Managing Attorney jobs in Vallejo, CA

Managing Attorney is responsible for managing the daily operations of a law firm or an organization's legal department. Provides leadership and participates in the most complex legal actions. Being a Managing Attorney directs law office operations, case assignments, and staffing. Oversees the activities and work products of subordinate attorneys. Additionally, Managing Attorney monitors case status, timelines, and issues. Mentors and coaches attorneys and implements staff professional development programs. Requires a JD. Requires State Bar membership. Typically reports to top legal executive. The Managing Attorney manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Managing Attorney typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1-3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Managing Attorney - Napa County
  • Bay Area Legal Aid
  • Napa, CA FULL_TIME
  • BayLegal’s Napa Office:  Our Napa office team is currently three attorneys and an advocate office manager who provide services to low-income individuals and families living in Napa County.  Our Napa team, with the support of advocates from throughout the firm, provide services in the substantive practice areas of housing preservation and homelessness prevention (including eviction defense and preservation of subsidized housing), inter-personal violence prevention and intervention (including the full range of family law and immigration relief), and economic justice advocacy.  Our Napa team is based in our office in downtown Napa and provides services from our office and on-site at community partners throughout the county, including the Monarch Family Justice Center and UpValley Family Resource Center.

    Position: BayLegal seeks an attorney with a demonstrated commitment to public interest and social justice to become the Managing Attorney (MA) of our Napa County Regional Office.  As a member of BayLegal's senior management team, you will report to the General Counsel and work in collaboration with BayLegal's Executive Director, Directors, Managing Attorneys and Regional Counsels, and staff throughout the firm. 

    Duties and Responsibilities: 

    • Learn about and engage with the diverse legal needs of low-income communities in the broader Bay Area and contribute to BayLegal’s work and mission to reduce homelessness, enhance stability, break systemic cycles of poverty, and address social injustice.
    • Lead in operationalizing racial justice and diversity, equity and inclusion principles, practices, and goals within the office’s current and future work.
    • Oversee and coordinate the delivery of high-quality legal representation and services.
    • Engage in, develop, and grow relationships and collaborations with a range of community partners, including governmental agencies, courts, and community-based organizations, to support the provision of services and address systemic barriers facing low-income populations in the city and county of Napa.
    • Provide supervision, mentorship, evaluation, and professional development of staff including:
      • Lead regular team case reviews to collaboratively identify issues, case acceptance, case strategy and identification of systemic advocacy issues;
      • Conduct employee performance evaluations and individualized professional development goals and training plans; and
      • Manage personnel issues.
    • Carry a reduced caseload in one or more of BayLegal’s substantive practice areas.
    • In coordination with staff, the Director of Litigation, Director of Program and Advocacy, and Regional Counsel, identify issues for systemic advocacy and oversee office advocacy efforts.
    • In collaboration with BayLegal's Human Resources Manager, Human Resources Director, and Executive Director, participate in staff recruitment, hiring, and discipline.
    • Oversee local office operations, including day-to-day staffing, identifying technology needs, and overseeing office facility and other operation needs.
    • Engage the office in annual planning, periodic reviews of priorities, and responses to emerging issues in the client community.
    • Manage client services projects and grants, including developing scope of work and project design, and overseeing budget and staffing, timely and effective implementation, and reporting and compliance with funder requirements.
    • Work with BayLegal's development, grants and contracts, and communications teams, and with funders, to promote the work, BayLegal's mission, and resource development.
    • Serve on Management Team, engage in the development and furtherance of organizational policies and procedures to improve systems and performance.
    • Work with BayLegal's Pro Bono Director on developing and maintaining external pro bono relationships, including development of opportunities, trainings, and technical assistance for local initiatives.
    • Engage in other tasks and projects that further BayLegal's mission and operations as a non-profit.
    Requirements/Qualifications/About the Successful Candidate:
     
