Description:
The Serkland Law Firm is seeking a full-time attorney with zero to five years of experience. Interest in the practice areas of general business, commercial and civil litigation preferred.Annual Salary: Dependent upon experience (“DOE”)
Minimum Qualifications, Education, Experience Needed
- Undergraduate Bachelor's Degree, Juris Doctor Degree from accredited law school or anticipated date of Juris Doctor degree, if still in law school.
- Must be licensed in North Dakota and/or Minnesota or eligible to be licensed in both states in the immediate future.
- High ethical standards and a clean disciplinary record.
- Willingness to be in the courtroom.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
- Excellent time management and organization skills.
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrable high-quality research and writing skills.
- Proven ability or potential to produce sufficient legal work product.
- Quick analytical ability and the facility to articulate the critical issues accurately and precisely in cases.
- The ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other attorneys, support staff, witnesses, the public, and the courts.
- The ability to work effectively with computer programs utilized by the courts, and Serkland Law Firm.
Job Duties:
- Responsible for duties associated with various legal functions such as conducting trials, gathering evidence, and maintaining files.
- Drafting legal documents, discovery, pleadings, motions, briefs, and orders.
- Appear in court for hearings, pre-trials, bench trials, jury trials, motions, and appeals.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with the judiciary, court employees, other attorneys, and other professionals in the community.
- Duties may include other assignments as directed by firm attorneys