CaReer Opportunites 2/22/2024

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY - Infrastructure, Major Projects, Public-Private Partnerships & Alternative Delivery

San Francisco, CA

Job Type

Full-time

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, creative, and collaborative attorneys to join our projects-oriented law firm.  Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States. 

Why consider us?

We are a fast-growing national boutique law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in transit, rail, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, airports, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law.  While the firm is organized into these primary practice areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that does not always respect these boundaries, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas.  Nearly half of our practice groups and partners (and over a quarter of our attorneys as a whole) received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2022 USA rankings, reflecting our firm’s outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients. 

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients.  We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, know that your contributions make a difference, and are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding. 

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow.  Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one while also gaining valuable experience and training.  We believe that as an associate, you should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in a number of internally promoted partners. 

Requirements

In this role, you will: 

• Serve as a key member of our Transportation practice while also supporting related environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate matters as needed.
• Work directly with partners and clients on a variety of matters which may include tasks such as drafting pleadings, conducting legal research, drafting memoranda of law, drafting and negotiating contracts and operating agreements.

You will excel in this role by: 

• Having 7 or more years of relevant transactional, administrative law or litigation experience  
• Demonstrating exceptional writing, analytical, and advocacy skills and ability to successfully interact with clients and colleagues. 
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines to proactively complete transactions. 
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently as well as in a team environment. 
• Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (NY or DC, preferred)

You will stand out from other candidates if you demonstrate some or all of the following: 

• Have experience with matters before the Surface Transportation Board, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration, or state or local transportation agencies.
• Have experience representing public transportation agencies. 
• Have experience in transactional matters that include federal grant funding.
• Have excellent legal research and writing skills.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to the practice of law. 
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters. 

Position Details: This is a full-time position to be located in New York, NY or Washington, DC. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. The salary range is $185,000 - $225,000, commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible  PTO, and parental leave. The firm will also cover some public transportation costs. 

Salary Description$185,000 - $225,000, commensurate with experience. Email resumes and contact information to robert@therptgroup.com

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY - Infrastructure, Major Projects, Public-Private Partnerships & Alternative Delivery
Denver, CO

Job Type

Full-time

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, experienced attorneys to join the Infrastructure, Major Projects, Public-Private Partnerships & Alternative Delivery practice at our projects-oriented law firm. Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our attorneys to gain momentum in their careers through meaningful involvement in innovative infrastructure projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider our firm?

We are a fast-growing national boutique law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in infrastructure project delivery, real estate, land use, project finance, airports, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. We have a primary, but not exclusive, focus on advising public authorities on public infrastructure projects. In all our work we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work at the intersection of our core practice areas.

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, know that your contributions make a difference, and are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

Why consider this position?

You will be joining a growing team which is active on projects across the country. Every day through this work we are leading on progressing, and in some cases creating, innovative models for major project delivery.

We advise on some of the highest profile and most critical infrastructure projects in the nation. Our work includes advising a broad spectrum of clients, including currently for public authorities on multi-billion dollar projects in each of the nation’s three largest metropolitan areas.

You will also be joining a team widely recognized for our work. We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work, for example as the only boutique law firm consistently ranked for nationally advisement on public-private partnership projects by Chambers & Partners and through designation of team members as Law360 MVP’s in Project Finance in recent years.

Crucially, we provide opportunities for experienced attorneys to learn and develop while taking on leadership roles as part of leading the team toward future growth. Our attorneys are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one, while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe each associate should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in a significant number of internally promoted partners – in 2024, approximately 30% of our partners will have been internally promoted within the past five years.

Requirements

In this role, you will:

• Advise public and private sector clients on projects nationwide across multiple industry sectors. Recent experience spans surface transportation (e.g. roads, transit and rail, bridges and tunnels, and autonomous vehicles), airports, water, government facilities, transit-oriented and mixed-use development, universities, and renewables.
• Draft and review procurement and construction packages, including those using alternative project delivery methods, such as public-private partnerships (P3), predevelopment agreements (PDAs), traditional and progressive design-build, and other forms of alternative delivery contracting.
• Help create new and innovative project delivery structures tailored to particular performance, funding, environmental, technological, and community considerations.
• Meaningfully interact with clients and counterparties without the burden of artificial hierarchical constraints.
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You will be supported by a firm of like-minded attorneys who are passionate and knowledgeable about infrastructure-focused disciplines at a time of unprecedented national attention to infrastructure issues. These are the same issues that the firm was founded less than 20 years ago to advise on and for which the firm continues to be a leading advocate nationally.

