Job Title: Staff Attorney
Organization: Earthjustice
Location: Seattle
Salary: TBD
FT Regular
 
Job Description:
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
STAFF ATTORNEY - NORTHWEST OFFICE
 
Overview:
Earthjustices Northwest Office in Seattle, Washington, has an immediate
opening for a staff attorney to work on public interest environmental
litigation in the Pacific Northwest. Our ideal candidate would have 12 to
15 (or more) years of litigation experience.
 
From long-standing campaigns to defend old-growth forests to newer
initiatives to stop coal-burning power plants, the Northwest office has been
a leader in litigation to protect the environment and public health for over
twenty years. Our core work includes protecting wild salmon and aquatic
habitat, reforming hydropower operations on the Columbia/Snake River,
restoring the Klamath River, eliminating toxic pesticides and protecting
farmworker health, defending our national forests from logging and
roadbuilding, and recovering Puget Sound water quality and species. We are
also addressing the causes and impacts of global warming in our region. Our
focus is the Pacific Northwest, but many of our cases are national in scope
and impact.
 
We work with and represent national, regional, and local conservation
organizations, Indian tribes, commercial and sport fishermen, farmworker
groups, unions, and other organizations and individuals concerned about
enforcing the laws to protect people and the environment. We are a
family-friendly office of 7 attorneys, 3 support staff, and numerous law
students and volunteers. We are committed to doing work of exceptional
quality, and we have a great time doing it. In addition, Earthjustice
offers an outstanding salary and benefits package.
 
Responsibilities and Qualifications:
Were looking for someone with all the adjectives -- creative, smart,
motivated, collaborative, dedicated -- who wants to join in our continuing
efforts to protect wild places, recover imperiled species, reform toxics
use, reduce global warming, and leave this world a better place. We seek an
attorney with significant litigation experience, including demonstrated
research and writing skills, oral advocacy, discovery, and negotiation. A
sense of humor is required, as well as a demonstrated commitment to public
interest law and familiarity with environmental and/or administrative law.
We are an office of open doors; applicants should be willing and able to
work closely in a collaborative setting. Admission to the Washington State
bar will be required in the first year.
 
The person hired for this position will become a senior member of our team
and will help develop, coordinate, and pursue litigation under a variety of
federal and state laws. Staff attorneys communicate extensively with the
media, decisionmakers, and the public, and they work closely with our
national communications and policy teams. Staff attorneys also mentor and
supervise junior attorneys, interns, and support staff.
 
Earthjustice is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage
applications from women, people of color, and others who will contribute to
the diversity of our staff.
 
How to Apply:
Applications should be submitted to eajuswa@earthjustice.org (subject line
Staff Attorney Application). Please include a cover letter, resume, and
list of references. A writing sample may be requested after initial
application review. Applications will be accepted until the position is
filled.
Organization Web Site: www.earthjustice.org/
 
Email replies to: eajuswa@earthjustice.org