Are you looking for the next step in your legal career? Whether your practice is just beginning or well established, choosing a new firm is a big move. You want to get it right.
Throughout our history, Gammage & Burnham has recruited lateral candidates to help us grow. As a lateral associate, you will be quickly integrated into your chosen practice area, working closely with elite attorneys who are committed to your growth and will work with you one-on-one to help you develop professionally. In addition, you will be entrusted with meaningful responsibilities much sooner than at a larger firm. You will also find our 1,800-minimum-billable-hour requirement supports a healthy work-life balance. Gammage & Burnham is highly respected in the market and offers the chance to learn from the best. We offer a collegial, supportive work environment with an outstanding support staff.
Job Title: Litigation Associate, 2-6 years
Reports to: Practice Group Leader
FLSA Class: Exempt
Job Description
Gammage & Burnham, P.L.C., a Phoenix-based midsize firm, seeks to hire an associate with two to six years of litigation experience to join its Litigation practice group. The position will focus on the representation of clients across a wide range of industries. The ideal candidate will have experience with commercial litigation matters that include contract disputes, construction and real estate matters, employment disputes and healthcare defense. Strong credentials, including excellent research and writing skills and significant drafting experience are required.
This is a great opportunity for growth within a thriving firm and practice group which values teamwork, collaboration, and professional development. Candidate must be licensed to practice law in Arizona.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Top academic credentials.
- Represent clients in all aspects of commercial and business litigation, including contract disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate litigation, business torts, healthcare defense, employment disputes, and other complex matters.
- Draft motions, pleadings, and briefs in state and federal courts.
- Conduct depositions, hearings, mediations, and settlement negotiations.
- Manage written discovery, document review, and eDiscovery.
- Perform in-depth legal research and prepare persuasive, strategic analyses and memoranda.
- Assist in trial preparation and participate in trial proceedings.
- Maintain clear and effective communication with clients regarding strategy, risks, and progress.
- Collaborate with partners and senior attorneys while demonstrating the ability to manage cases independently.
Gammage & Burnham, P.L.C. offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a 401(k) Profit Sharing with an employer contribution and match, and is eligible for discretionary bonuses.
We are united by a common desire to do outstanding work in a collegial environment. We work within and across practice areas, doing some of the most exciting real estate work in Arizona. Everyone here is vital to our team, and we rely on each team member to practice at the highest level. This firm offers first-class training and succession opportunities. Work-life balance is emphasized, and the firm is known for its collegiality and reasonable hours requirements (true 1800 hours). This is a partner-track position.
If you are interested, please send your resume and cover letter to Jamie Pawlowski at jpawlowski@gblaw.com.
Job Title: Real Estate Associate, 5-8 year
Reports to: Practice Group Leader
FLSA Class: Exempt
Job Description
Gammage & Burnham is a Phoenix-based midsize firm with a highly regarded real estate and land use group. We are seeking an associate attorney to join the Real Estate Group. We are experts on a broad range of real estate matters, such as acquisitions and dispositions of real property, planning for and developing homebuilder projects, retail shopping centers, office buildings, master-planned communities, multifamily projects, and industrial parks.
A successful candidate will have 5 – 8 years of real estate and commercial transactions experience in private practice.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Top academic credentials.
- Ability to manage real estate closings.
- Review title commitments and surveys.
- Experience drafting and negotiating purchase and sales agreements, leases, joint development agreements, and construction escrow agreements.
- Ability to draft covenants, conditions, restrictions, and easements for residential and commercial projects.
- Distill and analyze information and communicate effectively with other attorneys and clients.
- Detail-oriented but also able to determine material issues and propose solutions.
- Can effectively work as part of a team (both as part of the client’s team and with other attorneys) on multiple complicated matters simultaneously.
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package.
We are united by a common desire to do outstanding work in a collegial environment. We work within and across practice areas, doing some of the most exciting real estate work in Arizona. Everyone here is vital to our team, and we rely on each team member to practice at the highest level. This firm offers first-class training and succession opportunities. Work-life balance is emphasized, and the firm is known for its collegiality and reasonable hours requirements (true 1800 hours). This is a partner-track position. Current Arizona law license is required.
If you are interested, please send your resume and cover letter to Jamie Pawlowski at jpawlowski@gblaw.com.