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 5 or more years of substantial and relevant transactional experience in infrastructure, transportation, real estate, housing, public procurement, and public and/or private finance matters.
• Demonstrating exceptional drafting, writing, analytical, and advocacy skills and the ability to successfully interact with clients and colleagues.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (New York, California, Texas, Colorado, or Florida preferred)
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You will stand out from other candidates if you:

• Demonstrate a professional and intellectual interest in and commitment to serving a predominantly public-sector client base on infrastructure project delivery.
• Have experience drafting contracts, procurement, and/or financing documents outside the use of form agreements.
• Have experience with various methods of major construction and project delivery procurement and contracting, such as design-build, design-build-operate-maintain, CM/GC, public-private partnerships (P3), progressive and traditional design-build, and/or project-related claims and disputes.
• Have prior law firm experience.
• Have experience advising public sector clients.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage junior attorneys as well as client and counterparty relationships.
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Position Details: This is a full-time position to be located in New York, NY, Washington DC, Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, or possibly Los Angeles, CA. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. The salary range is $175,000 – 225,000, commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

Salary Description$175,000 – 225,000, commensurate with experience, email resumes and contact information to robert@therptgroup.com
 

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Airport Projects and Commercial Transactions
WFH Flexible • San Francisco, CA

Job Type

WFH/Flexible

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, creative, and collaborative attorneys to join our projects-oriented law firm. Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider us?

We are a fast-growing national specialized law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in airports, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. While the Firm is loosely organized into primary practices areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that does not always respect boundaries of traditional legal disciplines, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas. Nearly half of our practice groups and partners (and over a quarter of our attorneys as a whole) received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2022 USA rankings, reflecting our Firm’s outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients.

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our Firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, when you know that your contributions make a difference, and you are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow. Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one, while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe that all associates should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in many internally promoted partners.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a key member of our nationwide Airports practice, while also supporting our Public-Private Partnerships and Alternative Project Delivery practice.
• Work directly with clients and partners on negotiating and drafting agreements supporting a wide variety of complex airport commercial transactions, including airline use and lease agreements, the construction and operation of consolidated rental car facilities, aviation fueling facilities, and other aeronautical and nonaeronautical real estate development.
• Advise clients nationwide on federal regulatory requirements regarding airport development, airport finance, construction, procurement, and environmental matters, ranging from the largest airports in the world to small general aviation facilities.
• Have opportunities for periodic travel to attend client meetings and industry conferences.
• 
  

Requirements

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 7 or more years of relevant transactional or regulatory experience.
• Demonstrating exceptional writing, legal drafting, analytical, negotiating, and advocacy skills, and an ability to professionally interact with clients and colleagues.
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines and proactively address client matters.
• Demonstrating an ability to think through complex legal and business issues and work collaboratively to advise our clients on creative means of achieving their objectives.
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently and in a team environment.
• Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for and responsive to your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (CO, NY, DC, or CA, preferred).

You will stand out from other candidates if you:

• Have experience with the federal regulatory framework in which airports operate, or with other transportation regulations and/or federal transportation agencies (e.g., U.S. DOT, FAA, FRA, FTA, FHWA, STB and Build America Bureau).
• Have experience drafting bespoke agreements and other documents supporting innovative commercial transactions with multiple parties and complex financing arrangements.
• Have experience with airport operations, airport law, and/or other aspects of aviation.
• Have a demonstrated interest (professional or personal) in public infrastructure, aviation, transportation, public policy, and/or related matters.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to legal practice.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters.
• Are excited by the prospect of a highly creative practice of law, where developing solutions to client matters is difficult, nuanced, and rarely routine.

