team to reinvent the mortgage experience through innovation, technology, and a relentless focus on providing industry-leading mortgage products and superlative customer service. You will embrace and support these efforts by working to pursue claims and resolve disputes as appropriate through negotiation, arbitration, or litigation. This is not a traditional inhouse litigation management role. The Companys litigation team regularly handles a wide variety of litigation matters with little or no outside counsel involvement. When outside counsel is engaged, you will work in close partnership with outside counsel both supervising their efforts and creating legal workproduct. The ideal candidate will be ready to litigate on day one and will work independently, solve problems creatively, prioritize among multiple assignments and matters, exercise sound business judgment, and operate with a sense of urgency to get things done. Accordingly, you must be experienced and ready to quickly assume responsibility for litigation matters. You will work closely with leadership and support all levels of management. This role will be both an individual contributor and manager, supervising one or more members of the litigation team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Represent the Company in hearings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations, litigation, and settlement negotiations.
• Conduct legal research and draft memoranda, position statements, complaints, answers, briefs, motions and other litigation and arbitration filings.
• Handle all aspects of discovery, including drafting and responding to discovery requests, collecting, and reviewing documents, and taking and defending depositions.
• Draft and respond to cease and desist letters and demand letters.
• Negotiate and resolve prelitigation disputes.
• Assess, manage, and mitigate risk, as needed.
• Conduct internal investigations, as appropriate.
• Manage outside counsel for required expertise and more complex litigation matters.
• Flag and elevate appropriate matters to other subject matter experts at the company, including the regulatory compliance team.
• Handle other legal matters as assigned by senior management.

Experience/Qualifications/Skills:

• At least 8 years of handson litigation experience, including courtroom and arbitration experience.
• Experience litigating one or more of the following is strongly preferred: restrictive covenant matters, employment matters, commercial contracts, customer disputes, unfair competition.
• Prior financial services or real estate industry experience, especially with mortgage transactions and regulatory investigations, is a significant advantage.
• Experience managing other attorneys and legal professionals.
• Positive, teamfirst attitude.
• Cando roll up your sleeves mindset.
• Willingness to learn the business and build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Understanding of business priorities and adapting strategy to meet those priorities.
• Detailoriented with excellent organizational and writing skills.
• Selfmotivated with a strong work ethic and an intense desire to win.
• Clear, concise and persuasive oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work constructively, collaboratively and crossfunctionally.
• Proven track record of working efficiently and effectively with changing priorities.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
• Resilient with a sense of humor.
• J.D. degree from an ABAapproved law school.
• Licensed to practice law in Illinois.
• Writing sample between 515 pages required.

The company offers a comprehensive benefits program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a companysponsored 401(k); vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision, prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; critical care insurance; personal accidental insurance; commuter benefits; pet insurance; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; wellbeing benefits (e.g., employee assistance program); and other supplemental benefits (e.g., legal planning assistance; identity theft protection; wellness resources).

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Guaranteed Rate is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other reason protected by law.

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