Chief Campus Counsel

Stony Brook University (“SBU” or “Stony Brook”), a comprehensive research university center within the State University of New York (SUNY) system, is seeking a Chief Campus Counsel. The Chief Campus Counsel (CCC) reports to the SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel through the Deputy General Counsel. The CCC is an associate counsel within the SUNY Office of General Counsel (OGC) with the SBU president being the chief client for all legal matters.

The Chief Campus Counsel handles a wide range of legal issues pertaining to the operation of a large public research university and academic medical center. The CCC will act as lead attorney in all aspects of the management and supervision of the OGC satellite office for Stony Brook University, Stony Brook Medicine and its five Health Sciences schools — Dental Medicine, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare —as well as Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, and the Long Island State Veterans Home (collectively, “Stony Brook”), including providing highly competent, professional, and timely legal services to leadership and administrators at Stony Brook, as well as effective legal advice, advocacy, and preparation and review of campus documents/policies. The CCC also serves as legal advisor to the Stony Brook Council.

The CCC will provide legal guidance to colleagues in the OGC satellite office for Stony Brook and campus administrators on areas within subject matter expertise and/or working with subject matter experts; manage the office; manage complex transactions; support the implementation of OGC’s strategic plan; serve as a liaison to the Attorney General’s Office and other state and federal agencies; and perform other duties as requested and/or needed by OGC leadership and campus leadership.

Tim McFeeley is leading this search with Robin Dougherty and Henry Nickerson.