Managing Attorney

Description:

The most prestigious lending institutions entrust A National Creditor Rights Law Firm to protect their legal interests throughout the country. A National Creditor Rights Law Firm is a national creditor rights law firm whose focus on ethics, compliance, and assertive representation of our clients' interests makes us the industry leader in debt collection. Since our founding in 1991, A National Creditor Rights Law Firm has carefully expanded its operations to include 38 offices all across the country and over 900 employees. A National Creditor Rights Law Firm represents original lenders in a variety of consumer and commercial recovery and litigation efforts. A National Creditor Rights Law Firm is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, and maintains office locations throughout the United States.
A National Creditor Rights Law Firm is presently seeking a Managing Attorney to join our team in Somerset, New Jersey. We are seeking a candidate with exemplary leadership, communication, organizational and litigation skillsets to join our team. We seek out candidates whose diverse skills, backgrounds, and experiences enable the A National Creditor Rights Law Firm team to collaboratively innovate and excel in performance. We encourage and provide lifelong learning and training opportunities for our team members, with the goal of building a strong foundation and successful future with us. We strive to promote from within, offering excellent career advancement opportunities for high achievers.
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic leader, proven to be a successful motivator of people and manager of processes. Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities are required. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, a self-starter, detail oriented, and driven to perform. The ability to utilize spreadsheets to organize and analyze data is a requirement.
The successful candidate will manage litigation operations, staff, and associate attorneys working through the portfolio of assigned accounts/cases for designated states. Effective mentorship of associate attorneys in the practice of law is essential. Training on, monitoring of, and enforcement of production and compliance requirements for all staff is required. Representation of clients in civil litigation matters and negotiations, as well as drafting and approving legal documents and pleadings will be routine. The successful candidate will advise clients and firm management of state specific laws, rules, and regulatory issues as related to the assigned portfolio of accounts or other litigation related matters. The Managing Attorney will report to our regional AVP of Litigation Operations.
Salary range is $100,000-125,000 per year.
Responsibilities include:

• Manage assigned portfolio of accounts to effectively achieve client goals and protect client and Z&A interests
• Implement, manage and improve litigation processes – within the framework identified by Z&A executive management staff – to most efficiently achieve all goals and responsibilities
• Interview, supervise, train and assign duties and responsibilities to the litigation staff
• Liaise with the Litigation Operations and Audit departments to insure compliance with client expectations, firm policies, and local/state regulations, and remediating/resolving any identified compliance issues.
• Train associate attorneys and staff on operating procedures and processes.
• Enforce production and performance expectations for all staff and attorneys in the site.
• Review and execute legal pleadings, motions, etc.
• Send and respond to correspondence from opposing counsel, pro se parties, corporate office, litigation members and courts
• Zealously advocate for client interests in motion practice hearings and trials, in person and telephonically when permitted
• Draft specific pleadings, motions, responses, discovery, etc.
• Ensure appropriate account and case documentation and document retention via RMS notes, statuses case files and electronic storage, in compliance with the State Bar requirements, Court Rules and Z&A standards. Comply with all applicable standard operating procedures as directed by executive management
• Ability to travel to various courtrooms within the branch office footprint as required
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Admission to practice in the state of New Jersey
• Five years minimum of civil litigation experience in a high-volume environment
• Debt collections experience (strongly preferred)
• Previous management experience (strongly preferred)
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of professionalism
• Strong commitment to ethics and compliance standards
• Collaborative team player
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Excel, and Outlook

Physical Qualifications:

• Be able to lift five pounds or greater
• Be able to sit 90% of the work day at times
• Be able to bend at the waist and be mobile when needed
• Be able to read and comprehend position specific documents and correspondence
• Be able to communicate in a common language with (or to) individuals or groups verbally and/or in writing
• Be able to travel occasionally when needed by the most efficient means of transportation
• Be able to operate a computer, phone, or equivalent device
• Be able to complete a minimum of a 40-hour flexible workweek schedule

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