This company need an experienced attorney who can hit the ground running to give their clients outstanding representation. To excel at this company, you need to have experience, compassion, and the ability to build relationships with clients and know your way around a courtroom.
If you are looking for an exciting, transparent, growth-oriented, family-friendly, and motivating place to work where you know that you are making a real difference every day, look no further. Their word of the year is "focus" and we are each focused on hitting their individual key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure that their team is reaching their goals.
Salary is commensurate with skill and experience and is negotiable. The compensation package includes a base salary plus bonus compensation for production and performance. They offer a generous benefits package including contribution to health insurance (including vision and dental), a 401k, life insurance, and unlimited paid time off. They also pay for approved continuing legal education, bar dues, and some approved voluntary bar memberships.
Responsibilities
Manage litigation cases and resolve legal disputes on behalf of Firm clients by developing agreements, negotiating settlements, and advocating for clients in Court
Take complete ownership of a client's case – strategy, discovery, pleadings, motions, collaboration and mediation, pretrial hearings, motion hearings, trials, and post-judgment matters
Engage in legal research and writing.
Delegate work to legal assistants and paralegals and collaborate with them to serve our clients
We need someone who will help us build great systems to measure our efforts against the results.
Working together with other team members in the firm to meet clients’ more complex needs--you appreciate that collaborating with colleagues is the expectation, not the exception
Qualifications
The most important qualifications are that you:
Have experience as lead attorney on at least 15 cases.
Understand the importance of delivering an incredible client experience
Demonstrate a commitment to continuing legal education.
You are happy in dynamic work environments, enjoy working in a team, and have a compassionate approach to clients
You can develop the strategy of a case based on the goals of the client and you know where to find the rules and case law to back up that case strategy.
The ideal candidate will be able to take initiative on work that needs to be done and complete tasks with minimal hand-holding
You are comfortable in a courtroom and know how to project confidence and competence when representing our clients
You excel at setting realistic expectations for our clients and managing those expectations as the case progresses. You need to be able to help a client understand whether they really want to spend $500 to fight with their ex over a $50 lamp
Skills and experience are important and valued, but your personality, character, intelligence, and integrity are also extremely important considerations
You can deal with a boss who is always busy, might not give much direction, might get distracted by new, exciting things, and is focused on results

• You appreciate the value of streamlined policies and procedures to ensure that the work product remains high-level and consistent.

You are someone who is not afraid to pitch in and help where the team needs it. We need someone who does not think that the occasional need to scan in your own documents is “beneath you.”
About
They are a boutique family law firm in Rockville, Maryland that exists to empower and assist their clients to achieve the best possible version of their next chapter, whether this is through obtaining a divorce, modifying a child custody agreement, drafting a prenuptial agreement, assisting with adoption, or modifying child support.
They continue to strive to maintain a workplace that is free from recognized hazards and to promote the health and well-being of our employees, their families, and those who visit our offices. As part of this effort, they have implemented certain safety protocols utilizing CDC, OSHA, the local government, and other available guidance. All new hires must be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to legal exemptions.