Looking for Techies

Job Purpose:
Builds families by counseling and representing clients in matters of adoptions; protecting the rights of the adopting parents and adopted child.

Duties:
* Obtains and retains adoption clients by following-up on referrals; understanding case information; presenting legal options; maintaining rapport.

* Provides adoption legal advice by conducting legal research; keeping clients abreast of case developments; providing explanations of legal concepts and actions.

* Develops adoption issues and cases by supervising paralegals; reviewing documents; analyzing investigative findings; consulting with experts; completing discovery process.

* Completes adoptions by representing clients in international and domestic adoptions, agency adoptions, independent or private-placement adoptions, stepparent adoptions, blood-relative adoptions, surrogacy-related adoptions, open adoptions, and closed adoptions.

* Supports children's rights by ensuring they receive the rights afforded to all U.S. citizens, but also those rights that are due to their status as children, such as, the right to food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education.

* Maintains the "best interests of the child" standard by resolving custody and visitation issues when some type of reproductive technology, such as, surrogate motherhood or sperm and egg donation was used in the creation of the child.

* Completes adoption, custody, and visitation case preparation by preparing legal briefs; developing strategies, arguments, and testimony.

* Maintains adoption issues and case progress by following and enforcing productivity and quality standards; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements.

* Resolves adoption disputes by settling, mediating, or bringing cases to trial; filing lawsuits; planning, investigating, organizing, and presenting arguments and counter-arguments; engaging expert witnesses; preparing and presenting evidence; preparing and interrogating witnesses.

* Maintains adoption cost standards by monitoring expenses; recommending cost-saving opportunities.

* Improves adoption quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.

* Updates adoption law job knowledge by tracking case law and the development of legal theories; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

* Accomplishes law firm goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills/Qualifications:
Litigation, Client Confidentiality, Integrity and Trust, Negotiating, Analyzing Information, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Resolving Conflict, Emotional Control, Administrative Writing Skills, Communication Processes