Counsel / Senior Counsel - Environmental & Tort Litigation

About the role

Chevron is hiring a Counsel/Senior Counsel for its Environmental & Tort Litigation Law group within U.S. Litigation & Policy, based in Houston, Texas. The group provides litigation management for U.S. litigation, arbitrations, disputes and investigations, and legal and strategic advice to the Corporate Affairs organization. It covers oil and gas, environmental, tort, personal injury, employment, commercial, regulatory and intellectual property matters, and works closely with law management, business clients and outside counsel. The position reports to the Supervising Counsel, Environmental & Tort Litigation (Houston).

Key responsibilities

• Manage a wide variety of complex lawsuits, arbitrations, disputes and investigations.
• Provide clear written case updates to business clients and functional leadership.
• Facilitate dispute resolution, using alternative dispute resolution when appropriate.
• Lead and take part in incident response and internal investigations, and provide independent case evaluations.
• Partner with and manage outside counsel, and establish and manage their budgets while controlling costs.
• Coordinate discovery, including interviews, depositions, interrogatories and document production, and make effective use of in-house resources and technology, including AI tools.
• Give pre-litigation advice on legal and regulatory issues, evaluate legal risk and advise business clients.

Required profile

• Juris Doctor degree and membership in the Texas State Bar, or compliance with the Texas Bar's requirements for in-house practitioners.
• 6 or more years of domestic litigation experience, with primary responsibility for significant matters.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate complex disputes, and to manage a high volume of complex and diverse claims.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Self-motivated team player who shares information openly and on time.

Preferred qualifications

• Federal court clerkship.
• Oil and gas industry experience.
• First or second chair trial experience.
• Experience with incident response and internal investigations.
• Litigation experience in oil and gas, environmental/toxic tort, bankruptcy, personal injury and property damage, and employment.

Travel is required. Relocation is not offered; only local candidates will be considered, and expatriate assignments are not considered. The employer cannot sponsor employment visas or consider candidates on time-limited visa status.