Litigation Attorney

The Position

Lieb at Law is hiring a litigation attorney with three to eight years of experience. The position is fully on-site at our Smithtown, Long Island office, but our practice extends well beyond Suffolk County.

We represent plaintiffs and defendants throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in state and federal courts, private arbitration, and administrative proceedings. Our matters include litigation in New York City, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey, Connecticut, and other jurisdictions through local counsel or pro hac vice admission.

This position is for an attorney who enjoys concentrating on complicated facts, understanding the entire case, and completing substantive work that moves the matter forward. Our attorneys take satisfaction in producing a strong motion, finding the fact that changes the analysis, preparing a witness, solving a discovery problem, or developing the argument that advances the client’s position.

The attorneys who succeed here are thoughtful, dependable, receptive to substantive feedback, and able to work collaboratively without unnecessary friction. They care more about the quality and result of the work than about receiving attention for performing it.

Our Practice

We handle disputes generally ranging from approximately $200,000 to several million dollars.

Our matters include:

• Commercial and business litigation
• Real estate ownership, governance, and control disputes
• Brokerage and commission litigation
• Employment and discrimination matters
• Construction and contract disputes
• Trust, estate, fiduciary, and inherited-asset disputes
• Civil rights and education matters
• Appeals
• Judgment enforcement
• Administrative and licensing proceedings

Our work is a combination of hourly and contingency matters.

Experience We Are Seeking

The ideal candidate has commercial litigation or employment litigation experience. We will also consider a trust, estate, probate, or fiduciary attorney who has handled contested matters involving complicated facts, disputed intent, financial records, ownership, asset transfers, or fiduciary obligations.

Caseload and Hours

An associate is typically assigned to approximately 25 to 35 matters. Those matters are not all active at the same time or at the same stage.

Some cases may be awaiting a decision, adversary response, discovery production, hearing date, or client action. Others may require substantial daily work because of an approaching motion, deposition, hearing, or deadline.

Depending on the attorney’s role, our associates typically perform work on approximately four to nine different matters during a working day. Attorneys are expected to understand their assigned cases, identify what requires attention, and complete the most important deliverables without losing track of matters that are temporarily less active.

The annual expectation is approximately 1,800 qualifying client-matter hours. Work performed on both hourly and contingency matters counts toward that requirement, including substantive work that is not invoiced to a client under a traditional hourly arrangement.

Who Fits This Position

This position may be a strong fit if you:

• Enjoy legal and factual puzzles
• Can concentrate on a difficult record for extended periods
• Care about completing accurate and persuasive work
• Want responsibility for the entire case rather than one isolated task
• Accept direct substantive feedback without defensiveness
• Work easily with partners, associates, and professional staff
• Follow assignments through completion
• Can manage competing deadlines without losing track of details
• Are comfortable working in transparent, shared systems
• Want varied civil and commercial litigation experience
• Use technology to improve your work without outsourcing your judgment to it

You do not need to be the loudest person in the room. You must be prepared, thoughtful, dependable, and capable of explaining the basis for your recommendation.

Qualifications

Candidates must have:

• Three to eight years of litigation experience
• Experience practicing in a law firm
• Admission in New York
• Strong legal research and writing skills
• Experience analyzing complicated factual records
• The ability to manage deadlines and complete assignments
• Sound judgment about when to work independently and when to seek guidance
• Attention to factual, procedural, and billing details
• A willingness to work across different types of civil and commercial disputes
• Comfort using modern legal technology and AI-assisted tools responsibly

Admission in New Jersey, Connecticut, federal court, or appellate courts is helpful but not required.

We are primarily interested in candidates with commercial litigation, employment litigation, trust and estate litigation, or other transferable complex civil-litigation experience.

Location

This is a fully on-site position at our Smithtown, Long Island office.

Hybrid work is not available. Our attorneys and professional staff work together throughout the day on active matters, drafts, deadlines, discovery, and litigation strategy.

Ability to commute to Smithtown, NY 11787 is required.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary of $125,000 to $175,000, depending on experience and demonstrated ability
• Performance bonus opportunity based on collectibles
• Salary increases based on collectibles, demonstrated litigation wins, and bringing new revenue to the firm
• Three weeks of paid time off each year
• Most federal holidays
• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Support for bar admissions and professional development
• Opportunities to teach continuing legal education programs or publish when aligned with the attorney’s interests and practice
• Office lunches, happy hours, team events, and firm celebrations