Staff Attorney - Consumer Rights Unit (Boston, MA)

Staff Attorney - Consumer Rights Unit

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Accessible Employer and strives to ensure that our staff members reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) seeks to hire a staff attorney with 1 to 5 years of legal experience to work in the Consumer Rights Unit. The attorney will represent low-income clients in a variety of consumer matters and will undertake major litigation that will strengthen consumers rights. Areas include debt collection cases including overseeing and participating in our Debt Collection Lawyer for the Day Program credit repair FDCPA cases unfair and deceptive practices foreclosure defense mortgage and property scam cases consumer scam cases reverse mortgage and tax foreclosure issues and student loan issues. Representation may include litigation in a variety of state courts as well as federal court and bankruptcy court on both individual and systemic cases. Familiarity with debt collection foreclosure FDCPA credit repair bankruptcy consumer issues and general litigation experience a plus. In addition to litigation the attorney will assist in community education and outreach activities and legislative and other advocacy efforts on behalf of clients. Requirements Admission to the Massachusetts Bar or comity. The preferred candidate will possess excellent analytical writing research and litigation skills the ability to work both independently and with a team ability to speak Spanish is preferred but not required and have a demonstrated commitment to providing legal services to low-income clients. A minimum of 1 to 5 years of related experience is required for this position. Salary is based on a union scale which begins at 72 000 for an attorney with less than one year of experience. GBLS offers a generous benefits package retirement contribution a student loan repayment assistance plan for eligible attorneys and generous Paid Time Off. Candidates should submit letter of interest resume and brief writing sample to the Human Resources Team via email at jobs(at)gbls.org. Please refer to Job Code CRU-ATT when applying for this position. Deadline for application is November 17 2023 or until the position is filled. GBLS values diversity and encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.