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Legal Placement Services

CLA is currently hiring for a national law firm’s Columbia, SC office for a Commercial Litigation and Business Attorney. Their team is skilled and at the forefront of business litigation and transactional law as a full-service law firm. This team is looking for an attorney with a few years of litigation experience, preferably in business law. This position allows you to grow with a smaller team of attorneys but with the resources of a large firm. This is an excellent opportunity to find a mentor and improve your business litigation skills.

Sample Job Responsibilities:

  • Handling litigation from intake through trial with minimal supervision
  • Formulate and develop case strategy, advise clients on risk mitigation and pre-suit resolution options
  • Drafting and filing of litigation documents to include pleadings, discovery requests, discovery responses, motions, and memorandum
  • Guide clients through the case process
  • Interaction with expert witnesses to include conferences, drafting of expert reports, and affidavits
  • Attendance and preparation for depositions, mediations, hearings, and court appearances
  • Consistent communication with their team and clients
  • Other tasks as necessary

Minimum and Additional Qualifications:

  • A JD from an accredited law school and a member of the SC Bar in good standing
  • At least 1-2 years of experience practicing as an attorney
  • Knowledge of and experience in corporate litigation and business transactions strongly preferred
  • Detail-oriented, hardworking, and results-driven team player
  • Must be a motivated self-starter
  • Ability to express arguments and conclusions clearly and logically
  • Strong research, organizational and analytical skills
  • Ability to analyze and synthesize facts, evidence, and legal theory and to understand and craft legal pleadings, discovery, and proposed orders
  • Knowledge of the laws and rules, as well as state and federal court procedures
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience trying cases, preferred but not required
  • Experience with arbitration and mediation, preferred but not required
  • May require travel, working more than 40 hours per week when needed and lifting boxes of documents
  • Must be willing to work in office

Competitive compensation and full benefits package dependent on experience.

**All resumes are held in strict confidence. We keep our candidates confidential and will not contact current employers without candidate approval.**

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

To apply for this job email your details to attorneys@carolinalegalassoc.com