Associate Attorney - Facilities, Construction & Property

JBA • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

This role involves providing legal expertise in facilities, construction, and property matters, with a focus on public agency procurement and contracting. The attorney will handle contract preparation, revisions, and negotiation, ensuring legal compliance and risk management. The position requires strong research, writing, and communication skills, as well as the ability to manage legal matters with professional oversight. A self-starter attitude and a desire for professional growth are essential.

Requirements

• Three to five years of experience.
• Knowledge in public agency procurement and contracting, including public contract law, bidding processes and requests for proposals.
• Knowledge in public works, including bid protests, prompt payment, stop payment notices, false claims, suretyship and prevailing wage law.
• Knowledge in real property transactions, including due diligence, entitlements and public agency compliance issues.
• Knowledge in general agency law, including the Ralph M. Brown Act, the Public Records Act and conflict of interest law.
• Knowledge in pre-litigation dispute evaluation and resolution, including government claims procedures.
• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Ability to handle and manage, with supervision and oversight, contract preparation, revisions and negotiation ensuring legal compliance, risk management and reasonableness.
• Ability to communicate in person and through various forms of telecommunication with multiple clients and convey a level of professionalism and competence in terms of both the legal issues and the strategic practical issues in public procurement and related disputes.
• Strong self-awareness of strengths and limitations.

Nice To Haves

• Self-starter with willingness and ability to take ownership of a matter, develop a course of action and follow-through under professional oversight.
• Desire for professional training and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Handle contract preparation, revisions, and negotiation ensuring legal compliance, risk management and reasonableness.
• Evaluate and resolve pre-litigation disputes, including government claims procedures.
• Conduct legal research and provide well-written analysis.
• Communicate effectively with multiple clients regarding legal and strategic issues in public procurement and related disputes.
• Take ownership of matters, develop courses of action, and follow through under professional oversight.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed