Attorneys needed in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, the Northshore & L
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Description: Special Counsel is at present recruited Attorneys needed in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, the Northshore & L right now, this career will be placed in Louisiana. Detailed specification about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Special Counsel, the nation's largest legal-specific staffing company, has a variety of positions open for experienced, licensed attorneys. Must be LA-barred. Work directly with the 16+ year Executive Director of the New Orleans, LA branch, an individual with 10+ years of prior paralegal experience in New Orleans law firms, who is dedicated exclusively to attorney placement. Email resumes as an MS Word or Word Perfect document to Executive Director Elizabeth.ParksLandry@SpecialCounsel.com for professional, courteous and effective representation. All fees paid by hiring party, never by candidate.
¿NEW ORLEANS MERGER/ACQISITION OF SOLO PRACTITIONERS/SMALL FIRMS/PRACTICE GROUPS: Self-supporting lateral attorneys sought by a number of New Orleans & Baton Rouge firms. Lucrative percentage splits, benefits, etc. Ideal opportunity to get back to your roots and practice law the way you originally dreamed of without the administrative and managerial headaches of running the business. Can be straight hire, merger, or acquisition, dependant upon each individual candidate's circumstances and portable book of business. Candidate's resume/CV can be presented anonymously if desired, with name kept confidential until such time as an interview would be requested. No fees to candidate. Senior associates and/or partners with portables welcomed, as are solo practitioners. Most sought-after areas of practice are (in no particular order) transactional, business/corporate, intellectual property, commercial lit, bankruptcy, admiralty & maritime, banking/finance, tax, and other non-tort-based areas of practice, though insurance defense and workers comp defense are also welcomed.
¿MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: Medical malpractice defense attorney sought by small defense practice in CBD. Excellent group - hardworking and professional, but congenial and friendly with healthy respect for personal and family time. 2+ years prior experience specifically in medical malpractice defense is mandatory - those without need not apply. Ideal candidate will also be an RN, but RN credentials are not mandatory. Our client is seeking those who are exemplary candidates in terms of work ethic, experience and qualifications. Full benefits package, and market-competitive salary DOE
¿INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Reputable mid-sized downtown firm in need of experienced intellectual property attorney. MUST be current LA resident and LA barred. Firm specifically seeking to expand its IP department to include a greater percentage of IP work than currently constitutes it's percentage within the firm's overall practice, so portable business of an IP nature is mandatory. Excellent association opportunity, top flight benefits package, low rate of turnover, and motivating origination schedule. When submitting resume, identify nature of IP client base and business on resume.
¿REGULATORY/TRADEMARK: Northshore firm expanding - seeking attorneys with $75K+ in annual portable regulatory, trademark, copyright and/or transactional business. Take things to a higher level in your career by affiliating with a boutique specialization firm.
¿OIL & GAS TRANSACTIONAL: Mid-to-large New Orleans firm adding oil & gas transactional attorney to staff. MUST be LA-barred and have 7+ years of oil & gas specific practice experience in area(s) of title, business or transactional, and have strong familiarization with mineral rights. Offshore oil & gas exp. a plus, but not mandatory. Client strongly prefers New Orleans or other Louisiana area residents; will consider out of state candidates ONLY if already LA-barred. Firm offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits package and prestigious firm name association.
¿INSURANCE DEFENSE: Northshore firm expanding - seeking northshore resident attorneys with strong insurance defense exp. Workers comp and/or admiralty exp. also a plus. Full benefits; salary DOE.
¿HEALTHCARE: Reputable mid-sized downtown firm in need of experienced healthcare litigation attorney. MUST be current LA resident and LA barred. Firm specifically seeking to expand its healthcare litigation department to include a greater percentage of comm'l lit work than currently constitutes it's percentage within the firm's overall practice, so portable business of a healthcare lit nature is MANDATORY. Those without this portable business, please do not apply for this as you will not be able to be considered for this position. Excellent association opportunity, top flight benefits package, low rate of turnover, and motivating origination schedule. When submitting resume, identify nature of healthcare lit client base and business on resume.