Position details: This is a full-time position to be located in Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, or Washington DC. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. This position requires periodic travel for client meetings, industry conferences, and opportunities to visit with colleagues in other Firm offices. The salary range is $185,000 - $225,000 commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, marital status, military status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Please be aware that Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell requires all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to show proof that they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell is an equal opportunity employer and will engage in the interactive process to determine if a reasonable accommodation is appropriate to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.

If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application process, please do not hesitate to reach out by emailing robert@therptgroup.com

Salary Description$185,000 - $225,000 

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Airport Projects and Commercial Transactions
WFH Flexible • Washington, DC

Job Type

WFH FLEXIBLE

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, creative, and collaborative attorneys to join our projects-oriented law firm. Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider us?

We are a fast-growing national specialized law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in airports, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. 

While the Firm is loosely organized into primary practices areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that does not always respect boundaries of traditional legal disciplines, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas. Nearly half of our practice groups and partners (and over a quarter of our attorneys as a whole) received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2022 USA rankings, reflecting our Firm’s outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients.

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our Firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, when you know that your contributions make a difference, and you are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow. Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one, while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe that all associates should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in many internally promoted partners.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a key member of our nationwide Airports practice, while also supporting our Public-Private Partnerships and Alternative Project Delivery practice.
• Work directly with clients and partners on negotiating and drafting agreements supporting a wide variety of complex airport commercial transactions, including airline use and lease agreements, the construction and operation of consolidated rental car facilities, aviation fueling facilities, and other aeronautical and nonaeronautical real estate development.
• Advise clients nationwide on federal regulatory requirements regarding airport development, airport finance, construction, procurement, and environmental matters, ranging from the largest airports in the world to small general aviation facilities.
• Have opportunities for periodic travel to attend client meetings and industry conferences.
• 
  

Requirements

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 7 or more years of relevant transactional or regulatory experience.
• Demonstrating exceptional writing, legal drafting, analytical, negotiating, and advocacy skills, and an ability to professionally interact with clients and colleagues.
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines and proactively address client matters.
• Demonstrating an ability to think through complex legal and business issues and work collaboratively to advise our clients on creative means of achieving their objectives.
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently and in a team environment.
• Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for and responsive to your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (CO, NY, DC, or CA, preferred).
• 
  

You will stand out from other candidates if you:

• Have experience with the federal regulatory framework in which airports operate, or with other transportation regulations and/or federal transportation agencies (e.g., U.S. DOT, FAA, FRA, FTA, FHWA, STB and Build America Bureau).
• Have experience drafting bespoke agreements and other documents supporting innovative commercial transactions with multiple parties and complex financing arrangements.
• Have experience with airport operations, airport law, and/or other aspects of aviation.
• Have a demonstrated interest (professional or personal) in public infrastructure, aviation, transportation, public policy, and/or related matters.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to legal practice.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters.
• Are excited by the prospect of a highly creative practice of law, where developing solutions to client matters is difficult, nuanced, and rarely routine.
• 
  

Position details: This is a full-time position to be located in Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, or Washington DC. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. This position requires periodic travel for client meetings, industry conferences, and opportunities to visit with colleagues in other Firm offices. The salary range is $185,000 - $225,000 commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, marital status, military status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Please be aware that Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell requires all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to show proof that they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell is an equal opportunity employer and will engage in the interactive process to determine if a reasonable accommodation is appropriate to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.

If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application process, please do not hesitate to reach out by emailing robert@therptgroup.com

Salary Description$185,000 - $225,000 

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Airport Projects and Commercial Transactions

WFH Flexible • New York, NY

Job Type

WFH

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, creative, and collaborative attorneys to join our projects-oriented law firm. Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider us?

We are a fast-growing national specialized law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in airports, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. While the Firm is loosely organized into primary practices areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that does not always respect boundaries of traditional legal disciplines, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas. Nearly half of our practice groups and partners (and over a quarter of our attorneys as a whole) received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2022 USA rankings, reflecting our Firm’s outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients.

