Senior Attorney, Ryan Legal Services (RLS)

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options

• Award-Winning Culture

• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)

• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One

• 401K with Employer Match

• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

• Fertility Assistance Program

• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Provides legal expertise where needed.
• Hires, trains, and manages legal staff.
• Provides ongoing professional guidance and direction to direct reports from the Legal department.

Client:

• Develop forms, tools and methods of communication necessary to engage clients.
• Participate in marketing training with service delivery professionals.
• Draft, send, receive, record, and track specific prospective and client engagement agreements.
• Work with Ryan professionals to develop, create marketing programs and websites. This includes preparation of talking points for client referrals and drafting marketing referral materials.

Practice of Tax Law

• Provide legal analysis and advice to third party Ryan clients and supervise other attorneys and paralegals in providing legal services to outside clients. 
• Manage and have oversight of various tax domain services offered by Ryan, including property tax, transaction tax, severance tax, and federal taxes.
• Representing clients in tax appeal matters including contacting prospects, negotiating Legal Services Agreements, recommending appeals and lawsuits, seeking client approvals for appeals, communicating result, and obtaining approvals from clients.
• Engaging co-counsel for local services and supervising work performed by co-counsel.
• Supervise professional tax training for attorneys and staff and require them to maintain their state professional licensing requirements to provide legal advice on various legal issues.

Education/Experience:

• Four-year bachelor's degree.
• Juris doctorate from an accredited law school.
• One-year master’s degree in taxation or equivalent.
• At least twenty years’ experience as a practicing tax attorney.
• Active member of the State Bar of Arizona.
• No character or fitness violations from any state bar association or supreme court.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate skills in Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

License to practice law in the State of Arizona required.  Membership to the American Bar Association preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises Paralegals and Associate Attorneys. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Firm’s policies and applicable laws.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Extended periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels.
• Independent travel requirement:  Less than 10%.
• Willingness to work non-standard hours to accommodate global time zones as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran

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