ies on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferences
-      Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the law firm or for a client, and develop strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk
-      Perform due diligence in legal matters concerning contracts and agreements
-      Find ethical solutions to legal matters
-      Build relationships with clients based on trust

Current Openings

To learn more about available employment opportunities, please contact fgomez@robbins-schwartz.com. 

Labor and Employment Associate Attorney - Chicago, IL (On-Site)

Robbins Schwartz seeks an attorney with 1-2 years of applicable experience to join as an Associate. At Robbins Schwartz, our attorneys provide practical and efficient representation to school districts, community colleges, municipalities and other public entities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Perform a variety of difficult and complex legal work and operate with substantial discretion and minimal direction or supervision.
  • Research and analyze the law on complex issues including employment related concerns.
  • Synthesize legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator
  • Appear in a court of law, arbitration or other judicial tribunal on behalf of the Firm's client, and present well-reasoned arguments to the judicial body.
  • Analyze and summarize complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggesting alterations to those documents.
  • Perform discovery of various electronically stored data and hard copies of information in preparation for litigation.
  • Attend meetings with clients and/or opposing counsel/advocate as necessary.
  • Negotiate with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferences.
  • Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the law firm or for a client, and develop strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
  • Perform due diligence in legal matters concerning contracts and agreements
  • Find ethical solutions to legal matters.
  • Build relationships with clients based on trust.
  • Commitment to abiding by local, state, and federal laws and behaving ethically.

Required Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school
  • Admission to the Illinois State Bar

Please submit your resume to fgomez@robbins-schwartz.com

School Finance and Property Taxation Associate Attorney

Robbins Schwartz seeks an attorney with 1-3 years of applicable experience to join our Public Finance & Taxation practice group as an Associate. At Robbins Schwartz, our attorneys provide practical and efficient representation to public sector clients in property tax and finance matters.

Ideal candidates will have strong research, writing and interpersonal skills, with experience in finance/accounting, real estate transactions, real estate appraisal, and legal requirements relating to public finance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Perform a variety of difficult and complex legal work and operate with substantial discretion and minimal direction or supervision
  • Research and analyze the law on complex issues
  • Synthesize legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator
  • Analyze and summarize complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggesting alterations to those documents
  • Perform discovery of various electronically stored data and hard copies of information in preparation for litigation
  • Negotiate with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferences
  • Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems within the law firm or for a client, and develop strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk
  • Perform due diligence in legal matters concerning contracts and agreements
  • Develop ethical solutions to legal matters with a commitment to abiding by local, state, and federal laws and behaving ethically
  • Build relationships with clients based on trust

Required Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school
  • Admission to the Illinois State Bar

Please submit your resume to fgomez@robbins-schwartz.com

Litigation Attorney

Robbins Schwartz seeks an attorney with 1-2 years of applicable experience to join our litigation practice group as an Associate. At Robbins Schwartz, our attorneys provide practical and efficient representation to school districts, community colleges, municipalities and other public entities. Our litigation team also defends public sector claims as panel counsel for many major legal liability carriers.

Qualified candidates will have relevant experience litigating public sector liability claims and defending civil rights, employment, and tort claims against governmental bodies and officials as well as representing clients in federal court litigation involving age, race, sex, due process, and retaliation claims.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Perform a variety of difficult and complex legal work and operate with substantial discretion and minimal direction or supervision
  • Research and analyze the law on complex issues
  • Synthesize legal research and analysis into a coherent written memorandum or brief for submission to a client, court or arbitrator
  • Analyze and summarize complicated legal documents, including contracts, and suggest alterations to those documents
  • Perform discovery of various electronically stored data and hard copies of information in preparation for litigation
  • Negotiate with outside parties on contractual issues and legal disputes, including settlement conferencesTake and defend depositionsBuild relationships with clients based on trust
  • Meet the firm’s minimum billable hour requirements

Required Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school
  • Admission to the Illinois state bar
  • 1 year minimum experience

Please submit your resume to fgomez@robbins-schwartz.com

Paralegal - Chicago, IL (On-Site)

A Paralegal can expect to provide legal and administrative support in their assigned practice area, defend clients in federal and state courts and before various administrative bodies, work with clients to resolve issues, as well as manage legal files and a variety of other administrative tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents from written or oral drafts; drafts standard correspondence, and other documents.
  • Opens new files, and maintains all client and general files. Conducts periodic review for possible storage or older files; prepares files to be closed.
  • Input attorney time into firm billing software; proof billing sheets; review and edit bills.- Maintain attorney calendars, dockets, and contacts as necessary.
  • Maintain good relations with clients; observes confidentiality of attorney-client relationship.
  • Assist in preparation of case for trial or administrative hearing.
  • Assist attorneys with trial preparation
  • Copying, scanning, bate stamping, indexing discovery; assist with copy and binding projects
  • Pull cases on Westlaw; research and analyze statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, etc.
  • Review and analyze discovery process in litigation
  • Investigate facts and law of case to determine causes of action
  • Excel spreadsheet projects
  • Summarize deposition and hearing transcripts
  • Circuit court, Federal court and Appellate court filings

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication are essential to perform complex administrative duties in a professional services setting- Ability to operate standard office equipment, including personal computer, copier, facsimile, telephone, and Dictaphone.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, Document Management system, and Juris suite- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints
  • Exceptional ability to proofread documents for grammatical, typographical, spelling, and formatting errors.
  • Interpersonal skills necessary to follow instructions effectively and communicate in person, by email, and telephone in a courteous manner with both clients, attorneys, and other staff members.

Please submit your resume to fgomez@robbins-schwartz.com

 

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