Attorney - Bankruptcy (NJ)

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Padgett Law Group (PLG) is an elite, full-service creditors' rights law firm with practices in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Illinois. Additionally, PLG offers national bankruptcy, replevin, and loss mitigation services. The firm’s practice provides exclusive representation to institutional clients such as lenders, mortgage servicers, credit unions, banks, hedge funds, investors and other financial services industry stakeholders. Leveraging technology in our partnerships with forward-thinking clients gives PLG the ability to focus on the aggressive management and processing of delinquent or under performing loans, providing our clients with an edge when curing or resolving these complex legal matters. In 2019, PLG was recognized by The M Report , a leading default services industry publication, as a Top 25 Company to Work For. 

At Padgett Law Group, our mission is simple: to attract and retain the most talented individuals within our industry while delivering high-quality legal services to our clients. We understand our crucial role as our clients strive to provide an ethical and empathetic experience. We contribute to that through our long-standing and recognizable firm culture that is visible during every interaction with PLG—and amongst ourselves. At PLG, we stand on our decades-long tradition of merit, respect, hard work, and excellent results, and we use that foundation for every service we provide. As a firm, we believe that our mission can only be truly realized through investment in our core values of People, Precision, and Performance. 

At Padgett Law Group, we're not just looking for talented employees to join our growing team. We're looking for leaders who cultivate those around them and contribute to our path forward; we're looking for individuals who appreciate our culture and commit to our shared goals; we're looking for people who want to be more than employees, processors, or paper pushers. 

Our vision is to build the most compelling law firm that is home to the industry’s best talent, as we are today and as we grow in the future.

What’s in it for you? Padgett Law Group believes in investing in our employees and ensuring that they have all the resources necessary to succeed - including a competitive, comprehensive, and valuable benefits package. As a full-time PLG employee, you will receive: 

• 4 weeks of PTO from day one (which increases with tenure) 
• Paid Parental and Grandparent Leave
• 7 Paid Company Holidays and your birthday off every year
• Full suite of healthcare insurance options including health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Accident, Critical Illness, Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage, and more 
• Company-covered Term Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program 
• 401k (with company match)
• Extensive Training and Development Opportunities
• Flexible work schedules including in-office, hybrid, and remote working capabilities and more! 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

We are currently recruiting for a Bankruptcy Attorney located in New Jersey! This will be a remote position but will be required for some in-person hearings. 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Hearing Maintenance

• Attending hearings and/or preparing local appearance counsel attendance prior to the hearing with clear instructions regarding the desired outcome 
• Providing timely hearing results both internally and to the client if requested

Portfolio Management 

• Review and sign all pleadings in a timely manner prior to client and/or court submission to ensure compliance with all internal and external rules 
• Monitoring ECFs and dockets in real time and escalate any actionable docket events 
• Confirming both internal and external systems (if applicable) are completed timely and appropriately with information specific to the referral and case
• Ensuring staff have workable templates that comply with local and federal rules of procedure, as well as any district or judge specific rules 
• Timely escalate, manage and mitigate any matters of risk identified on a file in which the firm or a current client has an interest 

Provide Loan Level Support to Firm Staff and Clients 

• Answering questions and communicating generally in a timely manner to both firm staff and clients. Communication should include detailed guidance as to action that needs to be taken and provide a robust legal analysis of the situation at hand 
• Provide guidance to firm staff regarding preparation of pleadings and/or provide templates to assist in the preparation 
• Coordinating with leadership to identify areas in which processes can be improved

Research 

• Remain up to date on relevant case law impacting your assigned jurisdictions as well as developments pertaining to bankruptcy code or case law changes 

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• An active bar admission for New Jersey with a member in good standing status 
• Admission or ability to get admitted to all bankruptcy courts within the state in which you have an active bar membership 
• Experience representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings in the jurisdiction in which you were hired or the willingness to obtain bankruptcy knowledge. 
• Ability to work with others in a congenial and team-oriented manner. 
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and be adaptable to continual change. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• In compliance with our technology requirements 

Physical Demands and Work Environment: physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Prolonged time sitting at a desk typing, using, and looking at a computer. 
• Position to include possible travel for in-person court hearings 

Note This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.