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our Firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, when you know that your contributions make a difference, and you are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow. Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one, while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe that all associates should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in many internally promoted partners.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a key member of our nationwide Airports practice, while also supporting our Public-Private Partnerships and Alternative Project Delivery practice.
• Work directly with clients and partners on negotiating and drafting agreements supporting a wide variety of complex airport commercial transactions, including airline use and lease agreements, the construction and operation of consolidated rental car facilities, aviation fueling facilities, and other aeronautical and nonaeronautical real estate development.
• Advise clients nationwide on federal regulatory requirements regarding airport development, airport finance, construction, procurement, and environmental matters, ranging from the largest airports in the world to small general aviation facilities.
• Have opportunities for periodic travel to attend client meetings and industry conferences.
• 
  

Requirements

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 7 or more years of relevant transactional or regulatory experience.
• Demonstrating exceptional writing, legal drafting, analytical, negotiating, and advocacy skills, and an ability to professionally interact with clients and colleagues.
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines and proactively address client matters.
• Demonstrating an ability to think through complex legal and business issues and work collaboratively to advise our clients on creative means of achieving their objectives.
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently and in a team environment.
• Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for and responsive to your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (CO, NY, DC, or CA, preferred).

You will stand out from other candidates if you:

• Have experience with the federal regulatory framework in which airports operate, or with other transportation regulations and/or federal transportation agencies (e.g., U.S. DOT, FAA, FRA, FTA, FHWA, STB and Build America Bureau).
• Have experience drafting bespoke agreements and other documents supporting innovative commercial transactions with multiple parties and complex financing arrangements.
• Have experience with airport operations, airport law, and/or other aspects of aviation.
• Have a demonstrated interest (professional or personal) in public infrastructure, aviation, transportation, public policy, and/or related matters.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to legal practice.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters.
• Are excited by the prospect of a highly creative practice of law, where developing solutions to client matters is difficult, nuanced, and rarely routine.

Position details: This is a full-time position to be located in Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, or Washington DC. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. 

This position requires periodic travel for client meetings, industry conferences, and opportunities to visit with colleagues in other Firm offices. The salary range is $185,000 - $225,000 commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, marital status, military status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Please be aware that Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell requires all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to show proof that they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell is an equal opportunity employer and will engage in the interactive process to determine if a reasonable accommodation is appropriate to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.

If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application process, please do not hesitate to reach out by emailing robert@therptgroup.com

Salary Description$185,000 - $225,000 

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Airport Projects and Commercial Transactions

WFH Flexible • Denver, CO

Job Type

WFH

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, creative, and collaborative attorneys to join our projects-oriented law firm.  Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States. 

Why consider us?

We are a fast-growing national specialized law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in airports, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law.  While the Firm is loosely organized into primary practices areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that does not always respect boundaries of traditional legal disciplines, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas.  Nearly half of our practice groups and partners (and over a quarter of our attorneys as a whole) received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2022 USA rankings, reflecting our Firm’s outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients. 

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our Firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients.  We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, when you know that your contributions make a difference, and you are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding. 

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow.  Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one, while also gaining valuable experience and training.  We believe that all associates should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in many internally promoted partners.  

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a key member of our nationwide Airports practice, while also supporting our Public-Private Partnerships and Alternative Project Delivery practice.
• Work directly with clients and partners on negotiating and drafting agreements supporting a wide variety of complex airport commercial transactions, including airline use and lease agreements, the construction and operation of consolidated rental car facilities, aviation fueling facilities, and other aeronautical and nonaeronautical real estate development.
• Advise clients nationwide on federal regulatory requirements regarding airport development, airport finance, construction, procurement, and environmental matters, ranging from the largest airports in the world to small general aviation facilities.
• Have opportunities for periodic travel to attend client meetings and industry conferences.

Requirements

You will excel in this role by: 

• Having 7 or more years of relevant transactional or regulatory experience. 
• Demonstrating exceptional writing, legal drafting, analytical, negotiating, and advocacy skills, and an ability to professionally interact with clients and colleagues. 
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines and proactively address client matters. 
• Demonstrating an ability to think through complex legal and business issues and work collaboratively to advise our clients on creative means of achieving their objectives. 
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently and in a team environment. 
• Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for and responsive to your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (CO, NY, DC, or CA, preferred).

