This is a contract attorney position for work as assigned.
Scope of Work.
You will be assigned cases for which you will be fully responsible as the Trial Attorney on the case for Mediation, Trials, and contested evidentiary hearing takes place
Upon the scheduling of mediation or a contested evidentiary hearing, the case will be reassigned to our firm’s litigation attorney.
Specifically, you are responsible for the following:
1. Reviewing all drafted pleadings, motions, notices, etc. for all documents that have been drafted by staff prior to the filing of the document. Make any and all necessary legal and grammar changes. Approved the document for filing by the staff. Due date for all reviews is within —– of receipt for non-urgent matters and ——days for urgent matters.
2. Communicate with the client via telephone, in -person, video conference through MyCase. Document all communications in a summary in the notes section in MyCase.
3. Document the status of the case in the Status Update section in MyCase.
4. Document all work performed in MyCase through the time entry feature so that your work will be billed accordingly.
Compensation Plan.
You will be paid only for those hours that are considered billable by the Firm as well as your attendance at firm meetings and training which are not case specific. Your pay rate will be $100.00 per hour for billable hours. Your pay rate for non-specific firm meetings and training is $50.00 per hour.
You may bill the Firm twice each month, on the 10th and 25th. Billings must indicate time increments and detailed descriptions for tasks that helped move the project forward for each time entry as recorded by you in MyCase.
You may invoice the Firm twice per month for firm meeting and training sessions on the 10th and 25th of the month and will be paid on the 15th and the last day of the month.
On the 15th and last day of each month, we will pay you the monies owed for the hours worked (or cases completed) in the preceding half-month. The payments issued will be gross amounts without tax withholdings or deductions. You will be responsible for paying Social Security and Medicare taxes as a self-employed individual.
Additionally, you will be paid 25% of the initial retainer, as paid by the client, for each approved case that you bring to the Firm.
Support staff will be provided by the Firm.
A Desk top computer and other equipment will be provided in the office but when working remotely you must have your own functional equipment which includes a cell phone.
