Associate Counsel

Position Summary:Maryland REALTORS serves professional REALTOR members from Maryland. We are responsible for developing public policy, legislative advocacy, political affairs, legal and regulatory services, education, professional standards, and communications programs. The Associate Counsel provides legal advice and counsel to the trade association on a wide variety of topics. The Associate Counsel will staff and support various Association committees, provide content for the Association's web site, videos, and other materials, be responsible for staffing the Association's Legal Hotline and teaching continuing education classes.Primary Duties Include:· Staffing the Legal Hotline and ensuring timely responses to members. · Teaching continuing education classes and providing training and instruction to members, brokerages, local boards and associations, either in-person or virtually, on a variety of topics including ethics, fair housing, contracts and forms updates, legislative updates, and current or topical issues.· Writing articles for the Association's magazine; drafting and reviewing legal articles, position papers and other legal materials.· Providing content for the Association's web site and videos.· Staffing, supporting and managing various Association committees.· Keeping abreast of legal developments affecting real property, fair housing, real estate brokerages, property management, commercial real estate, and agency.· Performing legal research and generating memoranda as needed.Travel Requirements: · Periodic travel to local REALTOR boards for teaching, attending meetings and events.· Attendance and staffing of Annual Maryland REALTORS Conference.Qualifications:· J.D. from ABA-accredited law school and admission to Maryland Bar are required.· Three to five years of legal experience, with background in trade associations preferred.· Outstanding customer service orientation; experience working in multicultural settings and/or collaborating in multicultural work groups a plus.· Knowledge of Federal and Maryland campaign finance and election laws a plus.· Familiarity with fair housing, real property, and real estate brokerages, preferred.· Computer literate (virtual meeting platforms, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Westlaw, internet research and use).· Superior legal reasoning, communication, and interpersonal skills are of the utmost importance.· Ability to work in a team environment and independently as needed.· Consistency in giving feedback regarding work progress, timetables, and issues.· Excellent work ethic and attendance.Salary Range: 90,000-105,000Work Environment and Working ConditionsThis position generally operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment; communicates by telephone, video conferencing, e-mail, letters, memos, and in person on a daily basis; has a medium to high level of social contact. Regularly work in a group or team, but also spend time alone researching and analyzing cases and/or issues. This role may require spending time both in and out of the office and travel to client and business sites and venues.The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is often required to walk; use hands to finger; handle or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERThe above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments in compliance with Federal and State Laws. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

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