Overview
A full practice law firm specializing in the hospitality industry is seeking a dynamic mid to senior-level associate with a minimum of three years of law firm experience. This role reports directly to partners and offers hybrid to full remote work opportunities. The position involves working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with significant potential for growth and impact.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal support to hospitality operations across the United States.
- Examine, analyze, and prepare responses to third-party subpoenas, state agency audit requests, and property-related inquiries.
- Draft communications addressing issues involving hotel guests, tenants, vendors, and property matters.
- Engage with hotel properties nationwide to gather information, assess issues, and support timely legal responses.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of hotel vendor contracts and related agreements.
- Support development initiatives and other transactional matters.
- Provide collateral support to co-counsel in litigation, arbitration, and claims support.
- Assist with insurance coverage issues, document collection, case preparation, and matter tracking.
- Collaborate on employment-related documentation, compliance questions, and process improvements.
- Identify and implement process and policy enhancements to support scalable, efficient contracting, litigation tracking, and legal operations workflows.
- Organize and maintain case materials using traditional and electronic document management systems.
- Assist with organizational, administrative, and project management tasks as needed.
- Provide legal advice on development initiatives.
- Attend industry conferences to support firm marketing and growth.
- Meet a 1500 annual billable hour requirement.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree required.
- Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction; admission in New York, Texas, or California is a plus.
- Minimum of three years of transactional and/or litigation experience at a law firm.
- Experience with subpoenas, contract review, legal drafting, and matter management.
- Preferred experience in hospitality, real estate, employment, commercial litigation, insurance, vendor contracting, or multi-state regulatory matters.
- Excellent legal writing, analytical, and judgment skills.
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Exceptional time management, organizational skills, attention to detail, and work ethic.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, high-volume environment with multiple assignments, concurrent deadlines, and shifting priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe, Westlaw, and document management systems.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive base salary ranging from $130,000 to $150,000 annually.
- Bonus opportunity.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible paid time off (PTO) plan.
- 401(k) retirement program.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options.
- Career development opportunities within a growing hospitality-focused legal platform.
Location
This role is geographically flexible with hybrid to full remote work options, supporting hotel properties across the United States.