Family Law Associate Attorney
GPAC
- Provo, UT
- $158,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve clients exceptionally well through systematic, empathic communication, excellent and on-time written legal work, and in-court oral advocacy
- Meet billable hours and revenue requirements by billing in real-time for all work completed
- Coordinate with the office manager and their team leader to ensure 100% collection for work billed
- Be 100% responsible for all aspects of their caseload, from the beginning of their cases through trial and doing so in a timely manner
- Daily collaboration and planning of key case objectives with paralegals
- Create initial case plan to identify and obtain a client’s primary goals
- Create an effective negotiation strategy to accomplish client’s primary goals, and then execute on that strategy during mediation
- Share knowledge freely with their fellow attorney team members, as well as other firm members, so everyone can learn and improve as quickly as possible
- Learn how to sell and close clients so we can serve clients and their families
- Block distractions in order to identify, prioritize, and complete most important case tasks
- Search for opportunities to improve the lives of their internal and external colleagues
- Communicate positively, openly, and honestly with their fellow team members and their colleagues, while not engaging in gossip, drama, conflict in the office or in the broader legal community
- Communicate with empathy and compassion with clients
- Proficient in providing sound legal judgment
- Maintain a professional distance from cases and avoid letting clients' issues become our own
- Enjoyment within the stress and exhilaration of courtroom hearing and trials
- Providing objective legal analysis no matter personal feelings or desire to help client
- Communicating difficult legal concepts in plain English
- Comfortable in high-stakes negotiation and mediation
- Ability to manage negative emotions from clients in a professional manner
- Lifting up those around them through great interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with Apple technology, Microsoft Office Suite, Slack, Google Suite, Clio, and Zoom
- Active Utah Bar License with no bar disciplinary actions
- At least 3 years of experience in the following: in-court litigation (including proffer hearings, evidentiary hearings
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