VP, In-House Counsel – Litigation & Foreclosure

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🔥 16 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Patriot Bank, N.A.

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1994

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

Banking • Finance

Patriot Bank, N. A. is a full-service financial institution headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It offers a wide range of personal, business, and commercial banking services, including personal checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, mortgage loans, and home equity options. For businesses, it provides small business checking accounts, commercial real estate loans, and various lines of credit. The bank is committed to community involvement and supports local educational programs, such as the Junior Achievement Career Speaker Series. It also offers digital solutions like online and mobile banking, ensuring accessibility and convenience for its customers.

📋 Description

• Manage and oversee the Bank's portfolio of commercial and consumer litigation matters, including foreclosure, bankruptcy, collections, and related proceedings • Direct and supervise outside counsel, including budget management, strategy development, and litigation oversight • Evaluate legal risks, recommend litigation strategies, and advise internal stakeholders regarding disputed matters • Partner with lending, credit, special assets, and servicing teams to resolve problem loans and maximize recoveries • Review pleadings, motions, settlement agreements, and litigation-related correspondence • Provide legal guidance regarding foreclosure procedures, creditor rights, workouts, loan enforcement, and bankruptcy matters • Assist with responses to subpoenas, discovery requests, and governmental inquiries • Monitor legal developments impacting lending, collections, foreclosure practices, and creditor remedies • Support enterprise risk management initiatives and legal compliance efforts • Perform other duties as assigned • Travel to client offices, prospects, branches, and industry events as necessary • No managerial responsibilities

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school • Active license to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction • Connecticut bar admission or eligibility for admission in Connecticut preferred • 3–5 years of relevant legal experience, preferably with a law firm, financial institution, mortgage servicer, or creditor's rights practice • Experience handling or managing foreclosure, bankruptcy, creditors' rights, collections, or commercial litigation matters • Strong analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities • Ability to independently manage a significant portfolio of matters while balancing competing priorities • Sound judgment and a practical, business-oriented approach to legal issues • Clear and effective communicator • Collaborative team player • Detail-driven with a high level of accuracy • Experience supporting financial institutions, payment companies, FinTech organizations, or consumer financial services businesses preferred • Familiarity with credit card, prepaid card, debit card, ACH, RTP, or other payment systems preferred • Working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations, including TILA/Regulation Z, EFTA/Regulation E, UDAAP, BSA/AML, CARD Act, CFPB guidance and regulations, payment-network rules, and state money transmission and consumer protection laws preferred • Experience reviewing technology, SaaS, data-sharing, or vendor agreements preferred • Ability to travel to client offices, prospects, branches, and industry events as necessary

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Opportunity for meaningful responsibility and direct interaction with executive leadership • Collaborative, high-performing legal team • Travel to client offices, prospects, branches, and industry events as necessary