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Seeking a Bankruptcy Associate to join our New Jersey Office. Candidates should have 3+ years of experience. NJ bar is required. Strong academic credentials and excellent oral and written communication skills are required. Litigation experience is a plus.
We offer a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $215,000 to $372,000.
Seeking a Conflicts Attorney. All applicants must have a valid license to practice law in one of the states where our offices are located: NJ, NY, DE, MD, TX, FL, WASHINGTON D.C.
The Conflicts Attorney is responsible for conflicts clearance review and analysis for firm-wide legal hires and new business, working directly with attorneys and the firm’s General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, to identify and resolve potential ethics and business conflict issues. Analyzes conflict reports, train and oversee the work of the Conflict Analysts. This position requires strong knowledge of the rules of professional responsibility and sound analysis of potential conflict issues. The attorneys and General Counsel rely upon the Conflicts Attorney’s information in making decisions about whether or not to accept new legal hires, clients and matters.
What You Will Do:
- Create a process and protocol for reviewing particular conflict reports and exercise independent judgment to identify potential conflict of interest issues with legal hires, new business and marketing initiatives. Conduct research to gather information and/or clarification on potential issues. Take the initiative to analyze and resolve conflicts independently and timely.
- Prepare communications to attorneys, clearly identifying all potential issues found in conflict reports. Assist attorneys in resolving conflict issues. Work directly with attorneys, as necessary, to assist and facilitate conflict resolution.
- Provide guidance to Conflicts staff relative to conflict research and analysis and corporate family tree research with the goal of ensuring accuracy and consistency in preparation and analysis of conflict reports. Assist in development and implementation of training programs for Conflict Analysts and attorneys.
- Assist attorneys and Legal Practice Assistants in understanding the firm’s conflicts and business intake policies and procedures.
- Assist attorneys with drafting engagement and waiver letters.
- Research appropriate jurisdictional conflict and/or ethical rules and/or opinions to assist in determining specific conflict resolution strategies.
- Request and maintain all necessary supporting documentation to resolve actual or potential conflict issues.
- Prepare and implement ethical walls.
- Assist in the customization, improvement and implementation of software for conflicts, business intake and ethical walls.
- Maintain knowledge of trends, developments and new technologies impacting the conflicts group.
Who You Are:
- JD degree required.
- 3+ years of experience with law firm conflicts and/or new business department preferred.
- Prior experience using automated conflicts and/or workflow system.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; strong customer service skills and ability to interact effectively with a broad range of people in a professional manner.
- Strong research skills; strong analytical and problem solving skills, strong attention to detail.
- Ability to use initiative and judgment to accomplish results.
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment; work under pressure and complete job assignments in an accurate and timely manner; respond appropriately to shifting demands.
- Work independently, but able to escalate and communicate issues in a timely and effective manner.
- Able to maintain professional composure in challenging or difficult situations.
- Knowledge of Intapp conflict checking software, ethical wall and business intake software.
This position is 100% remote. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $160,000 to $180,000.
Seeking an Investment Funds Attorney for our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, or Washington, D.C. Offices. Candidates should have 10+ years of experience in fund formation, structuring, and compliance. Applicable bar admission required. Strong academic credentials, excellent oral and written communication skills required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $300,000 to $520,000.
Seeking an associate with 3+ years general experience in sophisticated commercial litigation (including chancery litigation) for our Delaware office. DE bar is required. We have a sophisticated practice and offer an extraordinary opportunity for challenging, interesting, and rewarding work. We seek an individual devoted to meeting the highest standards of excellence and serving clients, and who wants to be part of an established and dynamic firm. Strong academic credentials and excellent oral and written communication skills are required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program.
