Remote Consumer Class Action Lead Attorney

UtiliSave LLC; New York (NY); Remote; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off 3 weeks

Holidays 11 days

Remote work with travel reimbursed

Job summary

UtiliSave LLC is seeking a Consumer Class Action Attorney to lead a new in-house practice focusing on utility billing disputes and cost recovery. You will develop case theories, manage discovery, and negotiate settlements while directing associate and paralegal support.

With 7+ years of plaintiff-side class action experience, you will advise executive leadership on litigation strategy and collaborate with audit teams to translate findings into claims and evidence packages.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of consumer class action litigation experience, plaintiff-side preferred.
• Strong expertise in class action law, including CAFA jurisdiction and discovery management.

Responsibilities

• Identify consumer class action opportunities arising from utility billing disputes and systemic overcharges.
• Develop case theories, strategies, and pursue class certification.
• Draft pleadings, motions, and discovery requests with precision and strategy.
• Manage discovery, depositions, and settlements; represent classes at hearings and trials.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and experts; advise executive leadership on litigation portfolio decisions.

Skills

Negotiation

Oral advocacy

Legal research

Writing

Education

Bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Job description

This is a full-time, remote position. You must have a dedicated, distraction-free workspace with reliable high-speed internet during all working hours.

Work hours: 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

You must reside in a U.S. state within one (1) hour of Eastern Time (ET or CT time zones).

You must be authorized to permanently work in the U.S. as a U.S. Citizen or active Green Card holder. No visa sponsorship is available for this role.

Consumer Class Action Attorney | In-House Counsel

UtiliSave LLC

UtiliSave has recovered more than $700 million in hard-dollar refunds and credits for institutional owners and operators of real estate across the United States, uncovering savings in 94% of the clients we audit. We pursue claims with tenacity and legal rigor, and we are now building a class action practice to address systemic overcharges affecting multiple customers. We seek an exceptional Consumer Class Action Attorney to lead this strategic expansion.

For over 35 years, UtiliSave has led the utility bill auditing industry and we are still growing. Our legal team is evolving to include class action litigation expertise. We are seeking a Consumer Class Action Attorney with 7+ years of plaintiff-side class action experience to develop and lead consumer class action cases arising from utility billing disputes, regulatory non-compliance, and systemic overcharges. This role offers the rare opportunity to build a novel litigation practice at a mission-driven company with the resources to pursue cases aggressively.

UtiliSave's success is built on tenacity, integrity, and an unrelenting commitment to our clients' best interests. Our auditors are thorough, detail-oriented, and persistent; they fight for claims others walk away from, and they win. Our legal team brings the same out-of-the-box thinking to every engagement, uncovering novel legal theories and pursuing cases where others see only obstacles. If you are driven by the same values—honest, rigorous, creative, and ceaseless in pursuit of results—you will thrive here.

Our clients include manufacturers, hospitals, nursing homes, commercial and residential buildings, universities, hotels, religious institutions, and government facilities. Across these sectors, we routinely uncover evidence of systemic utility overcharges, billing errors, and regulatory violations. We believe many of these claims warrant class action treatment. You will develop case theories, vet claims, pursue discovery, negotiate settlements, and represent classes in litigation. This is an opportunity to leverage your consumer class action expertise in a new domain—utility cost recovery—with significant upside and genuine potential to recover substantial damages on behalf of injured consumers.

What You'll Build Here

You will own UtiliSave's consumer class action practice from the ground up. This role is foundational to a major strategic initiative. You will identify cases with class certification potential, develop litigation strategy, manage discovery, negotiate with defendants and co-counsel, and ensure all matters comply with CAFA and applicable state class action rules. You will work directly with executive leadership to evaluate new cases and allocate resources. As we scale the practice toward multiple active cases, your role will expand with associate and paralegal support added as demand grows.

Apply via email to [e-mail] with the subject line Consumer Class Action Attorney.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and vet consumer class action opportunities arising from utility billing disputes, rate design violations, regulatory non-compliance, and systemic overcharges.

• Develop case theories, substantive claims, and litigation strategies; assess class certification likelihood, damages potential, and settlement value.

• Draft pleadings, motions, discovery requests, and other litigation documents with precision and strategic acuity.

• Manage discovery process; produce documents, respond to interrogatories, and conduct/defend depositions.

• Negotiate with defendants, opposing counsel, and co-counsel on settlement terms; structure class-wide recovery and administration.

• Represent UtiliSave and class members at hearings, depositions, mediation, and trial.

• Develop novel applications of consumer protection law and class action doctrine to utility billing and cost recovery disputes.

• Coordinate with outside counsel when appropriate; manage relationships with expert witnesses, claims administrators, and co-counsel.

• Advise executive team on litigation strategy, risk allocation, and case portfolio decisions.

• Work collaboratively with audit team to translate audit findings into class action claims and evidence packages.

Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (multi-state license preferred).

• Minimum 7 years of experience in consumer class action litigation, with substantial plaintiff-side experience preferred.

• Demonstrated expertise in class action law, including class certification, CAFA jurisdiction, discovery management, and settlement negotiation.

• Strong substantive knowledge of consumer protection statutes (FCRA, FDCPA, TCPA, state consumer protection acts, etc.).

• Proven success developing novel legal theories and pursuing cases in emerging or complex legal domains.

• Exceptional legal research, writing, and oral advocacy; clear, persuasive communication in briefs, presentations, and depositions.

• Strategic thinker who can assess case portfolio, prioritize resources, and make data-informed litigation decisions.

• Strong negotiation and settlement skills; ability to drive favorable outcomes for class members while maintaining ethical boundaries.

• Comfort building and working collaboratively with outside counsel and expert consultants.

• Self-starter with entrepreneurial mindset; able to operate independently while building practice infrastructure.

• Willingness to learn domain-specific knowledge about utility billing, tariff structures, regulatory frameworks, and cost recovery.

• Proficiency with litigation management platforms, legal research tools (Westlaw, LexisNexis), and document management systems.

• Salary: $125,000—$160,000/year, commensurate with experience and track record

• Performance-based increases and litigation success bonuses

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• 3 weeks paid time off to start, plus 11 paid holidays

• Full-time remote with occasional travel for depositions, hearings, and court appearances (reimbursed)