Staff Attorney

1 day ago


Brooklyn, New York, United States Brooklyn Legal Services Corp Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Attorney to join our team at Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. As a Staff Attorney, you will be responsible for providing legal services to our clients, including performing intake and providing advice, consultation, advocacy, and brief services.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform intake and provide advice, consultation, advocacy, and brief services to potential clients at clinic events
  • Maintain data in case management system and assist with gathering data for grant reporting
  • Prepare and draft legal documents, pleadings, motions briefs, and appeals
  • Conduct discovery, EBTs, and communicate with parties/nonparties, adversaries, and third-party agencies
  • Conduct legal research and keep current on law and procedures within the practice area
  • Draft and update programmatic and educational materials for clients and outreach events
  • Provide direct counsel and legal services to small business clients, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiation of commercial leases related matters
  • Collaborate with various stakeholders
  • Attend client meetings and participate in community outreach efforts
  • Attend meetings and perform administrative tasks related to the work, such as timekeeping and case management
  • Assist with referrals to and collaboration with pro bono partners and actively outreach to identify and expand pro bono partnership network
  • Review, mark up, and make recommendations on title reports, surveys, real estate tax bills, and insurance policies
  • Provide diligence review for consents for new loans and documentation for mergers and acquisitions
  • Review draft agreements for accurate section references, party names, property descriptions, exhibit, and schedule numbering
  • Obtain good standing certificates
  • Conduct Department of State searches for entity formation status and filing history
  • Conduct Acris, Department of Building, and NY State property tax record and other database searches
  • Conduct Charities Bureau and IRS searches for nonprofit entity registration and CHAR500 filings
  • Prepare property tax exemption applications (420-c and 420-a)
  • Nonprofit corporate governance documents for entities with zero or nominal assets or for holding company HDFCs anticipating City-owned land transfers (1023 Form), certificate of incorporation, bylaws, internal governance policies, board resolutions, and CHAR 410
  • For-profit corporate governance documents for entities with zero or nominal assets and single owner (certificate of incorporation, bylaws, internal governance policies, and board resolutions)

Requirements:

  • Juris Doctor degree (or foreign education equivalent)
  • License to practice law in New York
  • Legal writing and advocacy
  • Commercial leases
  • Contracts
  • Legal negotiations with opposing counsel
  • Corporate finance

Work Arrangement:

This position is hybrid remote, with the possibility of working remotely 2 days per week.


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