WE’RE LOOKING FOR
A GOOD MAN OR WOMAN
WHO WANTS A REAL LAWYER JOB
DOING REAL WORK
IN PUBLIC SERVICE

Attorney

If you want to make a difference doing work in a growing public service firm that you can help develop, contact us.

Balestriere Lanza PLLC is a New York trials and investigations law firm with a public service focus. We are looking for a recent law graduate to start this fall to work alongside other lawyers, recent college graduate analysts, law clerks, and college interns in investigating fraud and misconduct and prosecuting cases against companies and others.

We represent individuals, companies, and classes of people in all kinds of cases where our clients have suffered from some injustice. As private attorneys general, we use the civil justice system to obtain a remedy for those injured, and provide a disincentive to those who commit fraud and misconduct from doing so in the future. Our adversaries are amongst the largest law firms in the world, and we investigate and sue the world’s largest companies.

Requirements

All staff must have a serious commitment to public service - while we are organized as a private law firm, we are devoted to the public service in the cases we choose to work on. Attorneys must also be creative - we will rely on you to develop case ideas, interview individuals who will lie to you, and devise strategies for prosecuting cases. This is not a place for automatons.

Attorneys, like all staff, must be serious about their commitment to the firm, to their cases, and to all of their work. This is a job. It is not school, even if exposure, training, and simply learning are integral parts of the experience. Poor attitude, missed deadlines, or, especially, a lack of respect for fellow law firm staff, clients, witnesses, or anyone else is a basis for immediate termination.

Attorneys also must pay attention to detail, possess excellent writing and research skills, be ready to take initiative, work well in teams, be willing to do whatever work is necessary for a given matter or research project, be prepared to work on multiple tasks simultaneously, and have a good sense of humor so they can thrive in an untraditional law firm environment.

Attorneys must be able to start this fall after taking the New York State bar examination this summer. There is a two year commitment.

Benefits

Pay is in the mid-$40,000 range. All staff receive full medical insurance at no cost, as well as three weeks paid vacation and generous personal and sick leave that treats you like a professional. And we have lots of social events in the greatest City in the world.

Application Procedure

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, an unofficial copy of an up to date transcript, and contact information for at least three references (including at least one employer reference) to recruiting@balestriere.net as soon as possible. Write “Attorney Application” in the subject heading of the e-mail.

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