CareerPlan

Associate General Counsel (Newark, DE)

Newark, DelawareFull-time$213k–$293k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-04
Hybrid

Core

Strategic legal leadership and compliance for regulatory litigation, administrative law, and policy for electric utilities (DPL, ACE, PHI) in Delaware and New Jersey.

Role type

Senior management-level attorney (General Counsel team lead)

Builds

Strategic legal direction and regulatory compliance frameworks for utility operations

Domain

Energy / Electric Utilities / Regulatory Law

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Regulatory litigation strategy, administrative law expertise, team management, budget management, oral advocacy, complex legal analysis

Preferred skills

Electric utility regulatory law knowledge, managerial experience of legal professionals, internal investigations, regulatory audits, appeals experience

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Provide strategic legal direction to business partners on regulatory litigation; Represent company in dealings with outside law firms, government agencies, and courts; Manage, monitor, and develop attorneys and paralegals; Prepare and revise budgets for outside counsel; Collaborate with legal function to improve service delivery for NJ and DE regulatory matters

Seniority

Senior, management level (leads team of attorneys and paralegals)