Staff Attorney

3 weeks ago

Houston, United States Texas Southern University Full time

Under general direction of the Associate Director of Civil Advocacy the Staff Attorney acts as staff attorney primarily for the Fort Bend County Project providing legal representation of clients needing assistance with civil matters, primarily related to property preservation, landlord-tenant and estate planning, juvenile justice and a limited amount of family law matters from intake to litigation. This position may also handle cases involving other types of civil litigation.

This is a Grant Funded position.

Essential Duties Summary

* Provides legal representation in the various civil legal matters to provide low-income communities access to justice.
* Provides legal services and representation from intake to litigation.
* Supervises, assesses and structures the practice work of students working as investigators or providing other legal support on cases being handled by the attorney.
* Responsible for direct case handling, to include communication with courts, clients, opposing counsel and other professionals as well as filing pleadings and participating in motions hearings and trials.
* Strategizes with team members on how to resolve clients' cases in a favorable and efficient manner
* Stays informed about current laws and caselaw
* Conducts legal investigations and client communications. Ensures a client-centered representation practice. Keeps clients apprised of all aspects of their cases.
* Enters case information into the ECI case management system.
* Serves as lead attorney in their cases and may appears in Court anywhere in Texas.
* Responsible for development of educational and outreach programs in furtherance of ECI's clinic related work.
* Complies with all grant requirements from funding sources.
* Also handles administrative activities as directed by an Associate Director or Executive Director.
* Performs other job-related duties as required.

% FTE

1.0

Hiring Range Commensurate with experience. Education

Juris Doctorate from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school.

Required Licensing/Certification

Licensed to practice law in Texas.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

* Real Estate, Probate and Landlord-Tenant law preferred
* Ability to work with a diverse multi-cultural population of clients, students and staff.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Microsoft Office Professional or similar applications.

Skill in:

* Exercises critical thinking
* Performs duties within scope of general University policies, procedures and objectives.
* Analyzes problems and performs needs assessments.
* Uses judgment in adapting broad guidelines to achieve desired result.
* Regular exercise of independent judgment within accepted practices.
* Planning activities.
* Legal research and writing.
* Analyzing documents.
* Makes recommendations that affect policies, procedures and practices.
* Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

* Handle a high caseload.
* Work independently.
* Communicates effectively.
* Use job-related software.
* Use job-related systems such as Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, ProDoc or similar.

Work Experience

* Requires a minimum of two years of practice experience, with strong preference given to candidates with substantial experience in general civil legal practice and substantive law in the areas described above.
* Prefer prior experience as lead attorney in all or some combination of these types of cases.

Working/Environmental Conditions

* Routine office environment.
* Sitting or standing in one location much of the time.
* Some stooping, lifting or carrying objects light weight may be required.
* Use of video display terminal.

Desired start date Position End Date (if temporary)

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