Description:
Summary of Responsibilities:A management position in A Non-Profit Organization's Legal Department responsible for supervising housing attorneys' work in individual housing matters. This position also maintains a small independent caseload of housing cases.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Attorney Supervision
- Ensure proper support and mentorship for staff attorneys, including providing in court supervision, individual case review meetings, document review, and ad hoc support.
- Support staff attorneys providing services under A Non-Profit Organization's housing contracts.
- Set and enforce expectations for staff attorneys in developing case strategy, maintaining proper litigation schedules, administering cases (including casenoting and calendaring), and following best practices, in coordination with the Assistant Director for Housing, the Coordinating Housing Attorney and Coordinating Attorney for Housing Litigation.
- Coordinate trial dates with Coordinating Housing Attorney, Coordinating Attorney for Housing Litigation, and Assistant Director for Housing.
- Second seat entry level attorneys at motions and trials.
- Troubleshoot case issues in housing court.
- Mentor attorneys to support their professional development.
- Lead group attorney meetings (on rotation with other supervisors).
- Provide general court supervision (on rotation with other supervisors).
- Provide supervision at court intake, in coordination with the Coordinating Housing Attorney.
Client Representation
- Maintain a small individual caseload (approximately one quarter the caseload of a staff attorney).
- Represent clients through administrative hearings, trials and appeals.
- Service Coordination
- Collaborate with the Assistant Director for Housing, Coordinating Housing Attorney, Coordinating Attorney for Housing Litigation, and other members of the Legal Department management team to provide high quality services across the department.
- Attend department and agency meetings as required.
Additional tasks may be assigned.
Qualifications:
- JD and NYS Bar admission
- At least 3 years of housing legal experience required.
- Experience working with similar populations in a community-based setting strongly preferred.
- Proven mentoring skills.
- Proven ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
- Strong verbal and writing skills in English.
- Bilingual skills in English/Spanish are strongly preferred.
