[Hiring] Contract Business Attorney @Reiblaw

Role Description

• Contract Review and Drafting: Carefully review and draft contracts to ensure accuracy, compliance, and optimal protection of our Access Members' interests.
• Legal Consultations: Provide expert legal guidance and consultations to our Access Members as needed.
• Client Support: Offer responsive and solution-driven support to address our Access Members' legal needs promptly.
• Legal Research: Conduct thorough legal research to support clients' cases and transactions effectively.
• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to small business owners, helping them identify legal risks, evaluate options, and make practical business decisions.
• Review, draft, revise, and negotiate business contracts, including customer and vendor agreements, employment and independent contractor agreements, leases, purchase agreements, and other commercial documents.
• Advise clients on day-to-day business legal matters involving contracts, employees, customers, vendors, ownership issues, and business operations.
• Meet directly with clients, explain legal issues in plain English, and provide clear, practical recommendations rather than simply identifying legal problems.
• Manage assigned client matters from intake through completion, including appropriate follow-up and client communication.
• Conduct legal research as needed to provide accurate and practical advice.
• Collaborate with other REIB LAW attorneys and staff and recognize when a matter should be escalated or referred to specialized counsel.
• Maintain accurate and organized client files and matter notes.
• Provide responsive service consistent with REIB LAW’s relationship-based approach to serving Access Plan members.

Qualifications

• Licensed attorney in good standing with a U.S. state bar (Texas preferred).
• Minimum 3 years of experience practicing business law, including contracts, entity structuring, and advising small businesses.
• Strong ability to explain legal concepts in plain English to business owners.
• Experience advising forward-thinkers or small business clients.
• Comfortable working in a client-facing advisory role, not just document drafting.
• Ability to identify legal risks and recommend proactive solutions.
• Strong judgment and business-minded approach to legal strategy.
• Comfortable working in a remote, flexible, contract-based environment.