Job Summary:

• Research and draft pleadings and motions
• Draft and respond to written discovery
• Conduct and defend depositions
• Appear in court and argue motions
• Help principal attorney prepare for and attend multi-party, complex litigation trials
• Prepare and answer discovery, present and take depositions, including those of experts, doctors, medical providers and corporate representatives.
• Briefing and writing on legal issues, motions and occasionally appeals.
• Prepare discovery and discovery answers for personal injury cases
• Participate in depositions, mediations, and trials for personal injury cases

Skills on Resume: 

• Legal Research (Hard Skills)
• Legal Writing (Hard Skills)
• Litigation Experience (Hard Skills)
• Case Preparation and Management (Hard Skills)
• Discovery Skills (Hard Skills)
• Deposition Skills (Hard Skills)
• Appellate Writing (Hard Skills)
• Personal Injury Case Experience (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Assist litigation co-counsel through mediation or trial.
• Negotiate on behalf of clients, and anticipate legal risks.
• Stay apprised of court and statutory deadlines.
• Stay up-to-date with all pertinent laws and legislation.
• Communicate with clients to commence an engagement, keep client matters moving forward in a timely manner, and ensure the firm’s support staff are in alignment with the clients’ needs
• Support business development efforts, meet with prospective clients and evaluate needs
• Participating in networking activities in order to build relationships with referral sources.
• Apply knowledge of the law, functions, strategies, and processes to provide services, solutions, and advice to the clients or firm serves.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with clients to ensure retention and referrals.

Skills on Resume: 

• Litigation Support (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Hard Skills)
• Legal Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Client Communication (Soft Skills)
• Business Development (Hard Skills)
• Networking Abilities (Soft Skills)
• Legal Analysis and Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Preparing and negotiating draft leases, agreements of sale and similar documents.
• Organizing real estate acquisition, sale and financing closings.
• Preparing and running closing checklists and checklist calls.
• Reviewing, substantively analyzing and summarizing title commitments, surveys, zoning reports and similar real property diligence.
• Facilitating communications between transaction counterparties and counsel(s).
• Monitoring and meeting transaction deadlines.
• Document management and retention.
• Work closely with all members of the VVP transactional team, and will report to the General Counsel.  
• Track and post all billable and non-billable work.
• Develop and maintain a collaborative and supportive working relationship with all staff, legal and non-legal.

Skills on Resume: 

• Legal Drafting (Hard Skills)
• Transaction Organization (Hard Skills)
• Closing Procedures (Hard Skills)
• Due Diligence (Hard Skills)
• Communication Facilitation (Soft Skills)
• Deadline Management (Hard Skills)
• Document Management (Hard Skills)
• Collaboration and Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
• Billing and Time Tracking (Hard Skills)
• Interpersonal Skills (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Representing clients in court or before government agencies;
• Preparing and drafting legal documents on behalf of clients;
• Advising clients on business and legal transactions;
• Complying with all legal standards, ethics, and regulations;
• Performing administrative and management functions related to the practice of law
• Reviewing and managing case files and case strategies for various clients.
• Develop and model an understanding of the firm’s philosophy, values, culture, and infrastructure.
• Intake and pre-litigation matters, first chair trials.
• Fundamental knowledge of all aspects of pre-litigation, liens, subrogation and discovery is essential;
• Significant negotiation with adjustors, lien holders, subrogation interests and medical providers.

Skills on Resume: 

