Staff Attorney

Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council, Inc.

Are you interested in a non-traditional legal career? Are you looking for a job that does not have billable hours and provides schedule flexibility? Are you looking for a job where you are not stuck in an office doing research all day? Most importantly, do you want to represent law enforcement officers and safety forces support personnel? If you answered yes to those questions, we have the position for you!

The FOP/Ohio Labor Council, Inc. is a statewide public sector labor union. www.fopohio.org.  

Our work culture prioritizes accountability and communication with our over 9000 union members.  If you have a strong, independent work ethic, we have an opening for a full-time staff attorney in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area.   The job requires extensive travel in Ohio, irregular hours and an understanding of Ohio’s Collective Bargaining law, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4117.

Job duties will include being chief spokesperson for negotiating collective bargaining agreements, including mediation, fact finding and conciliation, preparing materials and data to support the position of the membership, facilitating labor/management relations, representing our members in grievance arbitration hearings, internal investigations, and other disciplinary matters.

Our in-house staff attorneys work hand in hand with our field staff to provide legal research and analysis to address issues that arise for our membership. We represent a profession that works nontraditional hours and therefore we make ourselves available as needed to our membership, which may at times include weekends and holidays.

You MUST have excellent communication skills, a strong independent work ethic, be highly organized and proficient with computer skills in Word and Excel. We offer competitive pay, 401(k), paid time off, parental leave, excellent insurance benefits and reimbursement for cell phone/home internet.