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Duties: Perform intake and provide advice, consultation, advocacy, and brief services to potential clients at clinic events; maintain data in case management system and assist with gathering data for grant reporting; prepare and draft legal documents, pleadings, motions briefs and appeals; conduct discovery, EBTs, and communicate with parties/nonparties, adversaries, and third-party agencies; conduct legal research and keep current on law and procedures within the practice area; draft and update programmatic and educational materials for clients and outreach events; provide direct counsel and legal services to small business clients, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiation of commercial leases related matters; collaborate with various stakeholders; attend client meetings and participate in community outreach efforts; attend meetings and perform administrative tasks related to the work, such as timekeeping and case management; assist with referrals to and collaboration with pro bono partners and actively outreach to identify and expand pro bono partnership network; review, mark up and make recommendations on the following: title reports, surveys, real estate tax bills, and Insurance policies (i.e., owner’s policy, lender’s policy, builder’s risk, GC commercial general liability, architect professional liability, and builders’ risk); provide diligence review for consents for new loans and documentation for mergers and acquisitions; review draft agreements for accurate section references, party names, property descriptions, exhibit and schedule numbering; obtaining good standing certificates; conduct Department of State searches for entity formation status and filing history; conduct Acris, Department of Building, and NY State property tax record and other database searches; Conduct Charities Bureau and IRS searches for nonprofit entity registration and CHAR500 filings; prepare property tax exemption applications (420-c and 420-a); Nonprofit corporate governance documents for entities with zero or nominal assets or for holding company HDFCs anticipating City-owned land transfers (1023 Form), certificate of incorporation, bylaws, internal governance policies, board resolutions, and CHAR 410); and For-profit corporate governance documents for entities with zero or nominal assets and single owner (certificate of incorporation, bylaws, internal governance policies, and board resolutions).This position is hybrid remote: may work remotely 2 days per week.Requirements: This position requires a Juris Doctor degree (or foreign education equivalent) and license to practice law in New York. Position also requires each of the following non-quantified skills/experiences: legal writing and advocacy; commercial leases; contracts; legal negotiations with opposing counsel; corporate finance.To apply, submit resume to Marcy Mirkin at AdvisoryServices@bka.org.

Minimum Salary: 95222 Maximum Salary: 95222 Salary Unit: Yearly