Description:
A Law Firm Specializing in Appellate Law, Aviation Law, and Business Law (Raleigh) is seeking a candidate or candidates that see a vision of their successful professional future with the attorneys of A Law Firm Specializing in Appellate Law, Aviation Law, and Business Law focused on interesting complex areas of law for excellent clients. These candidates should have 2-5 years' experience with plenty of litigation in their background; an entrepreneurial spirit with an ability to blend the hard work and ethics of a lawyer with the underpinnings for business and relational acumen. These candidates should have an aptitude for one of these areas of law: Administrative/Regulatory, Business Disputes Litigation, and/or Civil Litigation. Candidates should be interested and skilled in sophisticated legal matters; have excellent written and oral advocacy skills; have proven top-notch client service; plus, enjoy working in a team environment. Self-starters will excel and candidates should be ready to handle an active caseload. Employees enjoy generous benefits and leave policies and a flexible remote work policy. We support lawyers in designing their professional path in conjunction with the needs of our firm. Candidates should be NC licensed and practice ready.Qualifications:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Makes individual and group presentations to potential clients
- Interviews potential expert witnesses
- Meet with clients to review case strategy
- Prepare pleadings, motions and briefs, and legal research for complex matters in Superior and appellate courts
- Argue motions in Superior Court and oral arguments in appellate courts
- Meet with clients expert witnesses on site at impacted properties to investigate impacts and formulate strategy
- Meet with opposing counsel and with opposing party experts
- Communicate in person and by telephone, email, etc. with opposing counsel to negotiate numerous issues, including settlement and pre-mediation and pre-trial disclosures
- Prepare for and attend mediations with client, opposing parties and opposing counsel, negotiate settlement, including concessions in lieu of compensation
- Prepare and review settlement documents
- Conduct depositions, including preparation of clients and expert witnesses, and preparation for examination of adverse expert witnesses
- Propound and respond to written discovery
- Prepare for jury trials
- Trial preparation includes review and analysis of all factual and legal issues relating to compensability, valuation, and constitutional matters
- Selection of witnesses and exhibits
- Preparation of written outline for examination of witnesses
- Meet with client and retained expert witnesses to prepare them for direct and cross-examination
- Preparation of motions in limine and supporting briefs
- Analysis of potential juror pool and selection of jury
- Prepare for and attend pretrial conference with judge and opposing counsel
- Trial, including arguing and defending motions, jury selection, defending witness examinations and cross examining adverse witnesses, including expert witnesses
- During trial, meet with expert witnesses and clients evening and early morning to finalize elements of testimony
- Prepare for and make opening and closing arguments to jury
- Conduct post trial interviews with jurors
- During trial, meet with expert witnesses and clients evening and early morning to finalize elements of testimony
