Associate Staff Attorney

U.S. Bankruptcy Court - District of CT; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Compassion & Choices seeks an Associate Staff Attorney to enhance their mission by conducting essential research, providing litigation support, and interacting with clients. This full-time, remote position requires a J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in the Oregon State Bar, ideally with 2-5 years of relevant experience including health law. The role is designed for a bilingual candidate proficient in legal research and oral advocacy, with responsibilities encompassing drafting legal documents and participating in civil litigation.

Benefits

Employer-shared medical and dental insurance premiums

12 paid holidays

17 PTO days in the first year

401K with 5% employer match

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in relevant legal fields.
• Experience with reproductive or LGBTQ rights litigation preferred.
• Ability to travel 10-20%, potentially more.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analyze applicable legal issues.
• Draft and amend legal documents including complaints and motions.
• Represent clients at various meetings and provide legal advice.

Skills

Analytic skills

Research skills

Oral advocacy

Writing skills

Bilingual (Spanish)

Education

J.D. from an ABA accredited law school

Active member of the Oregon State Bar

Tools

Google Apps

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Compassion & Choices is seeking an Associate Staff Attorney to help advance our work to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

This position is primarily responsible for a significant amount of research and writing, litigation support, direct client contact, screening and other administrative tasks as needed.

This is a full-time, remotely-located paid position reporting to the Director of Litigation. Compensation offered will be commensurate with experience. We offer excellent benefits including employer-shared medical and dental insurance premiums, employer-paid short- and long-term disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance, flexible spending account for medical and child care, commuter pre-tax benefit, eligibility to participate in 401K with generous 5% employer match and 100% vested at time of eligibility, 12 paid holidays, 17 PTO days first year, and personal days.

Primary responsibilities for this position include:

• Marshals facts, conducts research and analyzes applicable legal issues.
• Represents a client or Compassion & Choices at committee, commission, council, legislative, professional and community meetings.
• Provides oral and written legal advice and opinions.
• Drafts, reviews and amends correspondence, complaints, motions, answers, memoranda, agenda, reports, written opinions, and other documents.
• Identifies claims, interviews clients and witnesses, and directs factual investigations in order to formulate defense or to advance legal action.
• Participates in all phases of civil litigation including at the trial and appellate levels.
• Prepares a variety of studies, reports and related information for decision-making purposes.
• Maintains calendars and docketing information for litigation and other matters.
• Complies with all applicable attorney rules of professional conduct as well as all policies and procedures of Compassion & Choices.
• Works with awareness of budget to accomplish goals efficiently.
• Works effectively with support staff, regularly reviewing work in progress and carefully reviewing completed work.
• Actively participates in continuing professional education programs relevant to the attorney's practice.
• Maintains excellent working relationships with support staff, peers and supervisor; develops and maintains effective communication skills.
• Serves as a legal ambassador when interacting with other professional associations and legal advocacy groups.
• Timely and accurate completion of related reports (such as “P card” statement, performance reviews, time cards, etc.).
• Demonstrates commitment to and active support of C&C’s Diversity & Inclusion program.
• Support of all C&C efforts as requested; including, but not limited to, activities such as identifying prospects, briefing donors, alerting staff of fundraisingopportunities, reaching out to donors, participating in phone-a-thons, etc.
• Knows, supports and administers the policies and procedures of C&C.
• Familiarity with and commitment to the Compassion & Choices mission.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications (You will be a good fit):

Education and Experience:

• J.D. from an ABA accredited law school
• Current active status as a member of the Oregon State Bar or ability to obtain membership in Oregon State Bar via reciprocal admission or passing the next bar exam.
• 2-5 years of experience – preferably in health law and policy, patient rights, legislative counsel, civil litigation in human rights or civil liberties, criminal defense, state and federal constitutional law.
• Highly desired is experience with reproductive or LGBTQ rights litigation that will provide crossover knowledge and expertise.
• Familiarity with the pro bono practices and public interest contributions of large law firms desired.
• Ability to demonstrate exceptional analytic, research, writing and oral advocacy skills, including the capacity to work quickly and competently under pressure.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish) desired.

Skills:

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply general mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, and ratios and proportions to practical business situations.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, inductive and deductive reasoning…collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  Computer Skills: Working knowledge of related software including, but not limited to, Google Apps; Spreadsheet, Word Processing, and Adobe Acrobat). Must have the ability to adapt to new software tools as they become available.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Active status as a member of the Oregon State Bar.
  Travel: Must be able and willing to travel (overnight and possible weekends). 10-20% travel, but could be significantly more depending on case and project needs (40% +/-). Travel costs and mileage are employer paid.
• Able and willing to occasionally work beyond a normal eight-hour workday, including evening and weekend meetings and events.