Junior Associate Attorney for Althaus Law

Job Description

Job Description

Law Firm – Longmont, Colorado

Althaus Law is a team that focuses on estate planning and probate law. We are looking to find the right fit for our team in the form of a Junior Associate Attorney. This position would support our attorneys, paralegals, and manage their own clients. The position will be fulltime and has room for advancement.

Before applying, please review and consider your alignment with our values. They are very important to our team, and we expect everyone to hold themselves to them. Our values are:

·         Provide honest services in an awesome and friendly work environment

·         Give back to the community

o   This means you will be expected to volunteer to help others

·         It’s okay to have fun

·         Prioritize and care for each other

·         Do the right thing and be a resource

·         Growth – both personally and professionally

With those values in mind, other criteria we have are below.

Preferred

·         Experience in the legal field is a plus but not a requirement

·         Knowledge of Clio, Trello, and Hubspot

Requirements

·         Graduated law school

·         Barred in Colorado

·         Ability to communicate well with clients and other co-workers

·         Bilingual in English and Spanish

·         Team-oriented

·         Exceptional customer service skills and ability to deal with individuals in crisis

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·         Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage a quickly growing firm

·         Proficient in Microsoft Word

·         Experience with Adobe Acrobat (pdf reader)

·         Ability to answer multi-line phone system

·         A sense of humor

·         Love of most animals, but especially dogs

Duties Summary

The main duties of a Junior Associate Attorney at our firm are first and foremost working well with others and being part of the team. Being part of the team includes protecting and building the law firm's reputation. We also want you to better yourself throughout your career by updating job knowledge with continuing educational opportunities, reading legal publications, and maintaining personal networks.

We require this position to enhance their own reputation and the firm’s visibility through networking groups. We also expect this individual to accept ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, explore opportunities to add value to the position, give back to the community through volunteer work, and discover new ways to market our services. You will be organizing information for estate plans and probate court filings, researching law, assembling files, and writing memoranda of law. Other duties include:

·         Answering phones and taking messages

·         Managing the calendar and scheduling appointments

·         Client communication, including following up on client tasks and meetings

o   Thank-you letters

o   Meeting reminders

o   Tracking referral sources

·         Preparing legal documents

·         Greeting and seating clients (every attorney in our office is expected to do this)

·         Preparing and recording deeds

·         Drafting estate planning documents

·         Drafting probate documents and staying up to date on where clients are at in the process

o   Notice to creditors and direct notices

o   Follow up with paper on publication notice

o   Mailings to interested parties

·         Tracking billable hours

·         Organizing and maintaining files

·         Scanning and copying

·         Maintaining supplies

·         Using law firm software (Clio)

o   Maintaining your own time log in the systems as well

·         Running necessary errands

·         Updating Trello

Salary and Benefits

The starting salary for a Junior Associate is $75,000/year. Depending on performance, self-motivation, and an eagerness to improve, advancement opportunities are available. Upon successful completion of our 10-week training, that salary will increase to $80,000/year. We also provide retirement plans, health insurance, PTO, dental/vision, and other benefits.

At Althaus Law, we help people get their things where they want them to go, when they want them to get there, and we keep things out of court. We practice estate planning and probate because we want to truly help people, not sue them. Through the use of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and other tools, we are able to give people the peace of mind they deserve while protecting their family. There is a lot to look forward to in life, and we don't want estate planning or probate to get in the way of that!

Company Description

At Althaus Law, we help people get their things where they want them to go, when they want them to get there, and we keep things out of court. We practice estate planning and probate because we want to truly help people, not sue them. Through the use of wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and other tools, we are able to give people the peace of mind they deserve while protecting their family. There is a lot to look forward to in life, and we don't want estate planning or probate to get in the way of that!