What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Lawyer position at Law Offices of John Setlich?
Qualifications
- Ideal candidate is an attorney with excellent writing and research skills
- Position will involve extensive writing, research, discovery, depositions, client contact, and courtroom exposure, trial workup and trials
- Bar Card (Required)
- Competitive pay & benefits package offered
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- meeting with clients and evaluating new matters
- legal research and preparation of cases for litigation
- preparing lawsuits
- handling discovery and law and motion matters
- making court appearances
- taking and defending depositions
- preparing cases for mediation
- attending mediations
- preparing cases for trial
- Trials
- providing clients legal advice by conducting and directing legal research, updating clients regarding case developments, explaining legal concepts to clients
- reviewing documents prepared by paralegals, legal assistants
- drafting and responding to letters from opposing counsel and adverse insurance companies
- continuing legal education by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal and professional networks, participating in professional organizations, networking mixers
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000