STAFF ATTORNEY 

(Exempt Employee)

Purpose of Job: 

To provide high quality legal advice, representation, professional advocacy and other appropriate legal services for low-income clients. This staff attorney position will work throughout our county service area. Frequent travel among these counties is required. The selected candidate will be instrumental in helping clients, particularly those with children in the household, break the cycle of poverty. This position is a chance to work in a variety of areas in the law and to work directly with community partners by providing outreach and community education on a regular basis. The candidate will have the opportunity to appear before magistrate, family, and circuit court judges. 

Scope of Responsibility: 

Work performed in the office setting, in the courts, in administrative law proceedings, and in the community. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide      legal representation consistent with professional and LAWV organizational      standards for the delivery of civil legal services to the poor.
• Prepare      legal documents, advise clients, gather evidence necessary to formulate      defenses or to initiate legal action. Conduct research, interview clients,      and witnesses, investigate, and handle other details in preparation for      trial. Prepare legal briefs, develop strategy, prepare arguments, and      prepare testimony in connection with cases. Represent clients in court and      before quasi-judicial or administrative agencies. Interpret laws, rulings,      and regulations. 
• Maintain      accurate and complete files or records. 
• New      attorneys shall receive mentorship, training and case reviews over the      course of their first year.
• Attend      and participate in substantive task forces focused on issues impacting our      clients, like DHHR Benefits, Family Law, and Housing. 
• Occasional      night and weekend work hours; some local and out-of-town travel. Attorneys      must be able to get to Court or Administrative hearings. 
• Help      LAWV engage the legal community and members of the Bar to provide free      legal help to Legal Aid clients through pro bono work.    

Other Duties: 

1.  Attorneys will work with their supervisor to develop goals within program priorities and funding; and will work with their supervisor to identify individual training needs.

2.  Attorneys will timely prepare reports and complete forms and records necessary for client services or administrative tasks related to their job. 

Salary and Benefits:

The Attorney position is a salaried position with an annual starting salary range of $52,000 - $61,400. LAWV offers a generous benefits package, a 37.5-hour workweek, paid vacation leave and sick leave and health plan, as well as dental, vision and life benefits. Staff also have the option to participate in a 403(b)-retirement plan and dependent and health flex savings accounts (FSA). LAWV is an eligible nonprofit employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

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Job Requirements:

1. Must have demonstrable commitment to understanding and addressing issues of low-income constituents.

2. Must have J.D. and be admitted to practice in West Virginia and in good standing or must be eligible for admission to the West Virginia Bar under West Virginia Supreme Court Rule 9 if admitted to practice in another state or must be eligible to take the next regularly scheduled West Virginia Bar Exam. 

3. Must have skills to use office technologies, including learning LAWV case management software.

4. Must be able to balance administrative and client advocacy responsibilities.