Associate Attorney

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Attend court hearings
• Monitor files from answer to judgment
• Communicate with customers and attorneys to resolve legal matters
• Provide clients with status updates both verbally and through email/websites
• Review file information received from client for accuracy and completeness
• Summarize legal documents
• Prepare and review declarations and affidavits for truthfulness
• Prepare correspondence to courts, attorneys and clients
• Prepare and file pleadings
• Draft motions and answers/responses to motions
• Review bankruptcy filings, deceased notifications and military hits
• Perform online records research

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Excellent analytical, writing, research, investigative and organizational skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word and Excel)
• Basic typing skills
• Aptitude to be self-motivated
• Desire to work with others in achieving company and client goals

Minimum Education And Experience Requirements

• At least a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited institution

Other Work Requirements

• Successfully pass pre-employment testing including criminal background check, credit check and drug testing

Compensation And Benefits

• Competitive annual salary based upon experience
• Competitive medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance, the cost of which is shared between the firm and the employee (full-time only)
• Life insurance fully paid by the firm (full-time only)
• Long-term disability insurance fully paid by the firm (full-time only)
• 401(k) Qualified Retirement Plan. Both pre-tax and post-tax (Roth) 401(k) options available. Employee contributions are matched up to 4% of annual compensation
• Section 125 Plan (full-time only)

Perks

• 17 firm paid vacation days annually (full-time only)
• 8 firm paid holidays per year
• Free Starbucks Coffee
• Casual dress when not attending Court hearings or meeting clients