Experienced Family Law Attorney

Slovensky Law | Let's Work Together; Blacksburg (VA); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Disability insurance

401K

Paid time off

Continuing legal education

Résumé du poste

Roanoke Family Law Firm is seeking an experienced attorney to lead divorce and custody cases. You will manage discovery, pleadings, motions, depositions, and trials, while meeting with clients to suggest strategic directions and coordinating with paralegals.

The ideal candidate brings a track record of courtroom proficiency, client-focused service, and the ability to interpret financial statements and equitable distribution issues. Attendance in court and professional integrity are essential.

Qualifications

• We require a JD with strong legal research and trial preparation skills.
• Must be able to develop case strategy and translate it into courtroom advocacy.
• Experience reading financial statements and understanding equitable distribution is ideal.

Responsabilités

• Take ownership of client cases from discovery through trial.
• Conduct client meetings and recommend litigation strategies.
• Delegate tasks to paralegals and track progress.

Connaissances

Case strategy

Courtroom proficiency

Client meetings

Team delegation

Formation

Juris Doctor (JD)

Outils

Westlaw

Lexis

Description du poste

FAMILY LAW FIRM SEEKING EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY

We are a Family Law Firm based inRoanoke, Virginia with an office in Blacksburglooking for an attorney who has a passion for helping people going through divorce and custody battles.

While we support personal and professional development, we need an experienced attorney who can hit the ground running to give our clients outstanding representation. You must have a proven history of building trusted relationships with clients and know your way around a courtroom.

The Job

• Take ownership of a client's case – discovery, pleadings, motions, experts, depositions, mediation, pretrial hearings, motion hearings, and trials.
• Conduct client meetings and recommend strategies.
• Delegate work to paralegals and legal assistants and monitor their work.

The Essentials

• We need an attorney who can contribute to developing the strategy of a case and who knows where to find the rules of procedure and caselaw to back up that case strategy.
• We need an attorney who knows how to find your way around the courtroom and how to project confidence and competence when dealing with people on behalf of our clients.
• Our ideal attorney knows how to read financial statements, understands equitable distribution, can help put together a time-sharing plan.
• You need to be able to help a client understand whether they really want to spend $500 to fight with their ex over a $50 lamp.
• If you see a case file as an opportunity to help someone build a new life, you’ll like the way we think.
• Skills and experience are important and valued, but your personality, character, intelligence, and integrity are also extremely important considerations.
• If we can’t count on you to show up in court on time, don’t apply.
• High-maintenance, humorless, self-entitled, or self-important individuals will not succeed in our Firm and need not apply.
• We are growing, and you will be called upon to wear many hats. We need someone who does not think that the occasional need to scan your own documents is “beneath you.”

Salary

Salary is commensurate with skill and experience and is negotiable. The compensation package includes a base salary plus bonus compensation for production and performance. We offer a generous benefits package, including health insurance, disability insurance, a 401K, and paid time off. Brand new office space with custom-picked furniture. We also pay for continuing legal education, bar dues, and some approved voluntary bar memberships.