Attorney

Our law firm is looking for an attorney who is ready to represent our existing client base. The ideal candidate will work closely with the firm’s clients, administrative staff, and senior partners. If you have the ability to handle a diverse caseload, have stellar research and writing skills, can communicate effectively, and use today’s technology well, please start your application today!Compensation:

$65,000 - $100,000 yearly

Responsibilities:

• Complete legal research and prepare motions, pleadings, and briefs
• Draft correspondence, legal pleadings, motions, and briefs
• Analyze client needs, identify solutions, and determine case strategies
• Counsel clients by assessing options and determining the best course of action for a successful outcome
• Take responsibility for administrative staff relating to client invoicing/billing records, setting up meetings with clients and completing tasks

Client Intake

• Conduct initial consultations with prospective clients to evaluate what services the firm may be able to provide for them
• Make a positive impression on prospective clients during initial consultations
• Sell prospective clients on the value of the services the firm provides
• Collaborate with the firm’s Legal Assistant on the intake of new clients

Client Relationships

• Communicate with clients by phone, email, and in-person meetings with honesty, compassion, and responsiveness
• Answer clients’ questions
• Communicate case analysis and case strategy to clients
• Communicate all settlement proposals to clients
• Communicate all billing concerns to clients
• Ask clients for positive Google reviews

Litigation

• Prepare a case analysis for each case, with a few exceptions
• Decide upon a case strategy for every case
• Draft necessary pleadings
• Draft motions when necessary to implement the case strategy
• Draft and send discovery requests when necessary to implement the case strategy
• Collaborate with clients to respond to discovery requests or court-ordered discovery
• Gather information and evidence from clients
• Prepare notes for all court appearances
• Prepare testimony and exhibits for all evidentiary hearings
• Prepare clients for all court appearances
• Attend all court appearances with clients
• Engage in informal settlement negotiations, including proposals sent by email, in-office settlement conferences, or phone calls
• Engage in formal settlement negotiations, including mediations or pretrials

Billing

• Record all tasks that you perform for every case
• Perform a monthly review of each case’s billing rate and the tasks that have been recorded
• Collaborate with the firm’s Paralegal on sending invoices and Trust Requests
• Withdraw from cases if clients have overdue bills

Professional Development

• Complete the required amount of CLE
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities, including CLEs, mentorship, bar association events, writing educational articles, or preparing educational presentations

Business Development

• Create and improve document templates
• Create and improve business processes
• Participate in team meetings and performance reviews

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs is needed
• Public speaking, decision-making, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills are necessary for this role
• Advanced computer skills working with legal research programs (Westlaw and Lexis) required
• Jobseekers should be a member of their local bar association - active member preferred Association
• Over 1 year of experience representing clients in a law firm

• Shares our core values of honesty, compassion, and responsiveness
• Admitted to the Ohio bar
• Admission to practice in other states is a plus
• Proficiency with legal practice management software and legal CRM software (Clio Manage and Clio Grow)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe
• A commitment to organized record-keeping
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, attorneys, paralegals, and court staff
• Comfort with task agility (ability to pivot between tasks when urgency requires)
• Reliable timeliness
• Excellent writing, grammar, and proofreading skills
• Experience practicing family law is a plus

About Company

Wiete Law Office LLC is a boutique family law firm in Cincinnati, OH, dedicated to serving our clients with honesty, compassion, and responsiveness.