Staff Attorney - Wild Places

POSITION SUMMARY:

At a time when public lands and bedrock environmental protections face profound threats, WildEarth Guardians seeks a dynamic, motivated, and public interest-focused attorney to join our Legal Team as a Staff Attorney. This role reports to the Managing Attorney. Working primarily in support of Guardians’ Wild Places program, the Staff Attorney will develop and litigate strategic cases to protect, restore, and reconnect the West’s vast public lands and waters; defend wild landscapes and biodiversity from destructive extractive uses, including livestock grazing, logging, mining, development, and excessive road and motorized use; safeguard public lands from privatization; and advance ecologically sustainable public-lands management. The Staff Attorney will also provide litigation support to Guardians’ Wildlife program, helping protect native species and the healthy, connected habitats they need to thrive.

Salary Range:

Staff Attorney (4-8 years of litigation experience): $80,000 to $95,000; 

Senior Staff Attorney (8+ years of litigation experience): $95,000 to $115,000 

Location:

Preferred locations: Portland, OR; Santa Fe, NM; Denver, CO; or Missoula, MT. Remote work in other contiguous western states will be considered depending on level of experience.

Reports to: Managing/Senior Attorney

Status: Full time, exempt - union eligible

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSABILITIES:

Develop and litigate cases from the claims inception phase to final resolution on the merits primarily in federal court, but also potentially in state court and at the administrative level, pursuant to laws governing management and resource protection on federal public lands, such as NEPA, NFMA, FLPMA, the Wilderness Act, and ESA; 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

Qualifications

Knowledge Skills & Abilities 

BENEFITS: 

WildEarth Guardians offers a friendly and flexible, team-based environment with an excellent benefits package. Benefits include 100% employer-paid premiums for health, vision, dental, life, and disability coverage as well as 50% employer-paid premiums for dependents; a 403(b) retirement plan with a 3% match; paid and unpaid health and family leave; a sabbatical policy, sick leave; and generous paid time off. 

TO APPLY

Please apply for the position by providing a Cover Letter, Resume, Legal Writing Sample (maximum 10 pages) and a list of three professional references.

No telephone calls, please. If you require assistance applying to this opportunity, please contact us.

WildEarth Guardians is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, family/marital status, religion or other protected classes. We encourage applications from underrepresented communities and people from historically excluded groups.