Career Opportunities

Marten Law is seeking an experienced and well-rounded legal assistant to work full-time with the attorneys and staff to support our growing environmental, energy, and natural resource law practice.

A successful applicant must reside in or near, or be willing to relocate to Washington, DC. Four in-office days a week are expected (M, T, Th, F) with working from home (WFH) generally allowed on Wednesdays. 

Firm Overview

Marten enjoys a national reputation as a leader in environmental, energy, and natural resource law. Our team of lawyers includes recognized authorities in climate change, wind and solar development, air quality, water resources and water quality, endangered species, forestry, public lands, fisheries, environmental cleanup, and environmental and energy project review and permitting. We work throughout the United States on large-scale projects involving complex negotiations, transactions, and litigation. Our lawyers practice out of offices in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho; Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, California and Toronto, Canada.

Legal Assistants are vital to our success and are valued for increasing the firm’s productivity and efficiency. This position includes managing the work product of busy, committed lawyers performing complex work across the country. This is a permanent, full-time position with exceptional benefits, a competitive salary, and a supportive work environment. We are looking for a smart, hard worker who ideally has at least three years’ experience working in a law firm; local, state or federal attorneys’ office; state government’ environmental NGO; or environmental agency. Exceptions to work experience will be made for exceptional applicants, however.

Some of your specific responsibilities at Marten will include:

• Provide support to our attorneys, including but not limited to, formatting, proofreading, and quality control of legal documents (including pleadings, deposition notices, discovery, subpoenas, trial binders, etc.).
• Finalize formal court documents for service and/or filing.
• Promptly file pleadings, motions, responses, replies and other documents in federal and state courts nationwide in accordance with court-specific rules. Because filings are often complicated and involve organizing and filing multiple declarations and exhibits in support, priority will be given to candidates with direct experience.
• Arrange service of process.
• Review court rules and orders diligently and calculate corresponding deadlines.
• Organize and maintain physical and electronic case files.
• Access court documents using PACER and/or court websites and other sources.
• Manage case and court deadlines and maintain case documentation.
• Utilize file transfer protocol (FTP) file-sharing sites.
• Provide litigation support in complex civil matters, including assisting attorneys in preparing for depositions, court appearances, arbitrations and mediations, trial, and administrative hearings in addition to attending hearings and trials as needed.
• Prepare tables of contents and tables of authorities for pleadings.
• Effectively organize preparatory materials, both in paper and electronic format, for attorney use in meetings, presentations, hearings, and other settings.
• Prepare correspondence for both internal and external distribution.
• Conduct client, attorney and court communications, maintaining professionalism across all forms of communication, whether in-person, by telephone, email, or virtually.
• Familiarity with document revision management and document comparisons.
• Manage attorney calendars.
• Provide office management support, including answering phones and managing office supplies.
• Work collaboratively with the firm’s attorneys, legal assistants, paralegals and staff to support the firm’s needs. 

Essential Qualifications: 

• 3+ years or more of prior law firm or similar experience.
• Have an Associate or Bachelor’s degree.
• Have a demonstrated interest in the environmental field.
• Have a strong work ethic and a professional and positive attitude.
• Take pride in your work and timely deliver superior work product.
• Pay exceptional attention to detail.
• Take initiative and instill confidence.
• Work well as a member of a team and handle stress effectively.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Pro. Experience in other programs used in legal practice, including programs such as NetDocuments, SharePoint, ShareFile, Teams, docketing software such as JuraLaw, and others is preferred.
• Ability to prioritize workload effectively and perform a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment.

You can expect the following hours and benefits:

• A full-time position, working Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm, with occasional overtime due to case, project, or scheduling demands, and as needed for court filings.
• The starting compensation range for this role is $70,000 - $110,000 or more depending on experience.
• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability.
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with annual company match.
• 26 days paid time-off for all regular full-time team members to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation, and personal time.
• Employee assistance program providing confidential professional counseling, financial and legal assistance at no charge to team members and immediate family members.
• Internet reimbursement.
• Transit pass.
• Hybrid Working Environment, 4 days in office with Wednesdays WFH unless required to be in office
• Computer, scanner, other equipment and support provided to facilitate WFH on Wednesdays
• Monthly wellness stipend.
• A collaborative workplace, which will challenge you and celebrate your work.
• A chance to learn with and from interesting and enthusiastic colleagues.

You can expect a respectful, diverse working environment

Marten Law is dedicated to anti-racist and anti-oppression policies. We are committed to improving greater diversity, equity and inclusion and combating systemic racism. We hire based on demonstrated qualifications without regard to sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, or other qualities.

To apply, fill out our online application at the link above. You must also submit a resumé and a reference.