Litigation Associate

Banking & Creditors' Rights Litigation Associate Attorney

Banking & Creditors' Rights Litigation Associate Attorney in Buffalo with significant bonus, collaborative culture, and room for growth.

Our Banking & Creditors' Rights team represents local, regional, and national banks, credit unions, lenders, and businesses throughout New York, handling commercial lending disputes, collections, foreclosures, workouts, and bankruptcy matters. We build long-term client relationships through responsive service, sound counsel, and strong courtroom results. You'll work in a collaborative environment that values mentorship and professional growth, supporting a wide range of clients from startups to established corporations. The firm is tech forward and innovating. Work on diverse and challenging array of legal matters that expand your experience. Focused on flexible working arrangements, commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a growth-oriented work environment.

Why join us?

• Competitive base salary ($100,000 - $120,000 base dependent on experience level)
• Bonus package offered - 10-25%
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401K with a match
• Flexible work-life balance - hybrid potential after acclimation period and flexibility as needed
• Generous PTO package - mental health days offered
• Professional development opportunities, in-house CLEs, and firm-paid bar dues
• Access to advanced legal resources and technology
• Clear growth path

Job Details

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Permanent Litigation Associate to join our thriving legal team. This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned professional with a strong background in bankruptcy, banking, creditors' rights, collections, collections litigation, loan enforcement, referee proceedings, foreclosure litigation, courtroom proceedings, credit union operations, and bank law. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5+ years of experience in these areas and will be passionate about providing excellent legal service to our clients. Responsibilities include managing a high-volume litigation caseload on behalf of banks, credit unions, and other financial institution clients, representing clients in litigation involving loan enforcement, creditors' rights, foreclosure, bankruptcy, workouts, evictions, and collections, appearing in court regularly for motion arguments, court conferences, foreclosure settlement conferences, eviction hearings, and small claims proceedings, drafting legal documents including pleadings, discovery, motions, briefs, contracts, and other legal documents, providing legal advice to clients on matters related to banking, credit union operations, and bank law, developing litigation strategy, negotiating settlements and workout agreements, managing delinquent loans, lines of credit, credit cards, auto loans, foreclosures, and evictions for bank and credit union clients, communicating proactively with clients and collaborating with partners and support staff.

Qualifications include a Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, membership in good standing with the NY state bar, 1-3 years of litigation experience required (experience in bankruptcy, banking, creditors' rights, collections, collections litigation, loan enforcement, referee proceedings, foreclosure litigation, courtroom proceedings, credit union operations, and bank law preferred), excellent negotiation, advocacy, and problem-solving skills, strong research and report writing skills, ability to manage high-volume caseloads and work under pressure, exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, proficiency in legal research software and Microsoft Office Suite, detail-oriented with strong organizational and time-management skills.