Job

Associate Attorney

Location Sacramento, CA 95814
Date Posted February 27, 2025
Job ID 12545
Employment Type Direct Hire
Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for an Associate Attorney on behalf of our client, a reputable law firm specializing in providing legal services to Indian tribes, First Nations, and their business enterprises across the U.S. and Canada. This is a direct-hire in Sacramento, CA!

Responsibilities:
  • Provide counsel and legal services to clients as well as represent clients in a professional manner while maintaining express confidentiality.
  • Participate in business development functions (trade shows, seminars, etc.) to maintain and build client relationships as well as expand business.
  • Travel to off-site meetings with prospective and current clients as needed.
  • Apply knowledge of business issues, legal procedures, cases, statutes, and other regulatory authorities to effectively counsel clients.
  • Communicate with opposing attorneys through personal contact, telephone/email and facsimile to expedite cases to closure.
  • Conduct legal research by preparing legal memoranda and necessary pleadings required in all aspects of state, federal and tribal litigation matters on an as needed basis.
  • Appear at hearings and trials as needed and/or assigned.
  • Draft tribal codes, regulations, agreements, analyze and review legal documents as needed.
  • Contract review and editing, both for day-to-day vendor agreements and larger financial transactions.
  • Interface with clients on a continuous basis.
  • Comply with all court and state bar licensure obligations.
  • Comply with firm employee handbook and other processes.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
  • Strong transactional experience, including due diligence, contract review, business acquisitions, finance transactions, and corporate governance structuring.
  • Licensed to practice law in California and a member in good standing with the California State Bar.
  • Strong research, writing, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Self-motivated, self-starting, and able to thrive in a dynamic environment with remote collaboration across offices, clients, and staff in the United States and Canada.
  • Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
  • Willingness to travel for work on client matters.
  • Detail-oriented, independent, and collaborative with initiative and creativity.
  • Experience in federal Indian law is preferred but not required.
  • Litigation experience is a bonus but not required. Interest in transactional work strongly encouraged.

Compensation:
This position offers a salary ranging from $100,000 to $165,000 depending on experience, along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401K plan, and paid time off (PTO).

How to Apply:
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume and share more about your professional experience!

About Our Search Firm:
Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruitment, interim leadership placement and temporary professional staffing. Our track record and recruitment process has made us one of the top recruitment firms in the nation.

We are proud to be part of the Forbes list of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a Clearly Rated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about us can also be found atwww.scionstaffing.com. Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent.

For opportunities located in a region that has enacted fair chance, arrest, or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.


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