COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION AND/OR TRANSACTIONAL ASSOCIATE - Nissenbaum Law Group, LLC : Job Details

COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION AND/OR TRANSACTIONAL ASSOCIATECOMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION AND/OR TRANSACTIONAL ASSOCIATE

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$150,000.00/yr - $175,000.00/yr

(FLEXIBLE HYBRID ARRANGEMENT)

WE ARE BIGLAW ADJACENT WITH A COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING AN EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT WORK ENVIRONMENT

• First, the quality of the legal work and the sophistication of our anchor clients are equivalent in all respects to those you would find in BigLaw (at least in our biased opinion). Yes, we have a smaller census of attorneys and staff than those firms, but the legal practice has the same feel; that will be obvious the first week you are here.
• Second, the hours are not insane. Of course, this is still more than a 9:00am to 5:00pm job, but you are also generally able to have weekends and vacations to yourself. You know why we put the word “generally” in there, but the point is that we are not striving to find out how long you can put your head underwater without drowning in work. We respect your need to have a life.
• Third, the foundation of our firm is that we strive to practice law with emotional intelligence (EQ). That applies to how we interact with our clients, adversaries, vendors and more to the point, one another. We eschew anger and aggressiveness; we do not find the suffering or failures of others humorous; and we approach our role as attorneys with kindness, compassion and empathy. To learn more about that, we urge you to take a look at the book Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, et al., which is the basis for our in-house EQ training module.
• Fourth, we leaven all that with the relentless pursuit of excellence in our work product and the goal of achieving the right result for our clients. As lawyers, we have to hammer away at what we want, why we should get it, and why what our adversary wants is completely and totally undeserving of consideration. The approach has to be unrelenting. We are in litigation to battle against the adversary's arguments (though of course not the adversary themselves). If we are winning, we keep going. If we are losing, we keep going. We simply don't stop. (Admittedly, we are a bit more accommodating in our transactional negotiations, should the situation warrant it.)

OUR STATS: The Nissenbaum Law Group is a boutique, full service complex commercial law firm of approximately eight (8) attorneys that focuses on complex (a) commercial litigation in the state and federal courts, (b) commercial transactional matters, and (c) attorney ethics defense. The firm's business clients range from individuals and small start-ups to multi-national companies.

The attorney position is based at the firm's headquarters in Union, NJ though the firm also maintains offices with active practices in Manhattan, Philadelphia and Dallas.

HYBRID WORK ARRANGEMENTS: The firm offers work-from-home, hybrid and in-person arrangements to suit the needs of our attorneys. We are very flexible on that score.

NOTE: While admittedly much of current legal practice has become virtual, our attorneys must also be able to attend, for example, in-person court appearances, depositions, meetings and otherwise perform the work of an in-person commercial legal practice as defined by the needs of our clients and law firm.

TRAINING AND MENTORING: The firm is committed to mentoring new associates in a collaborative and multi-layered manner respecting relatively all significant aspects of commercial practice. Entering associates will typically be provided with a 2-4 week intensive training program overseen by our managing attorney. The purpose is to steep our new attorneys in a wide latitude of topics so they will be ready to take on complex matters that will be challenging for them.

The topics vary based upon the associate's background and the availability of our staff and attorneys to teach them. But, generally speaking, they consist of the following sixteen (16) modules:

• Our Law Firm's Internal Administration and Procedures
• Our Law Firm's Pro Bono/Low Bono Legal Practice
• An Overview of the Civil Litigation System
• 75 Court Rules Every Litigator Should Know
• Advanced Brief Writing
• Drafting Techniques for Pleadings, Discovery, and Motions
• Mock Trial Presentation Utilizing Files of an Actual Trial Our Firm Handled
• Commercial Bankruptcy with an Emphasis on Chapter 11 Business Filings
• Corporations, Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies
• Intellectual Property (Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Law)
• Contract Drafting and Commercial Closings
• Attorney Ethics: the New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct and Corresponding Procedures for (a) Ethics Investigations and Hearings and (b) Attorney Trust Account Audits
• Emotional Intelligence (Reading Group Discussion and PowerPoint Presentation Concerning the Book Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence)
• Mitigating Risk in the Practice of Law (Reading Group Discussion and PowerPoint Presentation Concerning the Book The Black Swan (Second Edition): The Impact of the Highly Improbable)

In short, this is a job for people who want to accelerate their development as attorneys.

WHAT QUALIFIES YOU:

• JD Degree from an ABA accredited law school

(PLEASE NOTE: A Master of Laws degree that was earned instead of a J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school is not a sufficient substitute because it is not generally accepted for admission to the NJ bar.),

• judicial clerkship (preferred, but not required),
• admission to the New Jersey bar preferred (and the willingness to immediately apply for admission to that bar and others),
• relevant commercial law experience in either litigation or transactional matters (or both), and
• outstanding academic credentials.

PAY: We have a dual formula for compensation that is comprised of two elements:

• SALARY: appr. $150,000 - $175,000/ year salary
• QUARTERLY BONUS: discretionary quarterly bonus evaluations based upon (a) reaching a pre-discussed billable time threshold with no more than a ten percent (10%) write off either before or after invoicing the client and (b) exceeding minimum performance standards as determined by the discretion of the managing principal.

BENEFITS: We also currently offer an array of employee benefits:

• multiple medical insurance plans with an employer contribution,
• group long term-disability insurance with an employer contribution,
• group life insurance with an employer contribution,
• Aflac short term disability, accident and dental insurance, which is employee paid, and
• a Fidelity 401K.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelAssociate

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionLegal
• IndustriesLaw Practice

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