Description:
We are a firm with two full-time attorneys and one part-time attorney focusing on helping people in the Southwest Washington community with their legal issues and related problems. Our lawyers are zealous and compassionate and we also put our families first. We support and promote work/life balance and we have dedicated ourselves to building a successful firm that values our team members as real people with lives outside their billable hours.We currently handle criminal defense, personal injury and family law matters. We are looking for the right person who will fit into the culture of our firm and who wants an opportunity to build a personally fulfilling and financially rewarding practice in Southwest Washington. We have a lovely office building and our warm, high caliber firm has a solid, almost thirteen-year presence in the Vancouver and Southwest Washington area.
We are offering an opportunity for one family law attorney to fill an opening in the firm. We have a very strong incoming family law client source and anticipate having immediate work available. We have strong mentors available and a senior attorney to provide guidance and assistance, if needed. We are open to hiring 2024 graduates who are pending bar licensure. Washington license to practice law will be required.
For an experienced candidate, we would also be open to adding an area of practice, such as estate planning, that would compliment our current offerings.
Our Core Values
Having compassion and respect for all people, zealous pursuit of our clients' reasonable goals, fostering innovation and excellence in the practice of law, and creating a supportive and comfortable work environment while remembering that being human is important.
The qualities and characteristics we embody that we want to see in you:
- Compassionate, respectful and empathetic towards others.
- Hard working and diligent.
- Fair and judicious.
- Good at communicating with people from all walks of life.
- Able to lead with integrity.
- Great sense of humor, ability to laugh and show grace under pressure.
- Innovative.
- Careful and detail oriented.
- Able to enjoy both our lives and our work.
- Good with technology.
- Willing and able to roll up our sleeves, make coffee, change light bulbs and help clean up when needed.
- Patient and good at working through conflict.
- Enjoy and are good at working as part of a team and having each other's back, but also focused and self-motivated.
- Spanish language skills would be valued.
Needed qualifications:
- A current Washington license to practice in good standing.
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
- At least two years practicing law in a relevant area of law.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and research skills.
