What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Attorney position at Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, LLC?
Do you want to fight to protect the rights of good people who may have made a mistake that shouldn't haunt them for life?
The BENJAMIN LAW FIRM for DWI & CRIMINAL DEFENSE is seeking an experienced associate attorney to join our team. We want an attorney with a Missouri and Kansas license and with at least 3 years of experience in Criminal Defense, who ideally has had more than 1 jury trial as first chair.
We have offices in Belton and Kansas City. We will have a new, larger office in KCMO this year, and in the meantime, our lawyers are able to work remotely from a home office as needed. We are an entrepreneurial criminal defense law firm that is on track for aggressive growth, and we need a detail-oriented, highly organized, passionate, emotionally mature, and self-directed person who can take on a wide variety of criminal and DWI cases.
We want to be known for helping clients come out of an extremely emotional process feeling as though they are a better person, in a better position, and that they had a team behind them that really cared and fought for them. We are growing fast, and we need an associate attorney who can hit the ground running.
This Position Will Be Responsible For Important Work, Including
Include a cover letter for your resume where you answer the following questions:
Question #1: Why do you think you're the right candidate for this position? Do not exceed 3 paragraphs and keep your answer to less than 375 words.
Question #2: Our Firm magic statement is – We fight to protect the rights of good people who may have made a mistake that shouldn’t haunt them for life. Tell us what this statement means to you and why you think we chose it.
Compensation: $75,000 base bonus
The BENJAMIN LAW FIRM for DWI & CRIMINAL DEFENSE is seeking an experienced associate attorney to join our team. We want an attorney with a Missouri and Kansas license and with at least 3 years of experience in Criminal Defense, who ideally has had more than 1 jury trial as first chair.
We have offices in Belton and Kansas City. We will have a new, larger office in KCMO this year, and in the meantime, our lawyers are able to work remotely from a home office as needed. We are an entrepreneurial criminal defense law firm that is on track for aggressive growth, and we need a detail-oriented, highly organized, passionate, emotionally mature, and self-directed person who can take on a wide variety of criminal and DWI cases.
We want to be known for helping clients come out of an extremely emotional process feeling as though they are a better person, in a better position, and that they had a team behind them that really cared and fought for them. We are growing fast, and we need an associate attorney who can hit the ground running.
This Position Will Be Responsible For Important Work, Including
- Communicate empathetically and professionally with clients
- Speak persuasively in front of juries and judges
- Negotiate passionately and relentlessly for clients
- Conduct a strategic analysis of cases to get the best results for clients
- You are empathetic to those in high-stress situations where their lives and livelihoods are on the line, especially with many who struggle with mental illness or addiction
- You enjoy digging into the facts and the law to help a client win their case
- You excel in public speaking and being persuasive
- You are very well prepared with a sickening degree of attention to detail
- You excel in legal strategy, legal research, and writing
- You have a grasp of constitutional and criminal law and know how to strategically analyze a case for a client
- Your middle name is “No Drama”
- You are an awesome juggler of tasks and can change gears quickly
Include a cover letter for your resume where you answer the following questions:
Question #1: Why do you think you're the right candidate for this position? Do not exceed 3 paragraphs and keep your answer to less than 375 words.
Question #2: Our Firm magic statement is – We fight to protect the rights of good people who may have made a mistake that shouldn’t haunt them for life. Tell us what this statement means to you and why you think we chose it.
Compensation: $75,000 base bonus
