Description

Salary Range: $75,000 - $100,000, depending on experience and qualifications. This position is eligible for bonuses in addition to salary, which can be discretionary or based upon profitability. 

Benefits: The Van Winkle Law Firm offers an excellent benefit package including multiple group health insurance plans including high-deductible plans with firm-provided HSA contributions and additional health plan incentives and financial incentives that reward healthy behavior, disability insurance options (both short term and long term), vision and dental plans, life insurance, a 401(k) with firm contributions, plus the usual holidays and a leave policy that reflects our expectation that every lawyer we hire will someday become our partner, CLE and business development budgets, firm-provided parking, and a host of other benefits that help ensure that our lawyers can be successful.

Practice Overview: This Attorney will join our fast-paced Creditors’ Rights Group, practicing bankruptcy (including Chapters 7, 11, and 13), commercial collections litigation, secured transactions, workouts, foreclosures, and judgment enforcement. This Attorney will join our Creditors’ Rights Group led by Mark Pinkston, a Partner with almost 40 years of bankruptcy experience. Our Creditor’s Rights Group handles cases throughout North Carolina with an emphasis on Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and South Carolina. This Attorney will be joining a well-established practice with extensive connections across Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee and with the opportunity for extensive mentorship and growth.

Who We Are: Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis, P.A. (The Van Winkle Law Firm) was founded in 1907 by Kingsland Van Winkle, one of the attorneys engaged by George Washington Vanderbilt II when constructing his famed Biltmore House. Van Winkle grew to become one of North Carolina’s most respected law firms and one of the largest headquartered in Western North Carolina. With offices in Asheville and Hendersonville, our firm serves individuals, families, and businesses with strategic, client-focused legal counsel in transactional, litigation, real estate, business, estate planning, and estate administration matters.

Requirements

Responsibilities:

• Must be able to manage and maintain a high-volume practice;
• Must be a team player with excellent delegation and interpersonal skills to work with paralegals and legal staff;
• Represent secured and unsecured creditors in state and federal litigation including bankruptcy proceedings;
• Draft pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery, and legal memoranda;
• Appear in court and argue motions in counties throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Eastern Tennessee;
• Manage, file, draft, and appear in foreclosures and collections proceedings in counties all over Western North Carolina and the Foothills;
• Advise clients on bankruptcy strategy and creditor remedies; and
• Participate in case strategy and trial preparation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum three (3) years relevant experience (and more senior laterals are encouraged to apply) in creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, or bankruptcy practice;
• Litigation proficiency;
• License to practice law in North Carolina (or eligible for admission by waiver);
• License to practice law in Tennessee and/or South Carolina are a plus but not required;
• Strong research, writing, and advocacy skills; and
• Strong interpersonal skills to work as part of a team.

Application Materials:

• Please submit a resume and cover letter.