Seeking an associate with 3+ years general experience in sophisticated commercial litigation for our Miami, FL Office. FL bar is required. We have a sophisticated practice and offer an extraordinary opportunity for challenging, interesting, and rewarding work. We seek an individual devoted to meeting the highest standards of excellence and serving clients, and who wants to be part of an established and dynamic firm. Strong academic credentials and excellent oral and written communication skills are required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Seeking an associate with 3+ years general experience in sophisticated commercial litigation for our New Jersey Office. NJ bar is required. We have a sophisticated practice and offer an extraordinary opportunity for challenging, interesting, and rewarding work. We seek an individual devoted to meeting the highest standards of excellence and serving clients, and who wants to be part of an established and dynamic firm. Strong academic credentials and excellent oral and written communication skills are required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $220,000 to $365,000.
Seeking an associate with 3+ years general experience in sophisticated commercial litigation for our New York Office. NY bar is required. We have a sophisticated practice and offer an extraordinary opportunity for challenging, interesting, and rewarding work. We seek an individual devoted to meeting the highest standards of excellence and serving clients, and who wants to be part of an established and dynamic firm. Strong academic credentials and excellent oral and written communication skills are required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $220,000 to $365,000.
Seeking an associate with 3+ years general experience in sophisticated commercial litigation for our Texas office. Texas bar is required. We have a sophisticated practice and offer an extraordinary opportunity for challenging, interesting, and rewarding work. We seek an individual devoted to meeting the highest standards of excellence and serving clients, and who wants to be part of an established and dynamic firm. Strong academic credentials and excellent oral and written communication skills are required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Seeking an associate with 5+ years of experience in general commercial real estate with an emphasis in transactional matters to join our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, or Washington D.C. Offices. Bar admission in one or more states in which the Firm has an office and where the candidate desires to be resident is required. Strong academic credentials, excellent oral and written communication skills required. We offer an excellent compensation package and comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $257,000 to $365,000.
Seeking an associate with 3+ years’ experience in commercial real estate including purchases, sales, and financing to join our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, or Washington D.C. Offices. Bar admission in one or more states in which the Firm has an office and where the candidate desires to be resident is required. Strong academic credentials, excellent oral and written communication skills required. We offer a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits package. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $220,000 to $365,000.
Seeking a Tax Attorney with 4+ years’ corporate and transactional tax experience for our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, or Washington, D.C. Offices. Bar admission in one or more states in which the Firm has an office and where the candidate desires to be resident is required. Strong academic credentials, excellent oral and written communication skills required. We offer an excellent compensation package and comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $225,000 to $400,000.
Seeking a Tax, Trusts & Estates Associate with 3+ years’ experience for our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, or Washington, D.C. Offices. Bar admission in one or more states in which the Firm has an office and where the candidate desires to be resident is required. Strong academic credentials, excellent oral and written communication skills required. We offer an excellent compensation package and comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $225,000 to $315,000.
Seeking a Transactional Healthcare Attorney for our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, or Washington, D.C. Offices. Candidates should have 6+ years of experience. Applicable bar admission required. Strong academic credentials, excellent oral and written communication skills required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $300,000 to $520,000.
Staff Positions
Seeking a Billing Coordinator for our New Jersey Office.
Job Duties:
- Prepare and edit client invoices in accordance with firm policies and client guidelines.
- Proficient in E-billing procedures.
- Review and verify accuracy of billing data, ensuring all billable time and expenses are accounted for.
- Coordinate with attorneys, paralegals, and other staff to resolve billing discrepancies and issues.
- Respond to client inquiries regarding billing and payment status.
- Process write-offs following Firm policy.
- Ability to execute complex bills in a timely manner (i.e., multiple discounts by matter, split-party billing, preparation of electronic bills).
- Ability to handle a high volume of bills per month.
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate with attorneys, assistants, and clients.
- Review and verify accuracy of billing and supporting documentation as required.
- Create new billing formats as needed.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly and quarterly billing reports for management review.
Required Skills:
- 3 or more years hands-on billing experience in a law firm.
- Elite 3E, Aderant (or equivalent accounting software) experience.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize.
- Ability to organize work flow and use time efficiently.
- Ability to show strong attention to detail.
- Ability to perform at high levels in a fast paced ever-changing work environment and successfully adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
- Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction, follow up on own initiative.