¿BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONAL: Boutique Lafayette business & transactional firm expanding due to excess business. Need at least one attorney (possibly two) with 3-15+ years experience in real estate title examination, closing and & transactional work, inclusive of representation of both developers & banks and title insurance underwriters, along with varied other title work. May occasionally handle small percentage of various litigation matters that are offshoots of regular business. Class rank and portables irrelevant - on-point experience is paramount. Exceptional tailored-to-candidates-needs benefits, with very reasonable monthly billable hours requirement. Handsome benefits package. Salary DOE.
¿LABOR & EMPLOYMENT: Prestigious firm seeks upper level laterals with portable book of labor & employment-specific business of a volume to support or exceed one's annual compensation requirement. Outstanding opportunity to align oneself with a specialized, recognized firm dedicated to excellence and the highest standards possible. Handsome compensation plan and benefits. Please note - this is not an opportunity for the typical L & E associate with no client base of his/her own, or who would depend on work to be given to them by the firm. Only those with a number of years of experience and with substantial portable labor & employment book of business should apply. Confidentiality assured.
¿NORTHSHORE: Established Mandeville area firm expanding. Seeking experienced attorneys with portable business to either work on a contract basis for a percentage of portables, or formally join firm staff with eye toward partnership down the line. Ideal situation for otherwise self-supporting attorneys in need of office space and administrative & secretarial support. Those whose portable business consists of domestic, family or elder law and/or criminal defense need not apply, will not be considered by firm for this position. Preferred areas of practice portables include, but are not limited to, insurance defense, commercial litigation, products liability, real estate, and/or tax. MUST be LA-barred and current area resident. All inquiries held in confidence.
¿FEDERAL LITIGATION: Baton Rouge firm has need to make rapid hire of local resident attorney who has strong experience with Federal litigation. Work will be defense-oriented, handling variety of matters: (in no particular order) workers com, age/race discrimination, wrongful termination, etc. along with some construction law, personal injury defense and education law. Those with little to no Federal litigation exp. cannot be considered for this position. Firm offers health insurance, 401K and other standard benefits. Salary DOE.
¿COMMERCIAL LITIGATION: CBD firm in need of experienced commercial litigation attorney. MUST be current LA resident and LA barred. Firm specifically seeking to expand it's commercial litigation department to include a greater percentage of comm'l lit work than currently constitutes it's percentage within the firm's overall practice, so portable business of a commercial lit nature is MANDATORY. Those without this portable business please do not apply for this as you will not be able to be considered for this position. Excellent association opportunity, top flight benefits package, low rate of turnover, and motivating origination schedule. When submitting resume, identify nature of commercial lit client base and business on resume.
¿ENVIRONMENTAL: Growing CBD firm adding environmental attorney to practice, Considered candidates MUST be LA barred, and client has strong preference for those currently residing in New Orleans area or at least within Louisiana, as opposed to those who would need to relocate to NOLA. Qualified candidates must have experience in complex litigation - environmental and/or toxic tort defense required. 1st chair trial exp. mandatory for this position. Must work well with a team consisting of attorneys, including research & writing attorneys; legal nurse consultants; case manager paralegals. Must understand the importance of early evaluation of cases and regular and comprehensive reporting; have the ability to balance a number of tasks in an efficient fashion using good time management skills, specifically including the ability to prioritize assignments and respond to and meet case/project deadlines; have excellent legal research and writing skills in order to compliment the drafting of pleadings, and legal memoranda on a variety of environmental issues, and other civil litigation matters, with great attention to detail and an ability to fully comprehend the legal issues at hand and argue creatively and make fine legal distinctions; be able to argue motions and exceptions in court and attend court-ordered status conferences, discovery conferences and related court proceedings; be able to take depositions of plaintiffs, fact witnesses, experts and case related persons and entities; be proficient with computers and related software, including Microsoft Office and document management software; participate in the firm's client development; be available to record at least 2000 hours per year, whether in case specific billable hours, planned client development or other firm required tasks; enter time logged in performing case specific billable hours, planned client development or other firm required tasks into the firm's computerized billing system database on a daily basis; and be able to work amiably with all firm counsel and staff members as a part of our legal team. Full benefits, salary dep. on experience.
