Attorney - Bankruptcy (LA)

Padgett Law Group; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day one

Parental and Grandparent Leave

7 Company Holidays

Health insurance options

Term Life Insurance

401k with company match

Training and Development

Flexible work schedules (in-office,hy

Job summary

Padgett Law Group, a premier creditors' rights law firm, is seeking a Bankruptcy Attorney for its New Orleans office. The role emphasizes representing creditors in bankruptcy matters, with a focus on hearings, pleadings, and portfolio oversight, aligned with the firm’s standards of excellence.

The candidate will stay current on relevant bankruptcy law, coordinate with staff and clients, and maintain efficient processes in a fast-paced team environment.

Qualifications

• Active bar admission in the hiring state in good standing.
• Admission or ability to get admitted to all bankruptcy courts within the state of employment.
• Experience representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings or willingness to acquire knowledge.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Attend hearings and prepare local appearances with clear guidance on desired outcomes.
• Review and sign pleadings to ensure timely, compliant submissions.
• Monitor ECFs and dockets to track filings and docket events in real time.
• Provide templates and guidance to staff for pleadings; coordinate process improvements.
• Stay up to date on bankruptcy law developments affecting assigned jurisdictions.

Skills

Legal research

Oral advocacy

Drafting pleadings

Job description

Description

Padgett Law Group (PLG) is an elite, full-service creditors' rights law firm with practices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Illinois. Additionally, PLG offers national bankruptcy, replevin, and loss mitigation services. The firm’s practice provides exclusive representation to institutional clients such as lenders, mortgage servicers, credit unions, banks, hedge funds, investors and other financial services industry stakeholders. Leveraging technology in our partnerships with forward-thinking clients gives PLG the ability to focus on the aggressive management and processing of delinquent or under performing loans, providing our clients with an edge when curing or resolving these complex legal matters. In 2019, PLG was recognized by The M Report, a leading default services industry publication, as a Top 25 Company to Work For.

At Padgett Law Group, our mission is simple:

to attract and retain the most talented individuals within our industry while delivering high-quality legal services to our clients. We understand our crucial role as our clients strive to provide an ethical and empathetic experience. We contribute to that through our long-standing and recognizable firm culture that is visible during every interaction with PLG—and amongst ourselves. At PLG, we stand on our decades-long tradition of merit, respect, hard work, and excellent results, and we use that foundation for every service we provide. As a firm, we believe that our mission can only be truly realized through investment in our core values of People, Precision, and Performance.

Our vision

is to build the most compelling law firm that is home to the industry’s best talent, as we are today and as we grow in the future.

Benefits

What’s in it for you?

• 4 weeks of PTO from day one (which increases with tenure)
• Paid Parental and Grandparent Leave
• 7 Paid Company Holidays and your birthday off every year
• Full suite of healthcare insurance options including health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Accident, Critical Illness, Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage, and more
• Company-covered Term Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
• 401k (with company match)
• Extensive Training and Development Opportunities
• Flexible work schedules including in-office, hybrid, and remote working capabilities
• And more!

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

We are currently recruiting for a Bankruptcy Attorney located in Louisiana as we prepare to open our New Orleans office!

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Hearing Maintenance

• Attending hearings and/or preparing local appearance counsel attendance prior to the hearing with clear instructions regarding the desired outcome
• Providing timely hearing results both internally and to the client if requested

Portfolio Management

• Review and sign all pleadings in a timely manner prior to client and/or court submission to ensure compliance with all internal and external rules
• Monitoring ECFs and dockets in real time and escape any actionable docket events
• Confirming both internal and external systems (if applicable) are completed timely and appropriately with information specific to the referral and case
• Ensuring staff have workable templates that comply with local and federal rules of procedure, as well as any district or judge specific rules
• Timely escape, manage and mitigate any matters of risk identified on a file in which the firm or a current client has an interest

Provide Loan Level Support to Firm Staff and Clients

• Answering questions and communicating generally in a timely manner to both firm staff and clients. Communication should include detailed guidance as to action that needs to be taken and provide a robust legal analysis of the situation at hand
• Provide guidance to firm staff regarding preparation of pleadings and/or provide templates to assist in the preparation
• Coordinating with leadership to identify areas in which processes can be improved

Research

• Remain up to date on relevant case law impacting your assigned jurisdictions as well as developments pertaining to bankruptcy code or case law changes

Requirements

• An active bar admission for the state in which you were hired with a member in good standing status
• Admission or ability to get admitted to all bankruptcy courts within the state in which you have an active bar membership
• Experience representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings in the jurisdiction in which you were hired or the willingness to obtain bankruptcy knowledge.
• Ability to work with others in a congenial and team-oriented manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and be adaptable to continual change.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• An active bar admission for the state in which you were hired with a member in good standing status
• Admission or ability to get admitted to all bankruptcy courts within the state in which you have an active bar membership
• Experience representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings in the jurisdiction in which you were hired or the willingness to obtain bankruptcy knowledge.
• Ability to work with others in a congenial and team-oriented manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and be adaptable to continual change.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.