Associate Attorney

Closing Date: 15th June, 2026

Description:

Job Description:
Are you seeking a career with a firm that promotes growth and learning? Apply now as a first step to a new opportunity with Hunking Law, LLC. You will receive personalized training from the practice owner and team. We are an expanding, friendly and professional law office Specializing in car accident cases.

Learn more about Mr. Hunking and his team:
https://youtu.be/90ox7N_gprI

Your part: The ideal applicant must be detail-oriented, organized, accurate, have great customer service skills and ready to play an important role in the business. Applicants with a minimum of 1 year of civil law or other legal experience are strongly encouraged to apply. Bilingual English/Spanish is preferred.

Application deadline: 06/15/2026. Start date: Fall 2026. Incomplete applications may be excluded.

Duties include preparing and maintaining legal documents and correspondence, filing motions, interviewing clients and conducting legal research. Additionally you will be required to appear in court on behalf of clients and provide legal representation at every stage of the civil proceeding at the trial court level. You must also be proficient with the MS Office Suite or Google docs and Clio to create correspondence, billing hours, emails, and other business-related items.

Qualifications required include attention to detail, dependability, friendly customer service skills, critical thinking skills, a high level of professionalism, and a proven ability to meet deadlines. You will work with three other attorneys and serve clients on the phone and in person. Ability to handle confidential information in a professional and discreet manner. As a result, please email your resume and a writing sample to our Office Manager directly at tweikert@hunkinglaw.com. We will only be interviewing applicants that follow this step. Thank you for your attention to detail.

Ideal qualities include being, methodical, demonstrating a calming presence, ability to perform job duties under deadlines or stressful situations, take a systematic approach, be prudent, judicious, discreet, and accurate.

Motivators are a caring drive to benefit and support others, enjoy helping others for a good cause, understand the needs of a client and help them accomplish their goals, as well as enjoy learning new procedures on a continual basis.

Full Job Description:
Essential Functions:

• Conducts and summarizes research using various print and electronic publications and databases.
• Drafts legal documents for client and firm needs.
• Prepares and organizes documents for legal proceedings including deposition transcripts, briefs, motions, witness testimony, and more.
• Maintains properly organized electronic files of client and firm documents. Creates and maintains databases related to clients and cases.
• Completes depositions, takes witness statements, conducts client meetings, and other firm matters. Investigates matters related to cases, including locating and interviewing witnesses.
• Manages case preparation for the purposes of litigating a civil case.
• Prepares and files court documents.
• Coordinate set-up and logistic needs related to trials, depositions and other legal proceedings.
• Ensures that document requests from outside counsel, courts regulatory agencies and others are handled effectively and timely.
• Handles additional administrative and attorney duties as needed.
• Litigates civil cases through inception to conclusion.
• Understands the client's goals and provides competent legal advice and strategy in order to help the client accomplish their goals.

Knowledge, Education, Skills, and Abilities:
Must Have:

• J.D., Oregon State Bar Membership and stable work history.
• Strong research skills using both print and electronic materials.
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Extensive knowledge of legal terminology and documentation requirements.
• Strong professional communication skills (in person, via telephone and in writing)

Must be able to effectively:

• Work in stressful, fast-paced, deadline-driven work environment.
• Organize, categorize and summarize extensive information and research.
• Accurately type a minimum of 45 word per minute
• Use Google docs and the Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access.
• Master internal software, including investigative databases and billing system

Work Context: Physical Requirements, must be able to:

• Perform seated work at a computer workstation for eight to ten hours per day, along with additional office tasks and duties related to courtroom and other legal proceedings.
• Travel between office, courthouse, client locations and other areas where business is conducted throughout the workday.
• Work a standard office schedule, typically between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, with additional hours, (including earlier or later, as well as weekends) required on occasion.

Pay:

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