Land Use Attorney

Jobot; Edison (NJ); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tiered productivity bonuses

Origination bonuses

Discretionary bonuses

Path to partnership

Job summary

Jobot is seeking an attorney for a combined environmental, land use, and real estate role in New Jersey. You will support a standout partner and gain exposure to redevelopment and land use work with significant mentorship and a meaningful bonus structure.

Join a lifestyle-focused firm that values quality work, development, and a path to partnership, with hybrid in-office flexibility to balance life and work commitments.

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney with ability to work independently when needed.
• Pragmatic, business-minded approach to environmental work.
• Open to real estate attorney looking to build environmental and land use expertise.
• Experience in environmental, land use, and real estate matters is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Handle environmental, land use, and redevelopment matters, often intersecting with real estate.
• Work on approvals, permitting, and regulatory matters.
• Support developers and corporate clients on real-world projects.

Skills

Independent work

Business-minded

Environmental & land use

Real estate expertise

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

Environmental, Land Use & Real Estate — Three Practices, One Standout Seat

Salary: $145,000 - $165,000 per year

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Trey Mattson

A bit about us

We're a well-established, full-service New Jersey firm with a genuinely different culture. We're not a typical grind-it-out firm — we're a lifestyle practice that believes good lawyers do their best work when they're mentored, supported, and trusted to manage their own time. We have a billable target, but we care far more about quality work and long-term development than about clock-watching. Partners here see it as their job to feed associates work and train them properly, not throw them in the deep end.

Why join us

• Real mentorship. We've watched the market produce a generation of associates who were never properly trained during remote-work years. We do it differently — you'll learn directly from senior partners who are among the most respected in their fields.
• Reasonable, quality-focused billables (target around 1,800), applied sensibly by team rather than rigidly across the board.
• Hybrid flexibility. Most teams are in the office more than not because that's where mentorship happens, but we're realistic about life — pick up your kids, make the soccer game, handle what you need to. As long as your team knows how to reach you, we trust you.
• A meaningful bonus structure: tiered productivity bonuses, origination bonuses on business you bring in, and discretionary bonuses that recognize pro bono work, big trials, and exceptional contributions. On our busiest teams, these can be substantial.
• A real path to partnership for those who want it.

Job Details

About the Role:

This is a combined environmental, land use, and real estate role — three practices that work closely together here. You'll support a partner who is a genuine standout and one of the most well-regarded people at the firm, with additional exposure to our redevelopment and land use work. There's a tremendous amount to learn in this seat.

What You'll Do

• Handle environmental, land use, and redevelopment matters, often intersecting with real estate
• Work on approvals, permitting, and regulatory matters

Support developer and corporate clients on real-world, business-driven projects

What We're Looking For

• An attorney who can hold their own and work independently when needed — you'll sometimes run with things on your own, but support is always a phone call away
• A pragmatic, business-minded approach to environmental work (this is developer- and industry-side practice, not advocacy work)
• We're also open to a strong real estate attorney looking to build environmental and land use expertise

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.