Attorney at Law

Our law firm is looking for an attorney who is ready to represent our existing client base. The ideal candidate will work closely with the firm’s clients, administrative staff, and senior partners. If you have the ability to handle a diverse caseload, have stellar research and writing skills, can communicate effectively, and use today’s technology well, please start your application today!

• Conduct initial consultations with prospective clients to evaluate what services the firm may be able to provide for them
• Make a positive impression on prospective clients during initial consultations
• Sell prospective clients on the value of the services the firm provides
• Collaborate with the firm’s Legal Assistant on the intake of new clients

• Communicate with clients by phone, email, and in-person meetings with honesty, compassion, and responsiveness
• Communicate case analysis and case strategy to clients
• Communicate all settlement proposals to clients
• Communicate all billing concerns to clients
• Ask clients for positive Google reviews

• Prepare a case analysis for each case, with a few exceptions
• Decide upon a case strategy for every case
• Draft necessary pleadings
• Draft motions when necessary to implement the case strategy
• Draft and send discovery requests when necessary to implement the case strategy
• Collaborate with clients to respond to discovery requests or court-ordered discovery
• Gather information and evidence from clients
• Prepare notes for all court appearances
• Prepare testimony and exhibits for all evidentiary hearings
• Prepare clients for all court appearances
• Attend all court appearances with clients
• Engage in informal settlement negotiations, including proposals sent by email, in-office settlement conferences, or phone calls
• Engage in formal settlement negotiations, including mediations or pretrials
• Record all tasks that you perform for every case
• Perform a monthly review of each case’s billing rate and the tasks that have been recorded
• Collaborate with the firm’s Paralegal on sending invoices and Trust Requests
• Withdraw from cases if clients have overdue bills

• Complete the required amount of CLE
• Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities, including CLEs, mentorship, bar association events, writing educational articles, or preparing educational presentations

• Create and improve document templates
• Create and improve business processes
• Participate in team meetings and performance reviews
• Determine case strategies and solutions to serve clients’ needs after analysis
• Preside over paralegals, administrative assistants in connection with keeping track of time records, reviewing client billing, setting up client meetings and completing client projects
• Provide legal counsel to clients by analyzing their needs and determining a proper course of action
• Oversee paralegals, law clerks, and administrative staff
• Draft correspondence, legal pleadings, motions, and briefs

• Shares our core values of honesty, compassion, and responsiveness
• Admitted to the Ohio bar
• Admission to practice in other states is a plus
• Proficiency with legal practice management software and legal CRM software (Clio Manage and Clio Grow)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe
• A commitment to organized record-keeping
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, attorneys, paralegals, and court staff
• Comfort with task agility (ability to pivot between tasks when urgency requires)
• Reliable timeliness
• Excellent writing, grammar, and proofreading skills
• Experience practicing family law is a plus
• Jobseekers should be a member of their local bar association - active member preferred Association
• Required Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school; representation of clients for at least 2 years a plus
• Public speaking, decision-making, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills are necessary for this role
• Strong knowledge of legal research programs such as Westlaw and Lexis products is required
• Ability to use Microsoft Office is required

$65,000 - $100,000 yearly

Wiete Law Office LLC is a boutique family law firm in Cincinnati, OH, dedicated to serving our clients with honesty, compassion, and responsiveness.