Remote Litigation Attorney

About the job

Our client, a prestigious government agency, is seeking contract attorneys barred and in good standing in any state with 1+ years of litigation experience to Work Remotely on a 1 plus year assignment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare for and/or try complex cases involving significant precedents, novel and complicated determinations of law and fact, or having significant legal, policy or financial implications.
• Determine the advisability of presenting witnesses as well as the admissibility of types of evidence and matters of legal strategy.
• Provide training for the field staff and the Committee on Special Education (CSE) clinical staff on compliance with federal and state education laws and regulations.
• Confer with special education specialists, technical experts, and other attorneys, including counsel for litigants.
• Negotiate and implement the settlement of special education claims.
• Prepare and argue difficult cases and appeals in administrative tribunals.
• Review, revise, and approve agreements prepared by other attorneys.
• Draft memoranda seeking fiscal settlement authority.
• Analyze the relative strength of impartial hearing cases and evaluate the appropriateness of plaintiffs’ demands.
• Instruct appropriate offices regarding their obligations to parents and students pursuant to impartial hearing orders.
• Review internal settlement recommendations.
• Gather evidence and assist in researching issues.
• Appear at pre-hearing conferences; responsible for reviewing administrative decisions.
• Research state and federal case law and implications for settlement negotiations.
• Work with public advocacy groups, parents, and private attorneys to arrive at mutually beneficial settlements.
• Review, revise, and approve stipulations of settlements.
• Review and negotiate claims for attorney’s fees.
• Prepare preliminary reports, statistical data and recommendations pertaining to cases.
• Review administrative decisions.
• Review, revise, and approve requests for pendency.

Required

• Barred in any state in good standing.
• Litigation and settlement negotiation experience.
• Efficient legal research skills.

Pay Rates

1 to 7 years of experience (barred and in good standing)

Remote: $39.00/hour

7 plus years of experience (barred and in good standing)

Remote: $41.00/hour

To apply send resumes to tbeaver@oncallcounsel.com