Senior Associate Attorney - Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Hiring | Full-time

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Senior Associate Attorney - Full-time

Location: Atlanta, GA

Required Qualifications:

  • 3-5 years of litigation or collections experience

  • Ability to prioritize workloads to meet deadlines

  • Meticulous attention to detail

  • Ability to produce accurate and high-quality work products in a fast-paced volume-based environment

  • Ability to work independently

  • Strong interpersonal and analytical skills

  • Understanding of basic legal principles and how they apply to the process

  • Ability to handle routine, uncontested hearings and/or review and execute motions

  • Thorough understanding of relevant laws and their applications

  • Understanding of specific tasks including what events trigger those tasks and impact on subsequent department

  • Bar membership in Georgia

  • Juris Doctor degree

  • Intermediate to advanced-level computer and general office skills

  • Ability to effectively communicate through both verbal and written electronic correspondence

  • Ability to analyze corrective action opportunities and present recommendations

  • Meticulous analytical, and organizational skills and attention to detail

Job Description

  • Assist with the firm’s Georgia practice

  • Handle hearings in the state of Georgia

  • Mentor attorneys

  • Monitor progress and develop strategies to bring files to resolution effectively and efficiently

  • Provide a comprehensive review of all conditions precedent to the filing of the action, including review of documents, financials, notices, and demand letters

  • Draft and review pleadings and correspondence to initiate actions

  • Ensure all internal systems are updated to include findings, documentation, and recommendations

  • Exercise a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism

  • Safeguard compliance with local, state, and federal foreclosure, bankruptcy, and collections requirements, as applicable

  • Handle contested matters, including discovery and trials

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive training and mentoring programs!

  • Paid time off!

  • Paid holidays!

  • Health Insurance, Life, Dental, Medical, Vision, 401k!