¿BATON ROUGE MERGER/ACQUISITION: Established New Orleans-headquartered firm with Baton Rouge branch seeking merger or acquisition of small existing Baton Rouge law firm to expand its Baton Rouge branch. Most all litigation or business-based practice areas considered; of additional particular interest would be firms with existing practice areas of admiralty & maritime, environmental, tax, bankruptcy, aviation, energy, transactional, labor & employment, healthcare, medical malpractice, intellectual property, oil & gas, and securities. Firm not interested in family or domestic law, plaintiff personal injury, or criminal law practices at this time. Firm will consider solo practitioners or groups of up to 10 attorneys. Following conditions are mandatory for consideration:
- MUST be currently practicing in or near greater Baton Rouge area and be willing to move practice into acquiring firm's office space within a reasonable period of time.
- MUST have portable business of a financial volume to be self-supporting for compensation(s) desired.
- All attorneys must be in good standing with the LA Bar Assn.
¿TAX: Mid-sized defense & business law firm seeks strong tax attorney with self-sustaining book of portable business. Ideal candidate will be currently residing within the Greater New Orleans area; however, firm will consider relocatees if client base will follow attorney to New Orleans. MUST be Louisiana barred. Excellent firm with well-organized and skilled administrative support infrastructure, strong reputation, and wonderful name association for backing of new attorney to firm. Those without portable book of tax business need not apply. Please send resumes directly to Executive Director Elizabeth.ParksLandry@SpecialCounsel.com, along with an approximate annual billable dollar value of portable tax business.
¿ENVIRONMENTAL: New Orleans law firm adding experienced environmental litigator. Work will be plaintiff-oriented, but firm will also consider those with environmental defense experience, who have a compelling reason for desiring to switch to plaintiff perspective, and who are not conflicted. Must have at least 2 years of environmental litigation experience in particular; significant experience with motions, etc. practice; and strong research & writing skills. Generous compensation package for appropriately qualified candidates. Candidates must be living within Louisiana at present and already LA-barred. Standard benefits plan. Compensation dep on experience.
¿NEW FIRM OPPPRTUNTY: Small Northshore firm has fantastic opportunity to become part of a new venture, by getting in on ground floor while firm is being built & established. Attorneys of any experience level who have self-sufficient (or very close to it) books of portable business are needed to create new firm. Ideal candidates will have books or portable business in areas of insurance defense or workers comp; however, firm willing to consider those with portables in other areas of litigation or transactional practice as well, with the exceptions of family & domestic law, criminal defense. Rarely obtainable comp structure includes a base salary combined with lucrative origination, plus benefits, as opposed to most similar opportunities that consist purely of either origination or a draw. Fantastic opportunity for those solo practitioners who wish to effect economies of scale by joining with others, or for those currently with other firms who have clients who would follow to another firm, who wish for more autonomy or a change of environment. NOTE: Those with NO portable business may not be considered for this particular position. Forward resume (in MS Word or WordPerfect format only, please, no Adobe Acrobat) directly to Executive Director Elizabeth.ParksLandry@SpecialCounsel.com. Please include a separate brief cover letter identifying area of practice of portable business and anticipated annual billables upon effecting move into new position.
¿LABOR & EMPLOYMENT: Reputable mid-sized downtown firm in need of experienced labor & employment litigation attorney. MUST be current LA resident and LA barred. Firm specifically seeking to expand it's L & E litigation department to include a greater percentage of L & E work than currently constitutes it's percentage within the firm's overall practice, so portable business of a L & E nature is MANDATORY. Those without this portable business, please do not apply for this as you will not be able to be considered for this position. Excellent association opportunity, top flight benefits package, low rate of turnover, and motivating origination schedule. When submitting resume, identify nature of L & E client base and business on resume.
¿BUSINESS LITIGATION: Small CBD business & defense litigation firm expanding. Seeking a lateral with portable book of business of a compatible nature to add on as partner. Firm flexible to bring aboard on an equity or non-equity basis, depending upon candidate's preference. Those without a self-sufficient volume of portable business need not apply for this position, as firm will seldom provide supplemental work. Excellent opportunity for candidate to garner financial gain of eliminating majority of expenses of staff, overhead, etc. and have billing, collections and other administrative responsibilities taken over by acquiring firm.
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