Legal & Risk Management

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The Company Guardians

Two departments are devoted to helping Publix comply with all laws, protect its assets, and minimize risk. They are the Corporate Legal Department and the Risk Management Department.

Corporate Legal

The mission of the Corporate Legal Department is to provide timely and cost effective legal services of the highest caliber to further Publix's mission of being the premier quality food retailer in the world.

To further this mission, Corporate Legal commits to:

understand Publix's business and legal needs
provide proactive legal services in an effort to minimize legal liability
manage legal functions as requested by the Publix Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, and Senior Management, and
ensure continual improvement in the delivery and management of legal services.

Corporate Legal provides a wide variety of legal services within Publix. These involve reactive legal services, such as responding to a specific legal matter, as well as proactive legal services such as developing compliance programs, policies, and guidelines.

The Corporate Legal department also provides legal services in a variety of subject areas such as: real estate, contracts, food safety, pharmacy, environmental, occupational health and safety, e-commerce, energy, tax, trademarks, litigation management, and regulatory compliance.

These are some of the positions in our Corporate Legal Department.

General Counsel
Senior Attorney
Attorney
Staff Attorney

Paralegal
Contracts Administrator
Legal Assistant

Risk Management

The Risk Management Department is much more than the insurance department at Publix. The more than 120 associates in Risk Management are dedicated to protecting and preserving Publix's assets, particularly its associates and customers, through responsive claims management and risk funding techniques. This diverse mission means that Risk Management associates deal with all aspects of associate and customer claims, and insurance for Publix.

Risk Management is comprised of two teams, each with unique but interrelated duties. These teams include: Workers' Compensation Claims Management and General Liability.

The Workers' Compensation Claims Management team provides timely, accurate, and appropriate administration of claims involving injuries arising from employment, including the self-administration of most worker's compensation claims in Florida. This team helps to:

investigate, evaluate and negotiate workers' compensation claims
coordinate and authorize medical care
evaluate and pay medical and other workers' compensation related bills and
facilitate injured associates' return to work.

The General Liability team administers customer incidents and claims, as well as coordinates vendor insurance information.

Risk Management also:

analyzes and procures insurance coverage
oversees and provides support necessary in litigation against Publix and
advises management on litigation related issues.

Positions in Risk Management include the following.

Workers' Compensation Claims Support Assistant
Workers' Compensation Adjuster
Medical Case Administrator
Bill Review Analyst
Occupational Health Specialist

Occupational Health Analyst
Administrative and Support Clerk
Data Entry
General Liability Legal Assistant
General Liability Analyst
Workers' Compensation Analyst

How To Apply

View our current openings in Corporate Offices, Distribution Centers and Manufacturing Plants, then apply for any that interest you. (If you are a current Publix associate, go to www.publix.jobs/support and then click YES to view openings.)

Please make sure you apply only for those openings that ask for qualifications that match your skills, knowledge, education and experience. There are computers at our Employment Offices in Lakeland and Atlanta for individuals who do not have personal access to a computer or hand-held device with internet access. If you would like to use a computer in our Lakeland office, please call 863-688-7407, ext. 32504, for an appointment. If you would like to use a computer in our Atlanta office, please call 770-995-0073, ext. 2153, for an appointment.

Publix Employment Office
1936 George Jenkins Blvd
Lakeland, FL 33815-3760
Map/Directions

Hours:
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Publix Employment Office
445 Hurricane Trail
Dacula, GA 30019
Map/Directions

Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm
Friday 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Why I Love Publix

Merriann,
Real Estate Attorney

Although I only joined Publix as an attorney in 2006, I became a loyal Publix customer at a very young age. As a child, I always looked forward to my Saturday visits to Store #96 in Clearwater, FL. As a reward for good behavior, my brother, sister and I were allowed to collectively select a dozen donuts and one piece of candy each Saturday morning. True to the Publix way, the Publix associates were always smiling, friendly and helpful - one even asked me to be a flower girl in her wedding! This comes as no surprise to me now, knowing that Publix customers consistently rate their satisfaction with us the highest in the supermarket industry. Little did I know that one day the path of my career would lead to Publix.

After graduating from law school and practicing law for four years, I was honored to have the opportunity to join the Publix family. As an attorney for Publix, I enjoy a varied practice, primarily supporting the real estate department, working on sophisticated acquisitions, liquor regulatory matters as well as negotiating/drafting leases and declarations. In the time I have been with Publix, I have had the pleasure of working beside the brightest, most supportive and hardest working people of my career. That alone makes me excited and proud to come to work every morning. All in all, I could not imagine a more interesting and satisfying job and could not be more proud to work for and be part owner of such an extraordinary company.

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