- Flexibility to adapt to all situations and work varied hours; possibly work weekends or evenings.
We offer an excellent compensation package and comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $85,000 to $100,000.
Seeking a Business Development Manager to join the Marketing Department located in New Jersey. This position will report to the Chief Marketing Officer. Duties include: Execute on marketing and business development strategies to achieve stated practice goals and objectives, track and report on progress, conduct competitive intelligence, prepare detailed reports on clients and targets as well as market and industry trends, maintain experience database, coordinate and prepare RFP responses, proposals and presentations, continually improve pitch materials and process, ensure continuity and efficiency across offices, track and report on RFP/proposal results and trends, brainstorm and create new collateral to position the firm and practice groups, produce high impact submissions for key legal rankings with assistance from outside PR agency, work directly with attorneys to execute business development goals with a focus on providing high level of service, proactively suggest new ideas for reaching target audiences in line with practice group goals, leverage contact relationship management (CRM) system. Strong administrative, organizational and interpersonal skills required. College degree and at least 5 years of marketing or business development experience required. Experience in a professional services setting preferred. Strong professional writing, proofreading and editing skills. Candidate should possess the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and Powerpoint. Familiarity with Montor Suite and/or Redwood Analytics a plus. Some travel between offices required. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $125,000 to $160,000.
Seeking an Enterprise Application Engineer to support and enhance the firm’s critical application ecosystem. This role partners closely with business stakeholders to ensure stability, performance, and continuous improvement of enterprise systems.
We are specifically targeting candidates with strong SQL/query development, API integration, and automation capabilities, along with some experience with Azure enterprise applications, Windows Server administration, and modern workflow tools.
Responsibilities
- Administer, support, and optimize enterprise applications across finance, marketing, and practice management systems
- Design, develop, and support SQL queries, scripts, SSIS/SSRS reporting, and integrations to enable business operations and reporting
- Automate business and IT processes using Power Automate, Boomi and scripting tools
- Build and maintain application integrations using APIs and scripting solutions
- Support Azure-based enterprise applications, including Azure AD app registrations, authentication, and integrations
- Administer Windows Servers, SQL Servers (queries, performance tuning, and reporting), and Azure Fabric
- Troubleshoot complex application and data issues across integrated systems
- Collaborate cross-functionally to implement improvements, manage vendors, and ensure system reliability
- Participate in system upgrades, patching, and monthly maintenance in a rotation schedule (Windows, SQL, and application stack)
Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server:
- Query development and optimization
- Reporting (SSRS) and ETL processes (SSIS)
- Basic DBA-level experience (job creation, maintenance plans, performance tuning)
- Experience with API integrations and scripting (PowerShell, C#, or similar)
- Working knowledge of Azure Enterprise Applications, including:
- App registrations
- Authentication & identity integrations (Azure AD)
- Experience with Power Automate or similar workflow automation tools
- Familiarity with law firm application platforms (e.g., Elite 3E or similar systems), integrations, and system dependencies
- Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server administration
- Exposure to SSIS/SSRS report development and data workflows
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex systems
- Ability to work independently while supporting cross-functional teams
- Clear communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong documentation and process discipline
- Aptitude to learn new tasks quickly and adapt to evolving technologies.
- Minimum 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications in a production environment
- Law firm experience desired
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field preferred
- Microsoft or related certifications are a plus
We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $135,000.
Seeking a Corporate Paralegal to join our Baltimore, Hackensack, New York City, or Wilmington Offices to assist attorneys with corporate matters and transactions. Candidates must possess 5+ years of experience in governance, business planning, financial and transactional practice. In addition, they must be highly organized and possess the ability to prioritize, be a team player, and have excellent written and verbal skills. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel preferred. College degree and/or paralegal certificate required. We offer a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits package. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $76,500 to $179,000.
