Senior Counsel
Louisville, KYFull-time$200–230K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Old National Bank seeks a Senior Counsel to advise Treasury Management, Merchant Services, Financial Institutions, branch teams, and the bank generally. The attorney will provide day-to-day legal and regulatory support, with a broad practice focused on commercial banking and payment services. The role also supports product development, digital banking, and operational matters, and may manage staff and outside counsel.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Experience Required
10 - 15 years
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Senior Counsel
Job Locations
US-IN-Evansville | US-IL-Chicago | US-IN-Indianapolis | US-TN-Nashville | US-KY-Louisville | US-MI-Ann Arbor | US-WI-Milwaukee | US-MN-Minneapolis | US-MN-St Louis Park | US-MN-Saint Paul | US-IL-Chicago...
Category/Function Legal Position Type Regular Full-Time Requisition ID 2026-20969 Workplace Type On Site
Responsibilities
Old National's Legal and Government Relations Department is seeking an attorney with strong academic credentials and appropriate experience, capable of providing legal and regulatory advice and support to our Treasury Management, Merchant Services and Financial Institutions teams as well as the Branch Teams and the Bank generally. This attorney will have a broad practice range within the Bank but will primarily focus on providing day-to-day support for these teams, and will serve as a trusted, valued and strategic legal partner and advisor to the Bank's business and operations teams.
Salary Range
The annual salary range for this position is $200,000 - $230,000 per year plus bonus. The base salary indicated for this position reflects the compensation range applicable to all levels of the role across the United States. Actual salary offers within this range may vary based on a number of factors, including the specific responsibilities of the position,
Key Accountabilities
Job Location
The members of our Legal and Government Relations Department currently work in our Chicago, Evansville, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis/St. Paul markets with other office available in Louisville West Market Street, Nashville Gulch, Milwaukee Huron Building, Indianapolis IN, and Ann Arbor MI.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Minimum of 10 - 15 years' experience practicing law full-time in a legal department of a medium or large financial institution, or with a major law firm with substantive experience during that time serving financial institutions.
Admitted to practice, and in good standing with the bar of one of the states in our footprint, with preference given to Illinois, Indiana or Minnesota, or qualified to be registered to practice as in-house counsel in the applicable state.
Ability to apply sound legal analysis and practical business judgment to legal matters with a solutions-oriented approach that balances legal and business objectives.
Ability to consult with and advise Bank management at all levels.
Strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to deliver timely, high quality work product.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a client-focused, team environment.
Desired Experience
Strong understanding of applicable federal and state banking laws and regulations and guidance related to commercial banking, treasury management, merchant services, financial institution services, payments, and deposit operations.
Familiarity with card brand rules, RTP, NACHA and other evolving payment systems.
Experience reviewing, analyzing and drafting complex agreements with commercial clients, payment processors and third parties.
Experience reviewing, analyzing and drafting customer disclosures.
Knowledge of and experience with treasury management, commercial banking and payments products, and online delivery channels.
Experience advising on API-based solutions.
Excellent analytical, communication and relationship-building skills.
Ability to effectively communicate legal advice and engage with lines of business consistent with the Bank's culture and business strategy.
Experience providing day-to-day support on branch questions and operations, deposit services and treasury matters.
Ability to find efficiencies through preferred types of agreements and processes.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include:
Provide legal support for Treasury Management, Merchant Services and Financial Institution Group teams, including conducting legal research, advising on applicable laws and regulations, documentation, and procedures.
Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of agreements and disclosures.
Provide legal guidance for product development initiatives, new payment technologies, and digital banking solutions to ensure regulatory compliance and sound risk management.
Partner with compliance, risk and operations to develop and maintain effective policies, procedures and contract frameworks.
Respond to inquiries from the bank's branches, help desk and operations areas, providing timely, clear and actionable legal guidance.
Monitor emerging legal and regulatory developments affecting commercial banking and payment services and communicate implications to internal stakeholders.
Coordinate and work on various legal bank projects as needed.
Manage paralegals and other staff as well as outside counsel as needed.
Support other areas of the Bank as needed or requested.
We continually seek highly motivated and talented individuals. Our team members are critical to Old National's strategy and success. In return, we offer competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, and a wide variety of benefits including health, wellness, dental and vision options, a comprehensive retirement plan, and a broad range of programs dedicated to ongoing career and personal development, including those focused on leadership, mentoring and skill-building, plus internal networking through our Impact Networks. We offer a unique opportunity to join a growing, client-focused organization that is firmly rooted in its core values.
Old National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As such, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, r eligion, s ex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with disability, s exual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have an agreement signed by our Director of Talent Acquisition to fill a specific position.
Our culture is firmly rooted in our core values.
We are optimistic. We are collaborative. We are inclusive. We are agile. We are ethical.
We are Old National. Join our team!
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
2026-20969
How this job compares
Set against the 2,809 open Legal Counsel jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$200–230K/yr
- Kentucky median$146–228K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$152–230K/yr2,049 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $215K, is 16% above the Kentucky median midpoint ($185K) — in the middle half of Legal Counsel salary ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 31 open Legal Counsel jobs in Kentucky and 2,809 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Commonwealth of Kentucky3 open
- Elevance Health3 open
- Old National Bank (this employer)3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Legal Counsel postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,480 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,105 of the 2,809 open Legal Counsel jobs (75%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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