• Litigation Representation (Hard Skills)
• Legal Document Drafting (Hard Skills)
• Legal Advisory (Hard Skills)
• Compliance and Ethics (Hard Skills)
• Administrative and Management Skills (Hard Skills)
• Case Management (Hard Skills)
• Firm Understanding (Soft Skills)
• Pre-litigation and Trial Skills (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Perform a wide variety of functions to support the Law Offices of Beth A. McDaniel, PLLC’s practice. 
• Prepare and consult with clients on a variety of matters, including guardianship and probate. 
• Responsible for maintaining transactional and court-supervised caseloads
• Upholding and protecting the interests of clients and families. 
• Provide excellent client service with attention, responsiveness, and commitment to understanding clients’ end objectives.
• Consult with clients on guardianships of minor children
• Incapacitate adults, probates, trust administrations, and matters, and consistently act in the best interest of clients in accordance with the governing state and federal laws and the rules of professional conduct.
• Review and draft all court required filings prepared by paralegals, as well as draft pleadings, correspondence, and memorandums.
• Coordinate with paralegals to ensure that client fiduciaries meet legal obligations.
• Ensure that agreements are implemented.
• Ensure final disbursements of assets to beneficiaries.

Skills on Resume:  

• Legal Expertise in Guardianship and Probate (Hard Skills)
• Client Consultation and Communication (Soft Skills)
• Case Management (Hard Skills)
• Ethical Judgment and Client Advocacy (Soft Skills)
• Document Drafting and Review (Hard Skills)
• Team Coordination and Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Problem Solving and Decision Making (Soft Skills)
• Client Service Orientation (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Law and motion/legal research, negotiate settlements
• Propound and respond to discovery, client management
• Take and defend depositions, attend hearings and mediations
• Conduct arbitration jury trials as either first or second chair
• Represent clients in court 
• Prepare and draft pleadings and legal documents on behalf of clients
• Conduct discovery, defend depostions and take depositions
• Negotiate settlements, arbitrate and mediate cases
• Perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law
• Maintain client relationships, make court appearances for criminal cases

Skills on Resume: 

• Legal Research and Law & Motion Practice (Hard Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Discovery Practice (Hard Skills)
• Client Management (Soft Skills)
• Deposition Skills (Hard Skills)
• Litigation Experience (Hard Skills)
• Drafting Legal Documents (Hard Skills)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Preparing for and managing cases
• Monitoring legal risk in matters and advising clients accordingly
• Drafting all necessary documents
• Managing case documents
• Effectively communicating deadlines and working with clients to meet these deadlines.
• Managing client expectations
• Providing legal guidance and support
• Maintaining input of new case data into file database management software.
• Managing court filings and deadlines
• Confirming the status of cases with partners

Skills on Resume: 

• Case Preparation and Management (Hard Skills)
• Legal Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Document Drafting (Hard Skills)
• Case Document Management (Hard Skills)
• Deadline Management and Communication (Soft Skills)
• Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
• Legal Guidance and Support (Soft Skills)
• Database Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Drive strategy for litigation cases involving a variety of legal issues
• Support partners and senior associates with wide-ranging projects and cases
• Build client relationships, contribute to evolving firm culture
• Wage and Hour cases, labor and Employment Litigation
• Class Action Wage and Hour cases
• Labor and Employment depositions and court appearances
• Drafting and opposing Labor and Employment motions
• Investigating Labor and Employment Claims
• Demonstrate a consistent understanding of, and motivation to, achieve business goals in a legally defensible manner.
• Drafting policies and office-related materials as assigned by Owner

Skills on Resume: 

• Litigation Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
• Project Management (Hard Skills)
• Client Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
• Legal Research and Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Deposition and Court Appearance (Hard Skills)
• Motion Drafting and Opposition (Hard Skills)
• Investigation Skills (Hard Skills)
• Alignment with Business Goals (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Handling the legal representation in cases assigned by Owner
• Developing legal strategy in probate and estate planning matters
• Preparing court documents and reviewing such documents prepared by staff.
• Drafting estate planning documents and reviewing such documents prepared by staff
• Communicating with clients and third parties on behalf of law firm
• Representing clients in court regarding motions, various types of hearings, and occasionally trials.
• Conducting legal research
• Accounting for billable time and expenses performing legal services
• Engaging in prospecting for new clients through marketing, networking, writing articles, and speaking engagements;
• Developing referral sources, conducting initial consultations with prospective clients, ALL as legal duties allow.

