Staff Attorney, LEAP
Listed on 2025-12-02
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Law/Legal
Legal Counsel, Lawyer
Location: New York
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Responsibilities
Under the general supervision of the Supervising Attorney, the Staff Attorney will further LEAP’s mission of providing underserved Brooklyn residents with high-quality, free legal services and assistance designed to preserve safe and affordable housing and prevent needless homelessness by representing tenants facing illegal or unnecessary evictions, displacement, and tenant harassment. Rise Boro LEAP is a uniquely holistic community-based housing organization that provides clients with legal advice and representation in housing cases and all facets of the eviction defense and/or prevention process.
The Staff Attorney will value diverse populations, experiences, and backgrounds. Specific duties and responsibilities include:
- Provide full-scope legal representation to community residents marginalized by poverty, including propounding and responding to discovery, conducting depositions, pre/post-trial motions, and trials
- Represent tenants in administrative proceedings
- Provide client advocacy with social service organizations, governmental agencies, and other third parties to obtain needed services, and benefits, as necessary
- Input and maintain accurate up-to-date case file and tracking information
- Provide workshops to tenants and community residents on their housing rights
- Attend community meetings and events
- Attend staff and case strategy meetings
- Identify systemic problems that affect clients’ housing rights and address the challenges through affirmative litigation
- Other related duties as assigned
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities
Under the general supervision of the Supervising Attorney, the Staff Attorney will further LEAP’s mission of providing underserved Brooklyn residents with high-quality, free legal services and assistance designed to preserve safe and affordable housing and prevent needless homelessness by representing tenants facing illegal or unnecessary evictions, displacement, and tenant harassment. Rise Boro LEAP is a uniquely holistic community-based housing organization that provides clients with legal advice and representation in housing cases and all facets of the eviction defense and/or prevention process.
The Staff Attorney will value diverse populations, experiences, and backgrounds. Specific duties and responsibilities include:
- Provide full-scope legal representation to community residents marginalized by poverty, including propounding and responding to discovery, conducting depositions, pre/post-trial motions, and trials
- Represent tenants in administrative proceedings
- Provide client advocacy with social service organizations, governmental agencies, and other third parties to obtain needed services, and benefits, as necessary
- Input and maintain accurate up-to-date case file and tracking information
- Provide workshops to tenants and community residents on their housing rights
- Attend community meetings and events
- Attend staff and case strategy meetings
- Identify systemic problems that affect clients’ housing rights and address the challenges through affirmative litigation
- Other related duties as assigned
- Excellent legal research and writing skills
- Possess and exhibit excellent litigation skills i.e. through pleadings, orders to show cause, motions to dismiss, defending and demanding depositions, oral arguments, and trial and/or appellate experience
- Knowledge of Public Benefits/Entitlements highly preferred
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage and maintain a high caseload
- Ability to work independently, and collaboratively as a team
- Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities, and meet critical deadlines
- Ability to analyze situations and use sound judgment
- Ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of individuals
- Ability to anticipate next steps, troubleshoot, and problem-solve
- Possess a high degree of professional ethics,…
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