Staff Attorney

Min 3 yrs required

Full-time

No

## Staff Attorney at Animal Defense Partnership
Animal Defense Partnership (ADP) is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney who is currently licensed in at least one state and is based in the United States. The lawyer we hire will have exceptional legal, interpersonal and client engagement skills and be deeply committed to animal protection and maintaining ADP’s work ethic and culture.

### Responsibilities

The Staff Attorney will be tasked with the following duties:

* Provide support as well as technical and strategic legal advice to clients
* Research legal and business issues
* Review, negotiate, and draft agreements
* Monitor and report on ADP’s active matters and projects

### Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this position should possess the following qualifications:

* A strong commitment to animal protection and maintaining ADP’s work ethic and culture (applicants do not need to follow a plant-based diet)
* 3+ years as a practicing attorney with strong transactional law experience (nonprofit law experience preferred; corporate transactional experience is also an asset)
* Excellent judgment and a common-sense approach to lawyering
* Exceptionally strong problem-solving skills
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* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
* Outstanding interpersonal skills
* Detail oriented
* Welcomes constructive feedback and input
* Strong time management and organizational skills
* Willingness to take on projects outside of your “comfort zone”

### Salary and Benefits

The salary for this position is $65,000–72,000 USD, DOE. In addition, the following benefits are available:

* Four-day work week – Monday through Thursday. Meetings will not be scheduled on Fridays and you will only be expected to work that day to deal with a client emergency or to meet a critical deadline.
* Non-taxable healthcare insurance reimbursement up to $5,850 annually
* Paid Time Off (PTO) – Four weeks of PTO, including vacation and personal days. In addition, each employee is entitled to be paid for sick days, accruing one day per month of full time employment, carrying over year to year, up to a maximum of 60 days.
* Holidays – ADP observes all Federal holidays and also allows each employee to take two additional (“floating”) days off as holidays for any cause or reason they wish.
* “ADP FMLA” – Although ADP is not required to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) due to our size, ADP offers a more generous version of the FMLA: fully paid leave of up to 12 weeks for all the covered FMLA categories (child birth and care of newborn; adoption or foster placement; to care for an immediate family member (., spouse, child, or parent) who is seriously ill; and to take medical leave for a serious health condition), as well as to take care of a member of your family of choice or a companion animal who is seriously ill, or for bereavement of an immediate family member, member of your family of choice, or a companion animal.

### Application Process

Animal Defense Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds, who share a passion for helping animals. Applications must be submitted to . Please note that you must include a cover letter and resume to be considered. Applications are due October 20, and we will review all applications at that time.

## Animal Defense Partnership is Hiring a Staff Attorney
Animal Defense Partnership (ADP) is seeking a full-time Staff Attorney who is currently licensed in at least one state and is based in the United States. This lawyer will be responsible for providing legal advice to clients, researching legal and business issues, reviewing, negotiating, and drafting agreements, and monitoring and reporting on active matters and projects.

### Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have the following qualifications:

* A strong commitment to animal protection and maintaining ADP’s work ethic and culture (applicants do not need to follow a plant-based diet)
* 3+ years as a practicing attorney with strong transactional law experience (nonprofit law experience preferred; corporate transactional experience is also an asset)
* Excellent judgment and a common-sense approach to lawyering
* Exceptionally strong problem-solving skills
* A
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
* Outstanding interpersonal skills
* Detail oriented
* Welcomes constructive feedback and input
* Strong time management and organizational skills
* Willingness to take on projects outside of your “comfort zone”

### Salary and Benefits

The salary for this position is $65,000–72,000 USD, DOE. In addition, the following benefits are available:

* Four-day work week – Monday through Thursday. Meetings will not be scheduled on Fridays and you will only be expected to work that day to deal with a client emergency or to meet a critical deadline.
* Non-taxable healthcare insurance reimbursement up to $5,850 annually
* Paid Time Off (PTO) – Four weeks of PTO, including vacation and personal

Healthcare insurance reimbursement, PTO, holidays, ADP FMLA

Legal, Interpersonal, Client Engagement

J.D.

Submit application to with cover letter and resume

Qualification and Experience J.D. and license to practice law in at least one state

Legal