    • Humility in working with colleagues and clients 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.
    • Commitment to complying with all California Rules of Professional Conduct, BayLegal funding requirements, and firm standards, policies, and practices.
    • Current proficiency, and ability to improve proficiency, in technological equipment, hardware and software necessary to perform duties of the position.
    • Membership in the California State Bar, or admitted to practice in another state and eligible to practice in California for 3 years under the California State Bar rules for the Registered Legal Services Attorney Program (must pass CA bar at a later date)
    • Seven or more years of practice as a licensed attorney, experience in one of BayLegal’s substantive practice areas preferred.
    • Three or more years of supervision or equivalent experience.
    • Willing to be on-site at BayLegal office at least three days per week and as needed to support needs of staff and office.
    • Must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by date of hire to be considered.
    • Experience and knowledge of issues facing individuals who are low-income, unhoused, impacted by the criminal legal system or other public systems and institutions, and/or violence.
    • Experience developing and leading projects, including defining scope of work, overseeing compliance, progress and tracking, meeting deadlines, evaluation, and reporting.
    • Demonstrated commitment to racial justice, diversity, equity and inclusion and skills to lead a team in prioritizing these values.
    • Sense of humor, curious and self-directed
    • Experience with inter-agency collaboration and a demonstrated history of working well with public, nonprofit, and private partners, including non-legal community-based organizations and service providers.
    • Experience leading a diverse, dynamic team with varied communication styles, learning styles, and levels of professional experience and identifying and professional development opportunities and work with staff on setting and achieving goals for professional growth.
    • Experience recognizing, addressing, and resolving interpersonal conflicts.
    • Knowledge of issues impacting social justice advocates such as secondary trauma and burnout and demonstrated commitment to policies and practices that promote sustainability and well-being for staff.
    • Skilled in clear, concise, and effective communication with colleagues, funders, partners, and stakeholders, including in writing, meetings, and public presentations.
    • In compliance with BayLegal funding requirements, must successfully pass live-scan.


    HYBRID WORK OPTION: BayLegal is committed to the health and safety of our staff, clients, and community.  Being accessible to our client communities and reducing barriers for them to access our services is integral to our mission and commitment as a direct services community-based law firm.  BayLegal employees are expected to work on-site and in-person at a BayLegal office or  community-based advocacy site at least three (3) days per week and may work remotely from home on a part-time basis.  Employees are expected to reside in California and at a distance allowing them to commute to their physical BayLegal base location, and to other service delivery locations as needed, during the standard work week.

    Compensation and Benefits: We offer a diverse, family friendly environment, and compensation based on competitive public interest salaries along with a generous benefits package. The estimated annual salary range is $120k - 153k (placement in range determined primarily by years of related experience).  BayLegal's benefits package includes 100% employer covered medical, dental, and life insurance for employees and up to 40-50% for dependents; BayLegal student debt reimbursement program; long term disability insurance; employee assistance program; wage differentials for multi-lingual employees whose non-English language skills are regularly used in the provision of work tasks and pass a request test of fluency and/or proficiency; dependent childcare employer contribution program; employer paid CA Bar license and/or social work license fees; and 401k retirement plan with BayLegal contribution following first year.  BayLegal has a generous paid leave policy which includes sick leave; parental leave; 15 holidays each year; 3 floating holidays each year (days chosen by employee); and vacation (starting at 13 days and increasing with additional years of employment).

    Applications: BayLegal thrives on our diversity, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to building a culturally diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) and QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) individuals, veterans, individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice system, persons with disabilities, and persons from other underrepresented groups to apply.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law.  We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact BayLegal’s Human Resources Manager at: (510) 250-5225. 

    BayLegal will begin reviewing applications upon receipt and continue until the position is filled. Please submit (1) cover letter including a response to the question below (no page limit), (2) resume, (3) references and (4) writing sample through BayLegal's Career Page. 

    As part of your cover letter, please address the following:
    BayLegal’s clients are low-income and very low-income members of our communities. They include LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) and QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) individuals, the working poor, seniors, people who are limited English proficient, veterans, persons with disabilities, survivors of abuse and exploitation, individuals impacted by the criminal justice system, and people who are experiencing or at risk of homeless, and persons from other underrepresented groups. To ensure our organization is best serving these populations, BayLegal strives to promote an evolving set of behaviors and attitudes amongst our staff, as well as policies that enable us to work effectively across cultures, with clients, with our coworkers, and with the community. We see this as a commitment to enhance the provision of our services to all clients; to raise the level of positive client outcomes; and to create an inclusive and respectful workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued.

