Senior Corporate Counsel - Director Of Compliance And Customer Advocacy
Dallas, Tx, Us
Scope of Work: Lead Legal and Compliance teams. Manage litigation and draft / negotiate SaaS, marketing, supplier, employment, and real estate contracts. Ensure advertising and marketing compliance and consent order compliance. Conduct state and federal regulatory and enforcement agency legal matters. Provide strategic legal guidance for new business initiatives and changes to existing initiatives. Prosecute unfair competition claims with industry regulatory bodies. Manage outside counsel. Advise on corporate governance. Serve as legal lead for data privacy, intellectual property, and labor / employment matters. Collaborate with C-suite and department heads to ensure that goals are accomplished within relevant legal frameworks.Selected Achievements: Established and maintained compliance with legal requirements surrounding development, marketing, and sale of consumer credit information and identity theft insurance products including consumer protection and advertising laws, CFPB guidance, FCRA, TCPA, CAN-SPAM, CROA, and an FTC/multistate AG consent order. Developed framework for Testing team allowing streamlined evaluation of wide-ranging product and marketing programs within regulatory guidelines. Analyzed state and federal consent orders pertaining to sector and related industries, and then created structure based on elements that could be freely changed, must stay in place, or would require review. Transformed reputation of Compliance Department from the “Department of ‘No’” to that of an essential marketing and business partner. Spent time with 3rd-party marketing team to understand goals and challenges, and with Business Analytics team to gain insight into key performance metrics. o Process resulted in identification of compliant marketing business advantages, and now Marketing and Compliance teams work together seamlessly.