Litigation Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Litigation Attorney

COMPENSATION : $110,000-$120,000 annually

The Litigation Attorney is a mid-level attorney with 4 -6 years experience practicing law. The successful Litigation Attorney is self-directed and thrives with lots of support and autonomy.

The Litigation Attorney generally receives a substantial portion (approximately 75%) of their work through the client's lead generation and marketing and / or other attorneys in the office.

A Litigation Attorney is expected to generate a portion (25%) of their own billable work and attend four events per quarter.

Attorneys have access to coaching and support services for business development and networking. The Firm prioritizes a work-life integration, a collaborative culture, and a competitive compensation & incentive structure that is unique to the industry.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Mediation experience
• Trial experience
• Researching and analyzing the law on complex legal issues
• Writing memorandums, briefs, letters, and other documents
• Professional attitude with a strong sense of discretion to keep sensitive information secure and private
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills when working with clients, members of the court and other employees
• Strong organizational abilities and time management skills to handle many cases at once
• Marketing your and the firms services to prospective clients
• Performing discovery of various electronically stored data and hard copies of information in preparation for litigation
• Performing due diligence in legal matters concerning contracts, agreements, and mergers and acquisitions
• Managing a schedule to allow for consults and closure of consults to sufficient reach production / collection objectives.

Depending on the practice area this may include outside core hours and weekend consults.

• Closing consults within the client's range of 30-50% depending on practice area.
• Timely approval of invoices is critical to the health of the business on a month-to-month basis monthly cycle. Failure to do so on a recurring basis may result in disciplinary and timely financial.
• Ensure support staff are fully utilized and productive.
• Accurately and completely update our case management system Clever Case with fees, engagement, trust, client information, invoices etc. as required.
• If over-subscribe, we share work tasks with other attorneys and support staff to ensure we are meeting our objective to serve our communities.
• Actively engage in brand (personal and firm) expansion through blogs social media posts, board, and organization participation, etc.
• Actively seek positive comments from successful client engagements and positive star reviews.
• Communicating and advising clients
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

The Attorney is expected to bill an average of 1500 hours annually, with collections expected on 1400 hours of invoices worked while working a full-time employment schedule.

This roughly translates to billing 30 hours per week at 50 weeks annually.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS* :

• Excellent writing and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent legal research skills.
• Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
• Admission to the bar in the state in which you intend to practice.
• 4-6 years of experience as an attorney.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Duties will be performed in a standard office environment. Employees must have the ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the client's policy.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will occasionally be required to work weekends, holidays, be on call, and some employees could be required to travel overnight on occasion.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the Litigation Attorney.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. These are considered essential duties and are illustrative of those job tasks that are fundamental.

Employees may be required to perform additional related duties as may be assigned by management.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.