Associate Attorney

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +10 more states.

📋 Description

• Review and negotiate client engagement letters utilizing Firm templates.

• Identify risk issues in professional services and provide guidance on acceptable positions along with fallback language.

• Draft, review, and negotiate NDAs, confidentiality agreements, and third-party access agreements.

• Respond to RFPs by analyzing legal and contractual requirements and completing the legal sections.

• Coordinate RFP responses in collaboration with business teams.

• Manage and organize the legal department’s Smartsheet intake process.

• Triage, assign, and track legal requests while ensuring accurate record-keeping.

• Review and negotiate MSAs, BAAs, subcontractor agreements, government contracts, and various other commercial contracts.

• Provide daily legal support and guidance to the Firm’s directors.

• Escalate complex matters to the Legal Directors as needed.

• Maintain and enhance contract templates, playbooks, and process documentation.

• Implement and utilize Artificial Intelligence tools and platforms to boost efficiencies.

⛳️ Requirements

• J.D. degree with active bar admission.

• A minimum of 3 years of post-law school experience in contract drafting, review, and negotiation.

• Capability to independently review, respond to, and negotiate commercial agreements, including MSAs, BAAs, subcontractor agreements, and government contracts.

• Strong skills in contract drafting and negotiation, with experience in engagement letters, NDAs, and MSAs.

• Clear and confident communication with internal and external stakeholders, clients, counterparties, and outside counsel.

• Ability to manage multiple matters and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Comfort with workflow tools such as Smartsheet.

• Familiarity with HIPAA and data privacy regulations as they pertain to BAAs is advantageous.

• Ability to identify, explain, and balance business and legal risks.

• Skill in recognizing and escalating legal and risk issues specific to professional services engagements, including potential professional liability exposure.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to manage your schedule in support of work/life balance.

• Opportunity to work for a large and rapidly growing accounting and advisory firm.

• Culture acknowledged with multiple top “Places to Work” awards.

• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture.

• Career development resources and the autonomy to achieve professional goals.