Health Law Managing Attorney

1 month ago

Atlanta, United States Atlanta Legal Aid Society Full time $69,100
Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Managing Attorney for its Health Law Unit located in downtown Atlanta. Our non-profit law firm represents low-income people in a variety of civil legal matters including family, housing, consumer, public benefits, education and health law. The Health Law Unit, a general law unit, aims to improve the health and well-being of low-income people living with or affected by life- threatening illnesses by coordinating services to address legal, social, and economic conditions threatening their health. The unit began in 1990 as the AIDS Legal Project and expanded to work with people with cancer and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). The unit recently launched a medical-legal partnership with Grady Health System and is exploring further expansion of its services. The staff currently consists of a managing attorney and two
staff attorneys.

Responsibilities: 
  • The Managing Attorney works closely with Legal Aid’s management team and maintains relations with the local bar and bench, government, community partners and funders. 
  • The Managing Attorney is responsible for the overall management of the unit including hiring, training, supervising, mentoring, and evaluating staff Overseeing case assignment and the legal work.
  • Reviewing and responding to client grievances.
  • Reviewing timekeeping and inspecting closed files to ensure grant compliance.
  • Communicating and meeting with community partners and funders.
  • Attending trainings with and providing training to community partners and funders.
  • Preparing quarterly and annual grant reports and plans.
  • Sitting on committees and serving as the Legal Aid designee.
  • Conducting site visits; and participating in audits. 
  • The Managing Attorney also handles a caseload, performs client intake, and participates in community education and outreach.

Qualifications: 
  • A Georgia bar license or eligibility for the next Georgia bar exam and a minimum of five years of litigation experience are required. 
  • Applicants must possess experience managing staff including supervising and mentoring attorneys; excellent legal writing and oral advocacy skills; excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills; the ability to work in a collaborative, hybrid team model; and an
  • appreciation of diversity. 
  • A demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics, trial advocacy courses, previous work with low-income people and/or people with serious health conditions, and knowledge of health and poverty law are preferred. 
  • Proficiency in languages other than English is highly valued.  
           
Salary and Benefits:
The salary for five years of legal experience is $65,100 plus a $4,000 annual manager stipend. (The salary offered may increase or decrease depending on the actual, relevant experience of the selected candidate.) Salaries currently increase annually based on a set salary scale. We recently engaged a compensation consultant to review our current structure and make recommendations for improvement. The program provides generous fringe benefits including 18 paid holidays (in 2024), 6 weeks paid time off, 6 weeks parental leave; health (including optional dental and vision coverage), life, and long and short-term disability insurance; partial payment for dependent health insurance; a salary reduction option for a flexible spending account; educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month (after a set off of other loan reimbursement
amounts); voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with 3% match; Georgia Bar dues and CLE expenses. Legal Aid offers a hybrid work schedule that allows staff to work 2 days remotely subject to the approval of management and a probationary employment period. This position may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the U.S. Department of Education.

Application Requirements: Submit a letter of interest; resume; writing sample (advice letter, legal memorandum or brief); official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript); and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) as one (1) PDF using our online application system at atlantalegalaid.org/jobs.

Your application will be acknowledged. No phone calls please. For assistance with technical difficulties in submitting your application, please email career@atlantalegalaid.org.

Legal Aid considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin,
religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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