Litigation Attorney

Job Title: Attorney

Reports to: Partners

Compensation: Competitive Base salary based on experience; merit-based bonus structure based on production and origination. Negotiable.

FLSA: Salary-Exempt

Position Type: Full-time Permanent Position

This is an exciting time to join our Firm, which is rapidly expanding. The firm seeks a lateral attorney to anchor its litgation practice in Baltimore. The attorney will manage client matters related to construction and other business litigation, and handle general corporate matters presenting issues of contract, securities, and employment law. The attorney will have the opportunity to directly advise the firm’s business and businessperson clients on complex legal matters.

Requirements:

· Must be actively licensed in Maryland, and preferably in District of Columbia;

· Strong research, writing, and communication skills; and

· A minimum 5 years of experience handling litigation

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interviewing prospective clients;
• Drafting and legal writing;
• Negotiating;
• Cultivating relationships with the firm's existing and future clients;
• Managing workload of paralegals;
• Meeting firm’s established billable hour requirements;
• Reporting to Partners

Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Negotiation and presentation skills;
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and work with confidential and sensitive information;
• Ability to handle work assignments consisting of major legal tasks for which considerable legal judgment, experience, and independent reasoning are required; and
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

It is our Firm's policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.