Utah Legal Services is searching for an energetic and dedicated Managing Attorney for the Consumer Taskforce. In this role you will be responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction to the team, managing day-to-day legal operations, and ensuring the taskforce delivers high-quality legal services. This role involves both legal work and management responsibilities, requiring the ability to balance legal practice with administrative duties. Primary responsibilities include provide supervisory oversight for members of an assigned task force, serve as the substantive expert for the task force, oversee training and mentoring to support team development, participate in strategic initiatives, and provide superior case management to achieve optimal outcomes for clients.
Job Responsibilities and Duties
Oversee and manage a team of attorneys, paralegals, and support staff.
Provide mentorship, training, and professional development opportunities for junior attorneys.
Supervise the handling of cases and legal matters, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Remain cognizant of taskforce members’ caseload and experience, adjusting assignments as necessary to ensure a balanced distribution of work.
Review and approve legal documents, including briefs, contracts, and agreements.
Hold regular, meaningful taskforce meetings that promote discussion of substantive issues and provide relevant training.
Actively looks for ways to better meet client needs and improve case handling tools, including case acceptance guidelines to address service gaps, outreach, advice letters, best practice activities.
Work to become familiar with taskforce members in order to identify their strengths and appropriately delegate tasks and hold staff accountable for related performance.
Set appropriate expectations and model behavior likely to help staff meet these expectations.
Engage in active team building, creating a positive work environment.
Responsible for reviewing and approving time reports from taskforce members.
Participate as member of hiring committee when interviewing potential taskforce employees.
Maintain relationships with current community partners and work to establish new relationships that will aid in improving/expanding client services.
Assist, as requested, with grant applications and reports related to practice area.
Attend trainings and taskforce meetings; complete appropriate CLEs.
Report regularly to executive leadership on legal matters, departmental performance, and strategic initiatives.
Represent clients in court, mediation, arbitration, or negotiations as needed.
Keep up-to-date with changes in laws, regulations, and industry trends that impact legal practice areas.
Collaborate with other departments, such as HR, finance, IT, and administration, to streamline operations.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Abilities
Strong leadership and motivational skills.
Demonstrated commitment to working with the low-income community and promoting access to civil legal justice.
Ability to multi-task with attention to detail.
Effective oral communication skills.
High level of adaptability and attention to detail.
Strong analytic and critical thinking abilities.
Strong typing and computer skills.
Spanish fluency strongly preferred but not required.
Education / Experience
Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Juris Doctorate degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
Admission and Good Standing within the Utah State Bar Association.
5+ years experience in Consumer Law.
Job Factors/Physical Requirements
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk working on a computer.
Some travel required.
Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds at a time.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Supervise paralegals and attorneys
Email Human Resource Director, Courtney Eborn, at [email protected]
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