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We are hiring our first General Counsel to build and own the legal function.\r\nWhat you'll do:Own the company's collections and creditors' rights practice: direct recovery strategy on commercial accounts, pursue suits, judgments, replevin, and lien enforcement, handle creditor-side bankruptcy matters, and manage local counsel across our footprint (roughly 30-50% of the role)\r\nDraft, negotiate, and maintain the company's core agreements - sales, rental, service, credit, and vendor contracts - and strengthen our standard terms\r\nPartner with HR on employment matters across a multi-state workforce\r\nAdvise ownership and branch leadership on disputes, warranty, risk, and general business-law questions\r\nLead legal due diligence on acquisitions and manage outside deal counsel\r\nRequirementsWhat we are looking for:\r\nJ.D. and Ohio admission (or eligibility); 8+ years of practice\r\nSubstantial hands-on experience in commercial collections, creditors' rights, or commercial litigation, including UCC Article 9 enforcement and creditor-side bankruptcy\r\nStrong contract drafting and negotiation skills; enough employment-law fluency to be HR's first call\r\nExperience in or around equipment, construction, distribution, or commercial finance strongly preferred\r\nA self-sufficient, commercially minded operator who wants to build legal function, not inherit one\r\nCompensation: competitive base salary plus performance bonus, commensurate with experience, with full benefits, vehicle allowance, and paid CLE/bar dues.#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Socketdev","rawCompany":"socketdev","city":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T01:08:52.757Z","occupations":[{"code":"23-1011.00","title":"Lawyers","slug":"lawyers"},{"code":"23-2099.00","title":"Legal Support Workers, All Other","slug":"legal-support-workers-all-other"},{"code":"25-1112.00","title":"Law Teachers, Postsecondary","slug":"law-teachers-postsecondary"}],"industries":[{"code":"541110","title":"Offices of Lawyers","slug":"offices-of-lawyers"},{"code":"423830","title":"Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers","slug":"industrial-machinery-and-equipment-merchant-wholesalers"},{"code":"922130","title":"Legal Counsel and Prosecution","slug":"legal-counsel-and-prosecution"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"General Counsel","description":"Belmont, OH (hybrid flexibility considered) | Full-time | Reports to the company President\r\nRECO Equipment, Inc. is a family-owned, full-line construction and mining equipment distributor - new, used, and rental - with 19 branches across eight states and roughly 300 employees. 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