Skills on Resume: 

• Legal Representation (Hard Skills)
• Probate and Estate Planning Strategy (Hard Skills)
• Document Preparation and Review (Hard Skills)
• Estate Planning Document Drafting (Hard Skills)
• Client Communication (Soft Skills)
• Court Representation (Hard Skills)
• Legal Research (Hard Skills)
• Time and Expense Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Interface with outside attorneys, courts and agencies on legal matters, and acting on behalf of the General Counsel.
• Act as liaison with other departments.
• Continuously build a current working knowledge of laws and regulations most relevant to the company
• Businesses including DSHEA and all applicable agencies, such as the FDA, FTC and National Organic Program, participate as appropriate in industry groups, trade associations, seminars and continuing education.
• Keep tabs on litigation trends in the industry with a focus on creating preventative measures that insulate the company from those trends.
• Continuously build a working knowledge and understanding of the current and future products of the company and the science behind claims.
• Evaluate the availability of potential product names and perform preliminary trademark searches, enlisting the support of outside counsel 
• Keep apprised of any other IP rights that may expose the company to unnecessary risk.
• Participate with R&D, Technical Affairs, Marketing and Consumer Affairs in monitoring the nutritional supplement marketplace in general and company products/ingredients in particular for any emerging safety and/or quality issues reported by regulatory agencies, news/trade organizations or directly by customers.
• Help manage outside counsel in preparation of trademark applications and monitoring for potential infringement of company trademarks on an ongoing basis. 

Skills on Resume: 

• Legal Knowledge and Understanding (Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Research and Analytical Skills (Hard Skills)
• Strategic Thinking (Soft Skills)
• Product Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Trademark Management (Hard Skills)
• Intellectual Property Awareness (Hard Skills)
• Market Monitoring (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Manage an internal listing/filing system to track due dates for trademark filings and renewals to ensure that outside counsel meets deadlines and takes necessary action. 
• Keep the Executive Team and Marketing apprised of any important issues that arise.
• Periodically get involved in business contracts in roles ranging from drafting simple agreements to reviewing draft agreements to participating in direct negotiation/finalization and to fully managing through outside counsel.
• Compose and prepare confidential correspondence, reports, charts, legal documents and other complex documents.
• Read, interpret, and track legal documents as they relate to company litigation, contracts, regulations, and advertising.
• Handle legal administrative tasks including scheduling and maintaining a legal calendar – including all due dates, submitting and tracking internal requests.
• Advise regarding and implementing Document Retention Policy.
• Along with the VP of Affordable Development and Director of Compliance, management of all general affordable housing matters

Skills on Resume: 

• Organizational Skills (Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Legal Drafting (Hard Skills)
• Legal Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Contract Management (Hard Skills)
• Administrative Skills (Hard Skills)
• Compliance Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• Affordable Housing Management (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Oversee relationships with outside law firms and consultants involved in the review, auditing, supervision
• Implement affordable housing regimes for potential acquisition targets and current portfolio properties
• Provide strategic thinking in relation to complex deal structures and subsequently implement such structures by forming business entities
• Drafting operating agreements, drafting regulatory agreements, and handling all related affordable housing matters
• Review affordable housing due diligence items for potential issues or gaps in compliance
• Draft, negotiate and maintain affordable housing regulatory documents, including, without limitation, LURAs, Restrictive Declarations and similar documents
• Manage all legal and compliance aspects of Olive Tree, The Life Property Management and respective subsidiary entities’ affordable housing business
• Prepare advice and counsel business team leaders on a variety of non-transactional affordable housing matters including non-compliance, potential risk factors and penalties
• Lead initiatives to strengthen the legal department and/or the affordable housing development department through systemized operational improvements
• Preparation and implementation of policies and procedures

Skills on Resume: 

• Legal Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Deal Structuring (Hard Skills)
• Compliance Review (Hard Skills)
• Document Drafting and Negotiation (Hard Skills)
• Management and Compliance Oversight (Hard Skills)
• Advisory and Counseling (Soft Skills)
• Initiative Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Policy and Procedure Development (Hard Skills)