Description:
Salary Range:$190,000.00 To $215,000.00 Annually
Van Ness Feldman is seeking a litigation attorney with at least 10 years of relevant experience in leading litigation in local administrative hearings, state tribunals, and/or state court to join our Litigation, Enforcement, and Investigations practice group. This position is based in our Seattle office on a hybrid in-office basis.
Who We Are:
VNF's litigation practice group represents clients in environmental litigation in local administrative hearings, state tribunals, and/or state court. The practice group regularly supports VNF's Environment, Land Use, Natural Resources, Real Estate, and Energy Regulatory practice groups in litigation matters including under state and federal statutes. While VNF is organized into these primary practice groups, our professionals also work on complex litigation and claims for clients beyond environment and energy.
What You'll Do:
The successful attorney will be given significant responsibility within a dynamic and collegial team-based structure. The attorney will work directly with other experienced environmental litigators and regulatory attorneys on a variety of matters. The attorney will also support more junior associates through mentoring, training, and delegation. While the work will be primarily litigation, a portion of the work may include representation of clients in non-litigation matters.
Skills and Qualifications:
Role Specific Skills and Experience
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Who We Are:
VNF's litigation practice group represents clients in environmental litigation in local administrative hearings, state tribunals, and/or state court. The practice group regularly supports VNF's Environment, Land Use, Natural Resources, Real Estate, and Energy Regulatory practice groups in litigation matters including under state and federal statutes. While VNF is organized into these primary practice groups, our professionals also work on complex litigation and claims for clients beyond environment and energy.
What You'll Do:
The successful attorney will be given significant responsibility within a dynamic and collegial team-based structure. The attorney will work directly with other experienced environmental litigators and regulatory attorneys on a variety of matters. The attorney will also support more junior associates through mentoring, training, and delegation. While the work will be primarily litigation, a portion of the work may include representation of clients in non-litigation matters.
Skills and Qualifications:
Role Specific Skills and Experience
- First chair experience with major litigation matters in local, state tribunal, or state court
- Experience in drafting legal work product such as legal memoranda, client recommendations, pleadings, and/or discovery requests and responses
- Experience taking and defending depositions
- Experience handling discovery disputes
- Experience in trial presentation, including examination of witnesses, introduction of evidence, and oral advocacy
- Experience with major state and federal environmental statutes and implementing regulations.
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduated with a JD or LLM from an ABA-accredited law school
- Active admission or eligibility for admission in in Washington State
- 10+ of experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong academic credentials
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent research, drafting, and writing skills, and ability to produce high-quality work on tight timelines
- Excellent oral communication skills including the ability to communicate clearly, directly, and practically with clients and colleagues
- Ability to manage matters independently and proactively drive work forward
- Ability to quickly learn new issues and apply that understanding in practice
- Experience with condemnation matters
