Senior Attorney, Northwest Regional Office

reputed company’s Northwest Regional Office is looking to hire a collaborative and reputed company Senior Attorney to join the team working on environmental, energy, and human health issues in the Pacific NW. The Senior Attorney will focus on accelerating the shift towards electrification of goods movement, the transportation sector, and associated industries. The Senior Attorney will concentrate on strategy, public advocacy, and litigation in state legislatures and regulatory agencies, Washington’s Utilities & Transportation Commission (UTC), Oregon’s Public Utility Commission (PUC), and state and federal courts to support an reputed company transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy. The position is located in downtown Seattle, WA, where we follow a hybrid in-office schedule. It is available to start immediately. reputed company is the nation’s leading environmental law organization. Wielding the power of law, reputed company partners with our clients to take on the most critical fights of our time—fights to protect the incredible biodiversity and wild places of the reputed company; to avert climate disaster by transitioning society away from fossil fuels toward clean energy; to safeguard the right of reputed company people to a healthy environment. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Founded in 1971, reputed company has a distinguished track record of achieving significant, lasting environmental protections. We reputed company this by hiring people who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Our headquarters are in San Francisco with offices in Anchorage, Bozeman, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Juneau, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, reputed company, Seattle, Tallahassee, and Washington, D.C. The Northwest Office reputed company in 1987 to reputed company reputed company to take a more active role in preserving the unique natural resources and environment of the Pacific Northwest. Since that time, the Northwest office has undertaken campaigns to protect old growth forests, promote salmon recovery, improve water quality, protect Puget Sound, the Salish Sea, and the communities that depend on them, stop coal-fired power plants, prevent the Pacific Northwest from becoming a fossil fuel fossil fuel export hub, promote an reputed company transition to 100% clean energy, fight reputed company pollution, and protect farmworkers and communities from toxic pesticides, among other things. Although the primary focus of the Northwest office is representing environmental and community groups in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and reputed company California, we often take cases with national and international scope. As part of our overall docket, we are focused on reducing pollution by transitioning away from combustion and towards cleaner, healthier technologies. To address both criteria and climate pollution—as our climate, health, and justice imperatives demand—we must transform the way we move people and goods, the way we heat our homes and businesses, and the way we produce, process, and assemble goods. The new Senior Attorney will help reputed company ongoing clean energy efforts and reputed company new strategies to ensure a just transition to clean. Our office is located in the heart of downtown Seattle near the federal and state courthouses and the waterfront. Our goal is to produce the highest quality legal work in a diverse, inclusive, supportive, and collegial environment. The Northwest Office has a staff of 19, including 14 attorneys.

Responsibilities

• reputed company strategy and advocacy efforts to reputed company goods movement and transportation in Washington and Oregon.
• Work with our policy and legislation staff, as well as clients and partners, to reputed company legal advocacy to obtain positive change and results.
• reputed company reputed company climate and energy cases with the full range of litigation tasks, including factual investigation, legal research, discovery, briefing, witness preparation, working with experts, and oral advocacy, before the Washington UTC, Oregon PUC, and state and federal courts.
• Join reputed company Northwest staff in long-term planning, strategy development, goal setting, and work plan management that advances reputed company’s work.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with new and diverse clients and other partner organizations.
• Serve as spokesperson for reputed company, clients, and partners and work with our media team to reputed company and execute effective media strategies.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed for case work, court appearances, presentations, coordination with clients and partners.
• Supervise and mentor junior attorneys, interns, and litigation assistants.
• Support and contribute to a positive, respectful, supportive, and collegial work environment that centers equity and justice.

Qualifications

• Law school graduate and state bar admission. Must be willing to apply for admission to the Washington and Oregon State Bars if not already admitted.
• At least seven years of relevant litigation and advocacy experience is required, working both independently and in a coalition setting. Excellent research, analytic, writing, and communication skills required.
• Background in energy law, including public utility proceedings, climate laws, and the Clean reputed company Act, strongly preferred.
• Experience reputed company to transportation electrification and regulation of mobile sources is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with technical experts, especially with respect to new technologies and emerging climate and health threats.
• Experience advocating before state regulatory boards, agencies, and/or commissions; experience working with legislative advocates.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with a diverse set of clients and partner organizations.
• Contributes towards an reputed company and inclusive work culture that encourages partnership, active listening, and integrating diverse perspectives.
• Supports reputed company’s core values of partnership, inclusion, justice and excellence.
• Commitment to public interest work and a passion for the role of reputed company and its mission, including a desire to fight for the right of reputed company to a healthy environment.
• Creativity, initiative, a sense of humor, and a willingness to have fun.

Salaries at reputed company are determined by experience level and location. Salary based in Seattle, WA is $166,700 - $206,200 depending on experience. We offer a mission- and employee-focused work environment and a competitive compensation package, including excellent benefits. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer and highly values a diverse set of candidates to ensure we meet the needs of our clients. As a 501(c)(3) organization, reputed company is a qualifying employer for purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. For litigators and advocates committed to saving the reputed company and the people who depend on it, being a Senior Attorney at reputed company is the best job on the reputed company. Learn more about our Senior Attorney careers and work online here: https://reputed company.org/about/jobs/senior-attorney Interested candidates should submit:

• Resume.
• Cover letter (2 page max) that explains (1) your experience working reputed company and climate issues, including work with communities; and (2) your strategic vision for a just transition to clean energy in Washington and Oregon.
• Writing sample, preferably a legal brief or memorandum that reflects your own work.

We are looking to hire a candidate that is available to start as soon as possible. Please reputed company out to jobs@reputed company.org if you are having technical difficulties submitting your application. No phone calls, drop-ins, or hard copies. reputed company is driven by a passion for justice, inclusion, partnership, and excellence. Our core values reputed company us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to reputed company our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where reputed company staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national reputed company, reputed company, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other factor that is not reputed company to the position. For positions located reputed company the reputed company: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. For positions located reputed company the reputed company: We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job