Atlanta Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”) seeks a Staff Attorney for its Fulton County Office located in Downtown Atlanta. Our non-profit law firm represents low-income persons in a variety of civil legal matters, including family, housing, consumer, employment, health, public benefits, and education law. The Fulton Office provides advice and representation to persons in Fulton County in a variety of legal matters including tenant protection, benefits (income and healthcare), consumer protection, public school education, and family law. In addition to direct client services, the office provides advice through the Fulton County Family Law Information Center. The staff consists of a managing attorney, one senior staff attorney, three staff attorneys, three paralegals, and two receptionists.

Responsibilities:

Handling a mixed caseload using a variety of advocacy methods including transactional work, negotiation, mediation, and litigation.
Participating in community education, task forces, committees, social service organizations, national and local bar associations.
Other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

Active member in good standing in the State Bar of Georgia (strongly preferred), or eligible to sit for the next Georgia Bar exam.
Minimum of three years of relevant legal experience.
Excellent legal writing, analysis, advocacy, and work ethic are required.
Demonstrated commitment to public service, participation in law school clinics or trial advocacy courses, familiarity with poverty law, previous work with low-income people, and an appreciation for diversity are strongly preferred.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening, and organizational skills.
Ability to balance compassion and pragmatism.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a collaborative, hybrid team model.
Proficiency in languages other than English, particularly Spanish, is highly valued.

Salary and Benefits:

This position offers a salary of $70,250, but may vary (up or down) depending on work experience. Salaries are reviewed annually and may be adjusted based on available funding.
Generous fringe benefits, including 16 paid holidays in 2026, 6 weeks of paid time off (accruing at 2.5 days per month), and 6 weeks of parental leave (12 weeks after one year).
Individual health insurance, including optional dental and vision coverage, with partial payment for dependent health insurance.
Life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance.
Salary reduction option for a flexible spending account.
Educational loan reimbursement up to $600 per month (after a set off of other loan reimbursement amounts).
Voluntary tax-sheltered annuity with a 3% match.
This position may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the U.S. Department of Education.
State Bar of Georgia dues and CLE expenses.
A hybrid work schedule that allows staff to work 2 days remotely, subject to management approval.

Application Requirements: Submit a letter of interest, resume, writing sample (advice letter, legal memorandum or brief), official law school transcript (a copy is acceptable pending your order of an official transcript), and the names, phone numbers and email addresses of three professional references (preferably individuals who have supervised or managed your work) as one (1) PDF using our online application system at atlantalegalaid.org/jobs. Only applications with all of the requested documents will be considered for an interview.

Your application will be acknowledged. No phone calls please. For technical difficulties in submitting your application, please email

career@atlantalegalaid.org.

Atlanta Legal Aid Society considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Fulton County Staff Attorney

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