Staff Attorney - Consumer

Job Title: Staff Attorney - Consumer
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Practice Group Director
Supervises: Paralegals and Legal Secretaries as required
Compensation: $78,000.00 - $ annually

Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) is seeking an Attorney to join our Consumer Team. ICLS is a publicly and privately funded nonprofit California law firm that provides free services to seniors and those in social or economic need. ICLS provides a range of legal services to residents in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Visit our website andlegal.org for more information.

The Consumer Team is a committed group of lawyers and support staff who provide services in the areas of financial abuse, bankruptcy and tax disputes. We use community education, outreach, clinics, workshops, negotiation, and litigation to both empower and obtain the best outcomes for our clients. We partner with community organizations and private attorneys to provide the highest quality of service with limited resources.

We are seeking an Attorney with a passion for consumer protection. This position offers the right candidate a dynamic experience networking, project planning, litigating, grant writing, team building and innovating solutions to bridge the access to justice gap for distressed consumers. The position will focus on debt protection for clients losing their homes. For this reason, this staff attorney will collaborate closely with the Housing Practice Group and at times report to the Housing Practice Group Director.

• Interviewing and advising clients of their rights and legal strategies
• Triage cases for merit and resource allocation
• Maintain client relationships
• Manage and resolve client litigation and legal disputes
• Research complex legal issues
• Engage in community outreach, workshops and clinics
• Support team members on their cases
• Innovate ways to expand delivery of services
• Participate in grant searches, planning, writing, and reporting
• Demonstrate ability to handle urgent matters in tight time frames
• Comply with all firm policies, procedures and restrictions
• Access to reliable transportation
• Ability to travel to community events in ICLS's service area
• Ability to participate in events outside of regular work hours

• Law degree and active member of the California Bar in good standing
• Ability to understand the objectives of poverty law
• Prior experience serving low-income clients preferred
• Strong written, verbal and interviewing skills
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to work and collaborate with a team
• Patient and flexible
• Calendaring experience preferred
• Civil litigation experience preferred
• Bankruptcy experience preferred
• Consumer law experience preferred (i.e. Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act)
• Background in substantive legal areas impacting impoverished communities and experience working with low-income organizations and client groups preferred.

• Admission to the State Bar of California, in good standing;
• Years of
  
  Experience:
  • Attorney I: 0-3 years of experience
  • Attorney II: 3-5 years of experience
  • Attorney III: 4-9 years of experience
  • Attorney IV: 8+ years of experience
  • Note:
    
    Years of experience are considered guidelines based on actual, substantive legal experience.

The recognition of our common humanity is the first step in fostering a diverse environment. The sum of our unique differences is greater than our individual parts. Our unique stories and experiences allow us to better solve the challenges that our community faces. Staff approach professional relationships with humility across the spectrum of diversity, including race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, immigrant status, religious identity, physical and mental disabilities, and/or limited English proficiency with a willingness to consider unique perspectives.

Inland Counties Legal Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.