Counsel/Senior Counsel at Chevron · Houston

Counsel/Senior Counsel

Location: Houston, Texas, United States of America

Total Number of Openings

1

Chevron is accepting online applications for the Counsel/Senior Counsel position through November 22, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

This is a Counsel/Senior Counsel position, based in Houston, TX, in the Environmental & Tort Litigation Law group within U.S. Litigation & Policy, which provides 1) litigation management services for U.S. litigation, arbitrations, disputes, and investigations and 2) legal and strategic advice and support to the Corporate Affairs organization. The attorneys in this group have expertise in litigation, arbitrations, and investigations and manage a wide variety of matters, including oil and gas, environmental, tort, personal injury, employment, commercial, regulatory, and intellectual property. The attorneys work closely with law management, business clients, and outside counsel. The position reports to the Supervising Counsel, Environmental & Tort Litigation (Houston).

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Managing a wide variety of complex lawsuits, arbitrations, disputes, and investigations.
• Effective and succinct written communications to business clients and functional leadership with case updates.
• Facilitating innovative resolutions to disputes, utilizing ADR when appropriate.
• Directing and participating in incident response and internal investigations.
• Providing independent case evaluations.
• Effectively partner with and manage outside counsel.
• Establishing and managing outside counsel budget and control costs.
• Coordinate discovery, including interviews, depositions, interrogatories and document production and maximize effective use of available in-house resources and technology, including AI tools.
• Providing pre-litigation advice on legal and regulatory issues.
• Evaluating legal risk and providing effective counsel to business clients.
• Travel required.

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor required, and Membership in Texas State Bar, or compliance with Texas Bar’s requirements for in-house practitioners in Texas.
• 6 or more years of domestic litigation experience, with primary responsibility for significant matters.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and evaluate complex disputes and issues.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter capable of working in a team environment and partnering with clients, other in-house counsel, outside counsel and staff.
• Ability to effectively manage a high volume of complex and diverse claims.
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork and open, timely sharing of information.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Relocation Options:

Relocation is not offered for this role. Only local candidates will be considered.

International Considerations:

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

U.S. Regulatory notice:

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, reproductive health decision-making, military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please email us at emplymnt@chevron.com.

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