Staff Attorney - Foreclosure
Responsibilities
Maintain a full-time caseload representing eligible clients served by our Foreclosure Unit.
Develop and maintain specialized knowledge in foreclosure and bankruptcy matters.
Provide legal services to low income clients and client groups regarding these matters including advice, negotiation, litigation and administrative advocacy.
Interact respectfully with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, with an awareness of the importance of cultural competence and humility.
Collaborate with other LawNY® advocates, human services providers, non-profit organizations and community groups as well as the courts, administrative tribunals and the private bar to address legal problems within our community, including providing community legal education.
Contribute to a safe and healthy work environment for fellow employees.
Cooperate in all grant reporting requirements, program reporting, timekeeping, file maintenance, case closing and compliance review.
Maintain a high level of professional competence through attendance of training sessions, seminars and conferences and individual efforts to keep abreast of current developments in the area of poverty law and the application of an equity lens to client service.
Qualifications
Admitted to practice and in good standing in New York State.
Demonstrated commitment of service to people with low-income.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Additional Traits and Skills
Litigation and advocacy experience in state and/or federal court and/or administrative forums within at least one related area of poverty law, especially landlord-tenant, foreclosure, bankruptcy, homelessness prevention, fair housing, and/or government benefits.
Experience with tax and mortgage foreclosures and/or bankruptcy is preferable but not required.
Experience incorporating an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens into legal practice.
An understanding of the concepts of structural and institutional racism and their impact on underserved and underrepresented communities.
Strong interpersonal skills, including a commitment to providing trauma-informed services.
Lived experience with our client communities.
True fluency in a language other than English that is spoken by our clients.