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The Sierra Crest Business Law Group is a small business litigation and transactions law firm located in Reno, Nevada. We are seeking a full-time Senior Associate Attorney.
For this position, you need to be admitted to the Nevada bar and have 4+ years of civil litigation experience. At our firm, the quality of your legal writing needs to be consistently high. You also need excellent analytical, communication, diplomacy, and legal research skills. We are willing to consider a flexible schedule for a candidate who has the requisite experience and skills.
You will need to perform high quality legal work with limited review. In addition, you will need to oversee entire matter files and provide regular status updates to clients.
Your duties will include:
Researching and analyzing the law on complex issues and synthesizing legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator;
Appearing in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and other judicial tribunals on behalf of the firm's clients, as well as presenting well-reasoned arguments to the judicial bodies;
Analyzing and summarizing contracts and other legal documents, and suggesting improvements to those documents;
Conducting litigation discovery;
Negotiating with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferences; and
Anticipating and mitigating potential legal problems for clients and developing strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
This is not an exhaustive list.
To fit into our office, you need to be a positive and professional person. We have reasonable billable hour requirements, and will hold you to them.
With regard to compensation, it is negotiable based upon experience and is subject to review after 90 days. Your ability to work effectively and efficiently will lead to your ability to make more money.
Our goal is for the job to be challenging and rewarding. If, after reading this, you are interested in this position, then we would like to see if the position would benefit you and allow you to do the things youd like in your life. Ensuring that this position helps move you toward your goals in life will ensure that you enjoy this position and that we can accommodate your needs.
HOW TO APPLY:
Applying to work at our firm is a multi-step process, which will assess your willingness to closely follow instructions, and will also assess your ability and desire to add outstanding value to our team. To apply for the Senior Associate position, please submit your resume in PDF format and a cover letter in PDF format. In the file name for the cover letter, make sure to spell your name backwards.
In your cover letter, please tell us in detail what you think it takes to be a great Senior Associate. Please also tell us what you are looking for in a job, what those goals are, how this job can help you achieve those goals, and why you think you would be a great fit.
We will review, on a rolling basis, all resumes and cover letters submitted in compliance with these instructions on or before April 30, 2019. If you follow the application instructions and we believe you have the potential to be an outstanding member of our team, then we will contact you by email and ask you to answer a few additional application questions and provide a writing sample.
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