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About the Role

Open Door Legal (ODL) is seeking a Managing Family Law Attorney to lead its Family Law practice. This role involves guiding a team of four attorneys and one paralegal in resolving family conflicts, protecting victims, and ensuring child welfare. The position combines hands-on legal practice with strategic team leadership, including carrying a caseload, supervising staff, setting practice vision, and ensuring quality representation for low-income families. This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to grow in substantive and strategic leadership while contributing to poverty reduction.

Responsibilities

Embody ODL's mission of universal access to civil legal aid and ensure representation for all guests with viable family law cases.
Directly represent family law clients, conducting intakes in-person and virtually.
Balance individual casework with management and leadership responsibilities.
Mentor the team and oversee legal advice and representation by ensuring mastery in legal advocacy and relevant practice areas.
Hire, train, support, mentor, and manage all Family Law Team staff, interns, fellows, and volunteers, including performance management and professional development.
Develop and maintain public relations with other legal service organizations, social service organizations, and private attorneys for partnerships, referrals, and mentorship.
Maintain knowledge to competently represent clients in SF Superior Court in dissolution, custody, DVROs, child support, guardianship, and adoption matters, and advise on matters litigated outside San Francisco.
Use creative strategies and data to increase department capacity and reach strategic vision.
Lead knowledge management for all areas of civil law and civil procedure handled by the team.
Drive the creation of uniform systems, checklists, and templates to ensure high-quality work products and adherence to best practices.
Develop innovative solutions for case capacity, intake distribution, case opening standards, success criteria, quality control, and onboarding new attorneys.
Provide services and support to low-income clients with sensitivity to cultural, socio-economic, and disability barriers, and skillfully navigate difficult situations.
Ensure the Family Law Team's client feedback rating remains positive.
Embrace and embody ODL's values of teamwork, grit, caring, passion, and dynamism.

Requirements

Member in good standing with the State Bar of California, or licensed in good standing with another state bar.
At least six (6) years of relevant professional experience as a licensed attorney.
At least two (2) years of family law experience; four (4) years preferred.
Experience directly supervising paid staff attorneys, with references.
Knowledge of California civil law and superior court civil procedure.
Genuine enjoyment and motivation for working with low-income clients, including those impacted by trauma.
Strong time management skills for supervising and performing legal work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Enthusiasm for and commitment to self-learning and professional development.
Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with attention to detail.
Excellent interpersonal and diplomacy skills for providing constructive feedback and building relationships.
Ability and willingness to work out of one or more office locations at least three (3) days/week.
High level of comfort learning and using technology and case management systems (Salesforce, Dropbox, Google Suite).
Active demonstration of cultural humility and sensitivity to barriers faced by low-income San Franciscans.
Demonstrated understanding of providing trauma-informed advocacy for clients in crisis.
Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Skills

Family Law
Legal Advocacy
Supervision
Mentoring
Team Leadership
Client Relations
Case Management
Public Relations
Knowledge Management
System Development
Cultural Humility
Trauma-Informed Advocacy
Interpersonal Skills
Diplomacy
Writing
Editing
Proofreading
Time Management
Technology Proficiency

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid (3 days/week in office minimum)

Experience Level

At least six (6) years of relevant professional experience as a licensed attorney
At least two (2) years of family law experience; four (4) years is preferred
Experience directly supervising paid staff attorneys

Education Level

Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree
Licensed attorney in good standing with the State Bar of California or another state bar

Salary/Compensations

$89,500-$111,500 annually, based on experience

Benefits

Loan Repayment Assistance (conditional)
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan offerings at 100% coverage
Generous paid time off (four weeks vacation and two weeks sick/care)
Flexible work hours
Generous paid parental leave
401K/Retirement Account
Financial investment in individual professional development (mentorships, coaching, learning opportunities)

About the Company

Open Door Legal (ODL) is pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil legal representation to reduce poverty and prove that the law belongs to all.
ODL has grown 150x in 10 years and aims to scale across San Francisco.
ODL is an award-winning and best-in-class legal aid organization with passionate, motivated, gritty, thoughtful, and team-oriented people.
The organization believes injustice is the heart of poverty and works to ensure justice for all.
ODL offers a supportive, high-standards environment where attorneys and staff can do their best work.
The work is transformative, changing lives by healing families and communities, reducing conflict, and setting clients and their children up for success.
ODL is a fun and hard-working office with best-in-class technology solutions for those passionate about making a meaningful difference.

Equal Opportunity

Open Door Legal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.