Description:

Bankruptcy Attorney — Part-Time, Remote (341 Zoom Hearings)
Most job ads for lawyers say things like "dynamic, fast-paced environment" and "wear many hats." We'd like to be more specific than that.

Here is the job: you get on Zoom. A Chapter 7 or 13 trustee asks your client whether they read the petition before they signed it, whether anybody owes them money, and whether they expect an inheritance. Your client says yes, no, and no. You say "no questions, Trustee" and move to the next case. You do this well, you do it calmly, and you do it while the client is unmuted and their dog is barking.

That's it. That's the core of it.
We're a consumer bankruptcy firm. We represent debtors, regular people who are behind, being garnished, getting calls, and trying to keep the car. We file 40–60 cases a month, which means the 341 docket is a real, recurring, unglamorous job that somebody needs to own. We'd like that somebody to be you.

Who this actually fits
Two people, mostly, and they're at opposite ends of the same road.

The first is new: recently admitted, or waiting on bar results, and tired of being told to get experience by people who won't give you any. You will be in front of trustees weekly. You will learn what a Statement of Financial Affairs looks like when it's wrong. You will develop a client-facing calm that takes most attorneys five years. This is a genuinely good place to cut your teeth.

The second has been doing this for thirty years and has decided that's enough of the other parts. No more originating. No more payroll. No more being the last one in the office at 8pm because someone has to be. You keep the part you're good at: showing up, being reassuring, knowing what the trustee is going to ask before they ask it, and we handle everything else.

If you're squarely in the middle of your career and building something of your own, this probably isn't for you. No hard feelings.

What you'd do

Cover 341 Meetings of Creditors by Zoom (this is the bulk of it)
Conduct remote signing appointments with clients: walk them through the petition, answer questions, get signatures
Occasionally appear in person on a state-court civil matter somewhere near you. We do some civil work and geography is currently our limiting factor
Take on more if you want more. If you'd rather this stay a two-mornings-a-week arrangement, that's a real answer and we'll take it

What You Need:

Licensed in Ohio, in good standing. Non-negotiable for the hearings
Not licensed yet? Talk to us anyway. You can do signing appointments now and hearings once you're sworn in. If you're waiting on results, you're not out of the running, you're just early. If you are applying without a current license to practice law in Ohio, then you'll need to spell out how you intend to remedy that
Bankruptcy experience is really nice. Not required. We can teach the 341; we can't teach showing up on time
A quiet room, a real internet connection, and a camera you're willing to turn on

Pay:
Open to any preferred arrangement, and we can come up with one for you if you don't want to think about it. Part-time to start. Genuinely open to full-time if you want to pick up more, and genuinely fine if you don't.

To Apply:
Send a résumé and a few sentences about which of the two people above you are. We read those sentences. They matter more than the résumé.