    How do you think your experiences, professional or otherwise, prepared you to serve our diverse client base effectively, work effectively with colleagues from different backgrounds than your own, and to contribute to our commitment to humility, inclusion, and diversity? Feel free to think broadly about your response to this question, applying various aspects of your life and personal experiences.

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Managing Dentist
  • Sonrava Health
  • Vallejo, CA FULL_TIME
  • Overview Our General Dentists perform a variety of preventative, restorative, endodontic, and surgical procedures that fall under the scope of general dentistry. We’re big on teamwork, so you’ll be wo...
  • 20 Days Ago

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Managing Doctor
  • Sonrava Health
  • Fairfield, CA FULL_TIME
  • Overview Our General Dentists perform a variety of preventative, restorative, endodontic, and surgical procedures that fall under the scope of general dentistry. We’re big on teamwork, so you’ll be wo...
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Managing Doctor
  • Sonrava Health
  • Vallejo, CA FULL_TIME
  • Overview Our General Dentists perform a variety of preventative, restorative, endodontic, and surgical procedures that fall under the scope of general dentistry. We’re big on teamwork, so you’ll be wo...
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Managing Doctor
  • Western Dental & Orthodontics
  • Vallejo, CA FULL_TIME
  • Overview: Our General Dentists perform a variety of preventative, restorative, endodontic, and surgical procedures that fall under the scope of general dentistry. We’re big on teamwork, so you’ll be w...
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Managing Doctor
  • Western Dental & Orthodontics
  • Fairfield, CA FULL_TIME
  • Overview: Our General Dentists perform a variety of preventative, restorative, endodontic, and surgical procedures that fall under the scope of general dentistry. We’re big on teamwork, so you’ll be w...
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Criminal Investigator
  • The Nieves Law Firm, APC
  • Oakland, CA
  • At The Nieves Law Firm, we believe in creating trusting relationships with clients. We are a supportive, empowering, and...
  • 3/29/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Grants & Contracts Officer
  • Bay Area Legal Aid
  • Oakland, CA
  • BayLegal seeks a Grants & Contracts Officer with a strong commitment to public interest and social justice advocacy to b...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Managing Immigration Attorney
  • Catholic Charities Yolo-Solano
  • Vallejo, CA
  • Job Description Job Description Catholic Charities of Yolo-Solano (CCYS) is a non-profit organization serving low-income...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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1) Staff Attorney 2) Managing Attorney to Legal Director
  • People With Disabilities Foundation
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Job Description Job Description PWDF seeks a Staff Attorney (SA) and also seeks a Managing Attorney (MA) [to convert to ...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Deputy District Attorney IV - Criminal Division
  • County of Sonoma
  • Santa Rosa, CA
  • Position Information The Sonoma County District Attorney's Office is seeking an experienced attorney to join their Crimi...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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4 Research Coordinator, Research Services of Arnold & Porter, Virtual/Remote
  • Northern California Association of Law Libraries
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Candidates can apply through the website at https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/careers/professional-staff/current-opportuni...
  • 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Managing Attorney
  • Modern Family Law
  • Oakland, CA
  • Modern Family Law seeks an experienced Family Law Attorney for an exciting role as Managing Attorney of our Oakland offi...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Litigation Training Coach - NorCal
  • Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Focused on labor and employment law since 1958, Jackson Lewis P.C.'s 950+ attorneys located in major cities nationwide c...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

Vallejo (/vəˈleɪ(h)oʊ/ və-LAY-(h)oh; Spanish: [baˈʎexo]) is a waterfront city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. Vallejo is geographically the closest North Bay city to the inner East Bay, so it is sometimes associated with that region. Its population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is the tenth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the largest in Solano County. Vallejo sits on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay, 30 miles north of San Francisco, the northwestern shore of the Carquinez Strait and the southern e...
Source: Wikipedia (as of 04/11/2019). Read more from Wikipedia
Income Estimation for Managing Attorney jobs
$206,144 to $283,891
Vallejo, California area prices
were up 2.5% from a year ago

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