Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

Research:  Work collaboratively with the librarian to gather competitive intelligence by researching potential targets, industries, referral sources, and trade associations for business development opportunities.  Identify and contact trade publications and other media to place articles and announcements.  Maintain e-mail contact with organizations hosting business development events.  Maintain a library of business development articles and information.

Practice and Industry Groups:  Provide leadership and marketing support for business development at practice group and industry group meetings level.  Develop topics for seminars and articles.  Recommend cross selling opportunities between practice and industry groups, and other companies.

Collaborate with individual attorneys to expand business development efforts including developing, tracking and implementing individual marketing plans, recommending targets and developing existing client relationships. Research opportunities for attorneys to serve on boards and provide support during the application process.

Events: Supervise the smooth running of business development events (including overseeing the location, logistics, food, invitations, mailing lists, nametags, hand-outs and promotional items).

RFP Production:  Assist attorneys preparing materials to respond to RFPs.   Maintain inventory of materials and samples of RFPs for future use.

Oversee development of collateral and other marketing materials:   Update content of firm brochure, prepare professional announcements, and coordinate mailings.  Recommend new forms of collateral materials.  Collaborate with attorneys to create and update practice and industry group marketing materials and update resumes of FAB attorneys.  Work with in-house and outside sources to create announcements .

Website:  Oversee ongoing updates to all aspects of firm's website keeping content current and relevant (i.e. posting articles, legal alerts, and speaking engagements). Solicit articles from attorneys to be posted on the site.  Work with outside web designer to make site accurate, user friendly and accessible. 

Media Relations:  Develop and maintain firm's media contacts to ensure firm's attorneys continue to be sought out by media for expert commentary on legal issues. Prepare press releases for new hires, announcements about successful cases,  important new clients, lateral hires, etc.

Newsletters and articles:  Drive process of attorney publication of articles, newsletters and informational letters to clients.

Contact database:  Assist with maintenance of firm marketing lists.  Maintain a library of business development articles and information; maintain e-mail contact with organizations hosting business development events, and maintain database of contacts and related business development activities.

Specific Requirements:

A minimum of five years of relevant experience in a legal or professional services marketing department, and a related degree are preferred.  Must have strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher).  Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to work with a variety of people in a collaborative environment is required.  Excellent writing and organizational skills, and the ability to handle multiple requests and deadlines is required.  The manager must be able to work at events that start before and after regular business hours.

Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP is a multi-practice law firm conveniently located adjacent to B.A.R.T.  Please submit your resume, cover letter and writing sample to:

Marsha van Broek
Executive Director
Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP

• A minimum of 10 years of transactional real estate practice experience, preferably including substantial work related to purchases and sales of developed and undeveloped commercial, industrial and/or agricultural property, development, leasing and financing;
• A portable book of business of at least $500,000;
• The motivation to engage in substantial business development efforts; and
• The capability to be a collaborative leader in the growth of the practice group.

FAB provides the opportunity for an individual who seeks to join a well-established, high quality, mid-size, collegial, multi-practice firm consisting of business transactions, land use, environmental, litigation, taxation, estate & trust, intellectual property, and labor & employment law practices.  The firm is conveniently located at City Center in downtown Oakland.

Submit cover letter and resume to:

Elizabeth Clark
Leader of Real Estate Practice Group
eclark@fablaw.com

or

Marsha van Broek
Executive Director
mvanbroek@fablaw.com

Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP
P.O. Box 12867
Oakland, CA  94604-2867

FAB provides the opportunity for an individual who seeks to join a well-established, high quality, mid-size, collegial, multi-practice firm consisting of business transactions, land use, environmental, litigation, taxation, estate & trust, and employment law practice groups.  The firm is conveniently located at City Center in downtown Oakland.

            The ideal candidate will have at least ten years of litigation experience involving environmental contamination issues, as well as substantial experience in regulatory agency enforcement and site closure matters.  Experience in brownfields redevelopment, in drafting environmental risk allocation provisions of real estate and business transactional documents, and in advising clients in environmental due diligence and site investigation matters is also strongly desired.

            A moderate book of portable business ($400,000+), compatible with FAB's mid-market position, is required.  The candidate will also assist the firm's business, real estate and individual clients on environmental law matters.

            FAB provides the opportunity for an individual to join a well-established, high-quality, midsize, collegial, multi-practice firm.  Our practice areas are business transactions, real estate, land use, environmental, business litigation, taxation, estates and trusts, intellectual property, and labor and employment.  The firm is conveniently located at City Center in downtown Oakland.