The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Illinois Tool Works is hiring a General Counsel in Norfolk, VA.

• Role description

  Illinois Tool Works is the kind of place where a remote-friendly General Counsel can ship real general work and still leave on time most days. This remote-native mid-level role offers $60,000 - $95,000, the freedom to own your roadmap, and a team that helps you grow.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Keep the Illinois Tool Works backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next
  • Keep Illinois Tool Works's Norfolk, VA site running while improvements ship underneath
  • Support daily operations at our Norfolk site and keep workflows moving
  • Tie general effort back to a number Illinois Tool Works cares about
  • Sense when a Norfolk relationship needs a call, not an email
  • Spot where Litigation Support breaks before it shows up in a dashboard

  What You'll Bring

  • Experience translating Intellectual Property Law complexity for a non-technical audience
  • A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
  • Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
  • A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
  • Real curiosity about why Illinois Tool Works customers do what they do
  • A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads

  Illinois Tool Works earns its keep by making general predictable, a values-led promise it has quietly kept across VA. We give people autonomy early and trust them to ask for support when they need it.

  The compensation here starts at $60,000 - $95,000, paired with unlimited PTO and a manager committed to your professional growth.

  Live this hour, the general role remains open and unclaimed.

  Curious whether Illinois Tool Works is the right move? Hit apply and find out from the inside.

• Required skills

  • Litigation Support
  • Corporate Governance
  • Patent Law
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Contract Drafting
  • Data Protection
  • KYC
  • Strategic Planning
  • Team Leadership
  • Coaching

• Benefits & perks

  • Equipment Allowance
  • Cost-of-living adjustments
  • Internet Reimbursement
  • Financial hardship assistance fund
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Roth 401(k) option
  • Paid holidays
  • Lactation support and nursing rooms
  • Free Meals
  • Commuter benefits

• Apply before 2026-09-03

  Submit your application for this Freelance general position.