Associate General Counsel, Legal

About the teamVera's Legal Department provides comprehensive in‑house legal services to the organization, including each of its administrative departments, initiatives, and projects, and to its Board of Trustees. With a creative and problem‑solving orientation, the team advises staff of Vera and Vera Action, an affiliated 501(c)(4) organization, on federal, state, and local requirements and works to develop structures and processes that support compliance without compromising strategy. The Associate General Counsel will report to the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and will work with the entire Legal Department team (consisting of the CLO, the Deputy General Counsel (DGC), the Associate Director for Legal Operations, and the Clifford Chance Foundation Fellow) to keep pace with the work of an ambitious, mission‑oriented organization.About the roleAs an experienced attorney, the Associate General Counsel will be expected to assist the CLO and DGC in larger projects, both through coordinating projects and through creation and execution of legal elements of long‑term projects. Accordingly, applicants for this role should be comfortable coordinating processes across teams, particularly from a “second chair” perspective. The Associate General Counsel's portfolio will also include drafting and review of contracts, review of assignments by the fellow and interns, and management of certain projects with a lesser degree of supervision. This position will be based in Vera's New York office, in Industry City, Brooklyn. Expertise in 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) compliance, lobbying laws across jurisdictions, and labor relations will be particularly useful.ResponsibilitiesLegal Advice and ResearchProvide legal advice on arising matters, including researching legal and regulatory issues, advising initiatives and programs on arising matters, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements for nonprofits.This includes, without limitation:Overseeing arising departmental projects as assigned by the