Description:

We Need Your Drive and Precision
Are you a detail-oriented, service-minded lawyer with strong organization skills, ready to lead and manage attorneys while offering an unparalleled client experience? As our ideal candidate, you possess subject matter expertise in oil and gas law, a competency in effective project management and a consulting mentality that will allow you to solve problems, communicate professionally and drive the firm's growth while exceeding client expectations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Legal Counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic legal counsel to clients, ensuring a nuanced understanding of their unique legal needs.
  • Client Relationship Management:
    • Cultivate and maintain client relationships, understanding their long-term goals and acting as a dependable and responsive partner.
    • Conduct regular client service calls and audits to ensure client satisfaction.
    • Ensure all client interactions reflect the firm's commitment to excellence and exceed expectations.
  • Team Management:
  • Oversee a team of attorneys, ensuring they deliver accurate and timely legal projects to clients.
  • Hold team members accountable for meeting productivity metrics and living An Oil & Gas Contracts Law Firm core values.
  • Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with all team members fostering a spirit of teamwork through honesty, hard work, and trust, while ensuring seamless execution of complex legal transactions.
  • Business Development: Collaborate with leadership to identify and prioritize firm needs that enhance operational efficiency and support business growth; actively pursue client growth and expansion opportunities.
  • Legal Expertise: Actively pursue continuous learning opportunities and provide subject matter expertise on legal best practices with a focus on staying current with legal developments, industry trends and regulatory changes to provide clients with relevant and timely advice.
  • Meet quarterly billable requirement of 350 hours.
  • Support other activities and projects as assigned or dictated by business priorities.

Position Requirements:
  • Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active bar membership with 10+ years of experience in oil and gas law, specializing in drafting title opinions and navigating complex legal matters within the industry
  • Demonstrated proficiency in preparing large, unit-wide divisions of interest, and an understanding of overlapping space units
  • Dedicated commitment to excellent client service with experience owning client account relationships
  • Possess a strong business acumen with a solid understanding of the intersection between legal and business considerations
  • Unwavering commitment to ethical practice and safeguarding client confidentiality
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • Passion for embracing a growth mindset, actively pursuing avenues for professional development and skill enhancement
  • Proven ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, analyze complex issues, maintain meticulous attention to detail, and follow through on commitments

What We Bring:
  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • ???????Excellent benefits including healthcare (health, dental, vision and more) and additional insurance options, flex holidays and 401K match program
  • Quarterly, team-based bonus system
  • A commitment to employee satisfaction and a culture that values our employees lives inside and outside of the office with options for a hybrid/remote work environment and a progressive PTO policy