[Hiring] Attorney, New Verticals @Atticus

Role Description

Your job as Lead Attorney, New Verticals is to help us do right by clients seeking additional benefits through the social safety net. You’ll oversee a team of intake specialists who evaluate case facts and connect clients with attorneys for legal advice.

This role straddles the line between practicing law and growing a business, requiring:

• A strong understanding of multiple fields of law.
• The ability to identify when we can help clients.
• Strong operational skills to achieve company goals.

You will report to the General Manager of New Verticals and work closely with the CEO and Managing Attorney.

On any given day, you’ll spend your time:

• Speaking with severely injured clients trying to rebuild their lives after a catastrophic accident.
• Sourcing and vetting local counsel, maintaining high standards for representation quality.
• Working with the data and insights team to identify existing clients with unrecognized claims.
• Building the playbook for new claim types, starting with case screening and creating protocols for intake specialists.

This is a rare opportunity to join a profitable and growing public-interest law firm and take on a major company priority.

Qualifications

• You can understand the nuances of various contingency fields of law and apply them to a variety of cases (including Social Security Disability, Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, and more).
• You can empathize with anyone and quickly build rapport while exercising good judgment.
• You have strong instincts and judgment as an operator, running effective processes.
• You have a demonstrated commitment to doing good and helping people.

• Bonus: You’ve built a track record as a great people manager.
• Bonus: You have meaningful work experience outside of serving as a lawyer, ideally in a startup or fast-paced environment.

We are strongly committed to building a diverse team. If you're from an underrepresented background in tech, we'd love to meet you.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, including equity.
• Medical and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for employees and their families.
• 15 vacation days & ~20 paid holidays each year (including two weeks at the end of the year).
• Free membership to OneMedical.
• $600/year internet stipend.
• $1,000 reimbursable stipend for education and training outside of work.
• Up to $1,200/year student loan repayment assistance.
• 401(k) match and optional HSA/FSA.
• Humble, thoughtful, smart, fun colleagues.

The anticipated base salary band for this role is between $140,000 and $175,000, determined by experience, knowledge, skills, and internal equity.

Company Description

Atticus makes it easy for sick or injured individuals to access life-changing aid. We connect people with disabilities to government benefits and are scaling an injury practice to help victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence.

• We've helped hundreds of thousands access over $10B in aid.
• Raised more than $100 million from top VC firms.
• Certified B Corporation tackling critical social problems.

This job is fully remote with flexibility, allowing for travel to LA as needed for team interactions.