Seeking a legal practice assistant (LPA) for our Boca Raton, Florida Office. 3+ years legal experience to support members of the Firm, associates and paralegals in multiple practice areas to include but not limited to, Corporate, Litigation and Tax, Trusts & Estates. Candidates should possess excellent communication and organizational skills. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and InTapp Time Entry required; knowledge of IManage and PowerPoint a plus. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Seeking a Legal Practice Assistant (LPA) for our New Jersey Office. 3+ years legal experience to support Members of the Firm and Associates in the areas of Bankruptcy, Corporate, Environmental, Litigation, Real Estate, and Tax, Trusts & Estates. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, client focused, highly organized and detail orientated with demonstrated ability to multi-task in a high-volume environment and work well independently and with a team. Strong technical skills of Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and InTapp required; knowledge of IManage and PowerPoint a plus. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $80,000 to $115,000.
Seeking a Litigation Paralegal for our Delaware Office with 3+ years of law firm litigation paralegal experience. Responsibility for assisting lawyers in all aspects of the Litigation Department’s caseloads, including: the organization and maintenance of court materials; drafting and filing pleadings, motions, and other court documents; preparation of correspondence, memoranda, discovery, and other communications with minimal supervision; management of docket, matter dates, and deadlines; deposition digesting and preparation; and coordination of deposition, hearing, motion and trial preparation. Assist with and coordinate paper and electronic discovery process, including: identifying potentially relevant electronically stored information (“ESI”); draft and issue legal hold notices; coordinate with clients to identify, preserve, and collect relevant sources of ESI and paper discovery; and assist with processing, reviewing, and coding ESI.
Knowledge of and ability to electronically file (CM/ECF and Delaware e-filing) pleadings required. Candidates must be highly organized and possess the ability to prioritize, be a team player, and have excellent written and verbal skills. College degree and/or paralegal certificate required. Strong working knowledge of MSOffice (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required. Knowledge of iManage and Relativity is a plus. We offer a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits package. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Seeking a Trusts & Estates Administrative Assistant for our New Jersey Office. This position will report to the office five days per week.
Some of the job responsibilities would include:
- Assisting with the preparation of Trusts and Estate binders, including compiling letters and emails, saving relevant documents, and organizing materials.
- Assembling final binder sets for mailing, including preparing and attaching FedEx labels, tables of contents, and ensuring proper formatting.
- Printing and stickering documents for outgoing mailings; prepare FedEx shipments accordingly.
- Supporting attorneys by printing and organizing documents for client meetings, as needed and based on workload.
- Submitting check requests.
- Saving and organize documents accurately within the firm’s document management system (MyCase/MyManage or similar).
- Assisting with preparation of opening files (prepare LOE, NCI, run conflict checks).
- Covering for our Client Services Representative with the handling the original documents/vault.
We offer a competitive starting salary and comprehensive benefits package. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $65,000 to $85,000.000.
Seeking a Trust and Estate Administration Paralegal with 3 or 4 years’ experience for our Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, or Washington, D.C. Offices. Responsible for handling all phases of estate and trust administration, including probate, extensive communication with clients, financial planners and accountants, preparation of federal estate tax returns and fiduciary accountings, distribution of estate assets and trust funding, and deed work, among other tasks. Superior communication and mathematical skills are a must. Strong working knowledge of estate tax software (ONESOURCE/Fast Tax), HotDocs and Microsoft Word a plus.
Candidates must be highly organized and possess the ability to prioritize, be a team player, and have excellent written and verbal skills. College degree and/or paralegal certificate are required. We will consider a JD/paralegal candidate as well. We offer a competitive starting salary and a comprehensive benefits program. Salary is commensurate with experience. The salary range for this position is $76,500 to 162,500.
We offer an excellent compensation package and comprehensive benefits program.
Cole Schotz is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please e-mail resume for consideration to:
Gayle P. Englert, Chief Human Resources Officer
Email: genglert@coleschotz.com
Office: 201.525.6307
Fax: 201.678.6307
Cole Schotz P.C.
Court Plaza North
25 Main Street, P.O. Box 800
Hackensack, NJ 07602-0800
