Staff Attorney
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Description: Compliance Search is at present looking to employ Staff Attorney right now, this career will be ordered in Pennsylvania. For detail informations about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. Position Summary Reed Smith's Staff Attorney team consists of nearly fifty licensed attorneys. The Staff Attorney team supports all U.S. Reed Smith offices in a variety of practice areas, i! ncluding, but not limited to, financial services litigation, financial transactions, real estate transactions, contracts, and multi-plaintiff litigations. As our Staff Attorney team continues to grow, we are always accepting resumes from candidates with experience in the above areas. Ideal candidates have at least 3 years of prior associate-level experience in a particular area of expertise. Strong writing and oral communication skills, and an ability to learn new substantive legal topics as needed are required.
Basic knowledge of federal and state court practice, experience preparing answers, motions and other routine filings, and case management experience are strongly preferred for candidates pursuing litigation positions.
Clear and effective drafting skills and strong contract negotiating skills are strongly preferred for candidates pursuing transactional positions.
In addition to his/her billable assignments, a Staff Attorney also performs ce! rtain substantive non-chargeable tasks as necessary, including! participation in regular meetings with the Group and other non-billable matters related to the Firm's business.
The overall annual hours' expectation for Staff Attorneys is 1,750 quality hours, of which a minimum of 1,650 are client chargeable hours.
Essential Functions
- Candidates for all Staff Attorney positions must be able to provide effective and reliable legal services to clients and supervising attorneys. Staff Attorneys are routinely required to:
- Provide thorough factual and legal research and analysis in pleadings, memoranda and other written documents.
- Manage matters from commencement to final resolution.
- Competently and professionally communicate with clients and supervising attorneys.
- Complete tasks efficiently.
- Perform non-chargeable administrative work and other related work as assigned.
- Ability to communicate ! effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to learn new substantive legal topics and factual subject matters as needed based on the nature of a matter.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines.
- Strong organization and matter management skills.
- Understanding of and ability to apply attorney ethics rules.
- Ability to work professionally and effectively with Partners, Associates and Support Staff.
- Ability to work effectively with others as part of a team.
- Familiarity with and ability to prepare basic litigation documents.
- Familiarity with federal and state court procedural rules and practices.
- Clear and effective drafting skills.
- Strong contract negotiating skills.
Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in the state of employment. During employment,! must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice; some! opportunities for obtaining in-house CLE via Reed Smith University will be available.
Experience:
At least 3 years of prior associate-level experience in a particular area of expertise required. Strong writing and oral communication skills, and an ability to learn new substantive legal topics as needed are also required.
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This career starts available on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:30:15 GMT