Advice Attorney

Tenant Law Group; California (MO); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative law firm dedicated to tenant rights, where you can make a real difference in the lives of clients facing housing injustices. As an Advice Attorney, you will have the opportunity to work remotely and enjoy a flexible schedule while providing crucial legal advice to clients in need. This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about fighting for tenant rights, values work-life balance, and thrives in a collaborative environment. With unlimited paid time off and comprehensive benefits, this position offers a unique chance to grow professionally while contributing to a meaningful cause. If you are ready to take your legal career to the next level, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

100% remote work

Unlimited paid time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays

Professional growth opportunities

Payment of California State Bar fees

401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution

Qualifications

• Active California Bar member with a discipline-free record required.
• Familiarity with landlord-tenant law is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on their rights and recommend actions.
• Track KPIs and maintain client relationships.

Skills

California landlord-tenant law

Legal writing

Client consultation

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Technology proficiency

Spanish language

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

California State Bar membership

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Clio Manage

Zoom

Lawmatics

Keeper Security

Job description

Are you an experienced, California-licensed attorney with experience in housing rights/landlord-tenant law looking for meaningful work?

Are you interested in doing legal work that can deliver life-changing results to deserving clients?

Do you enjoy working from home during flexible hours?

Are you comfortable with technology and interacting with clients via teleconferencing or telephone?

Are you looking to join a team of smart, hardworking, and high-energy attorneys and legal professionals in one of the fastest growing law firms in the United States that has been certified as a Great Place to Work for four years in a row?

If you have answered yes to these questions, and your current employer does not offer the following perks:

• 100% remote work with state-of-the-art firm-issued computer and telecommunications equipment;
• Open (unlimited!!!) paid time off;
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance starting within ninety days of full-time employment;
• Paid holidays (ten days per year) and sick leave in accordance with state law;
• Professional growth opportunities;
• Payment of California State Bar annual fees and any needed CLE courses to ensure compliance;
• A 401(k) retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution after six months of employment.

YOU MAY JUST BE THE PERSON WE’RE LOOKING FOR.

About The Position

We are a fast-growing distributed/virtual tenant rights law firm dedicated to changing lives—one tenant at a time. We help California tenants who have been illegally evicted, discriminated against, harassed, or forced to endure uninhabitable living conditions recover money from their landlords. We are seeking a rock star Advice Attorney who can hit the ground running.

The Advice Attorney’s primary responsibilities are to advise limited-scope clients of their rights under the law, assess their individual situations, recommend a course of action, and identify which of these clients may now or at some point in the near future be candidates for representation on a contingency fee basis. This position will be responsible for critically important work, including:

• Tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for position in Scorecard on a weekly basis.
• Preparing for, showing up on time for, and completing all paid client consultations.
• Nurturing relationships with paid consultation clients, leaving them better off for having retained the firm.
• Identifying whether any paid consultation clients are candidates for contingency representation and referring these potential matters to the Growth Team.
• Recording in Clio Manage every minute of time spent performing legal services for clients on a bill-as-you-go basis.
• Attending daily stand-up meetings, weekly team meetings, weekly Lunch & Learns, monthly individual coaching meetings, and quarterly action planning meetings.

If the following statements describe you, then you may be our Advice Attorney:

• You believe in the firm’s commitment to work-life balance but are nonetheless prepared to start a bit earlier or finish a bit later when necessary to get the job done.
• You have an empathetic and understanding manner with clients.
• You have great attention to detail. You proofread your emails, can spot and fix grammar errors, spelling errors, typos, etc., and you do not let important details slip through the cracks.
• You expect personal performance to be nothing short of the best.
• You are trustworthy, do not cut corners ethically, earn trust and maintain confidences when appropriate, and, most importantly, do what is right, not just what is expedient.
• You are innovative, growth-minded, can craft new and creative solutions to tenant problems, and can maximize value.
• You can act without being told what to do and bring new ideas to management.
• You develop and nurture productive and professional relationships with clients and staff, and are both approachable yet stern when the circumstances require.
• You are self-directed, able to assess a situation, determine what needs to be done, and then do it.
• Your middle name is “No Drama.”
• You are an awesome juggler of tasks and can change gears quickly.
• You do not think of any task as “beneath you.”

While we do not have a minimum years-in-practice requirement, the Advice Attorney should have some familiarity with California landlord-tenant law. The Advice Attorney must be an active member of the State Bar of California with a discipline-free record; have an ability and willingness to follow policies, systems, and procedures; have a positive attitude and sense of humor; have excellent writing, interpersonal, and organizational skills; be proficient with the Windows Operating System and Microsoft Office 365, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, Stream, and OneDrive; preferably, have experience with Zoom, Clio Manage, Lawmatics, and Keeper Security; preferably, speak Spanish; demonstrate a commitment to fighting for tenant rights; have a high comfort level with technology; and have an interest in growing with the firm.

This is a full-time job, and you absolutely must be able to work for at least forty hours per week. Work will be done 100% virtually. Salary depends on experience. Total compensation includes open (unlimited) PTO; health, dental, and vision benefits after ninety days of full-time employment; paid holidays (ten days per year) and sick leave in accordance with state law; payment of California State Bar annual fees and any needed CLE courses to ensure compliance; and a 401(k) retirement plan with a mandatory employer contribution beginning six months from the date of employment.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

About The Firm

Founded in January 2016, Tenant Law Group is dedicated exclusively to the representation of renters, helping California tenants who have been illegally evicted, harassed, or forced to endure unlivable conditions recover money from their landlords. Law Firm 500 has recognized Tenant Law Group as among the 100 fastest growing law firms in the United States every year since its first year of eligibility in 2019 (#22 in 2019, #12 in 2020, #40 in 2021, #78 in 2022, and #58 in 2023). Tenant Law Group has been honored as one of the Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing private companies in the United States in both 2022 (#3,448), and 2024 (#3,005). Our clients are California renters who are experiencing any type of dispute with their landlord. We have offices in San Francisco (headquarters), Oakland, and Los Angeles—with plans to expand to additional locations in 2025. We are committed to the work we do for our clients, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously and really value professional development and team building. Here is our mission statement:

Tenant Law Group is dedicated to helping California renters who have been harassed, injured, discriminated against, illegally evicted, or forced to endure inhumane living conditions. We are committed to the ideal that all tenants, regardless of financial resources, are entitled to legal representation. While our clients include renters from all backgrounds, we are especially dedicated to those who are most vulnerable—namely, the indigent, the elderly, immigrants, blue-collar workers, and individuals with disabilities. We believe in doing well by doing good, understand the high demand for tenant rights legal services in California generally and in the Bay Area in particular, and therefore aim to grow our firm as rapidly as possible to serve the approximately eighteen million renters in California. We treat our clients with dignity and respect, and value the personal and professional development of everyone in our organization. Our core values are justice, compassion, professionalism, hard work, and innovation. Tenant Law Group is an equal opportunity employer.

How To Apply

Prepare a cover letter with no more than TWO paragraphs and a closing sentence. In the first paragraph, explain what you believe are the three most important qualities needed in an effective advocate and why you believe they are the most important qualities. In the second paragraph, explain why you applied to this particular ad. As a closing sentence please write, “I have read the instructions contained in the job posting and have followed the instructions.”

Email your resume and cover letter in PDF format to [e-mail]. The subject line of the email should be your last name (all caps), followed by the position you are applying for in lower case, followed by one word that you would use to describe yourself in all caps (e.g., SMITH litigation attorney AWESOME).

All applications will be kept confidential. We look forward to reviewing your application.

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.