Description:

Role Overview:
A Business Law Firm' Boise Office is seeking an Environmental Associate with 1 to 3 years of experience for its Environment, Land Use and Natural Resources practice. All candidates should have interest or experience in matters involving environmental laws and agency interactions, e.g., compliance counseling, permitting projects, or enforcement defense. The ideal candidate will enjoy complex legal and factual analyses requiring problem solving and critical thinking.

This attorney will assist senior attorneys who navigate our clients through routine and complex environmental compliance obligations, including obtaining permits (e.g., air, waste, water), compliance counseling (e.g., release reporting, air quality compliance, stormwater management, waste characterization and disposal), auditing and compliance program development, cleanup actions, responding to government information requests, defending investigations and enforcement actions, and citizen suit/toxic tort defense. This attorney will gain exposure to the environmental aspects of real estate and corporate transactions, including identifying and allocating environmental risks, negotiating and drafting environmental provisions of transaction documents, and obtaining and reviewing environmental site assessments and other diligence materials.

Associates in our group enjoy close collaboration, working in teams, leadership opportunities, developing deep expertise on issues important to our clients, and meaningful opportunities to build connections with clients early in their career.

Skills Needed to be Effective In this Role:

We pride ourselves in forming diverse teams with a wide array of interpersonal and professional attributes. We don't expect any one person to embody all of these skills, but the below serves to describe our ideal team player. If you have many of these skills, and are enthusiastic to learn, we encourage you to apply.
Experience with, or demonstrable interest in, environmental and natural resource issues and environmental litigation;
Excellent written and oral communication skills;
Good judgment, responsiveness, and perseverance;
Strong intellectual curiosity;
Ability to work independently with local and remote supervision;
A commitment to collaboration to achieve client and team success;
Courage to ask questions and to try new things;
Agency experience or a technical background (preferred);
JD from an accredited university; and
Active membership in or commitment to applying for the Idaho State bar.