You will stand out from other candidates if you: 

• Have experience with the federal regulatory framework in which airports operate, or with other transportation regulations and/or federal transportation agencies (e.g., U.S. DOT, FAA, FRA, FTA, FHWA, STB and Build America Bureau).
• Have experience drafting bespoke agreements and other documents supporting innovative commercial transactions with multiple parties and complex financing arrangements.
• Have experience with airport operations, airport law, and/or other aspects of aviation.
• Have a demonstrated interest (professional or personal) in public infrastructure, aviation, transportation, public policy, and/or related matters.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to legal practice. 
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters. 
• Are excited by the prospect of a highly creative practice of law, where developing solutions to client matters is difficult, nuanced, and rarely routine.

Position details: This is a full-time position to be located in Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, or Washington DC.  We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. 

This position requires periodic travel for client meetings, industry conferences, and opportunities to visit with colleagues in other Firm offices. The salary range is $185,000 - $225,000 commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.  

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, marital status, military status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Please be aware that Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell requires all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19.  This position will require the successful candidate to show proof that they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19.  Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell is an equal opportunity employer and will engage in the interactive process to determine if a reasonable accommodation is appropriate to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.

If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application process, please do not hesitate to reach out by emailing robert@therptgroup.com

Salary Description$185,000 - $225,000
 

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY - Transportation and Infrastructure Law

Washington, DC

Job Type

Full-time

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, creative, and collaborative attorneys to join our projects-oriented law firm. Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider us?

We are a fast-growing national boutique law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in transit, rail, real estate, land use, infrastructure, project financing, airports, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. While the firm is organized into these primary practice areas, we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work that does not always respect these boundaries, and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas. Nearly half of our practice groups and partners (and over a quarter of our attorneys as a whole) received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2022 USA rankings, reflecting our firm’s outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients.

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, know that your contributions make a difference, and are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow. Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe that as an associate, you should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in a number of internally promoted partners.

Requirements

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a key member of our Transportation practice while also supporting related environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate matters as needed.
• Work directly with partners and clients on a variety of matters which may include tasks such as drafting pleadings, conducting legal research, drafting memoranda of law, drafting and negotiating contracts and operating agreements.

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 7 or more years of relevant transactional, administrative law or litigation experience
• Demonstrating exceptional writing, analytical, and advocacy skills and ability to successfully interact with clients and colleagues.
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines to proactively complete transactions.
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently as well as in a team environment.
• Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (NY or DC, preferred)

You will stand out from other candidates if you demonstrate some or all of the following:

• Have experience with matters before the Surface Transportation Board, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration, or state or local transportation agencies.
• Have experience representing public transportation agencies.
• Have experience in transactional matters that include federal grant funding.
• Have excellent legal research and writing skills.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to the practice of law.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters.

Position Details: This is a full-time position to be located in New York, NY or Washington, DC. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. The salary range is $185,000 - $225,000, commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.  We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, marital status, military status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Salary Description$185,000 - $225,000, commensurate with experience. Email resumes and contact information to robert@therptgroup.com
 

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY - Infrastructure, Major Projects, Public-Private Partnerships & Alternative Delivery

Washington, DC

 Job Type

Full-time

Description

We’re looking for highly motivated, experienced attorneys to join the Infrastructure, Major Projects, Public-Private Partnerships & Alternative Delivery practice at our projects-oriented law firm. Operating outside the “Big Law” model, our collegial and collaborative firm enables our attorneys to gain momentum in their careers through meaningful involvement in innovative infrastructure projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider our firm?

We are a fast-growing national boutique law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nation’s most complex and high-profile projects in infrastructure project delivery, real estate, land use, project finance, airports, rail, transit, renewable energy, environmental, conservation, and tribal law. We have a primary, but not exclusive, focus on advising public authorities on public infrastructure projects. In all our work we pride ourselves on complex, collaborative work at the intersection of our core practice areas.

Founded in 2003 to provide an alternative to the “business of law as usual,” our firm’s focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team, know that your contributions make a difference, and are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices, your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

Why consider this position?

You will be joining a growing team which is active on projects across the country. Every day through this work we are leading on progressing, and in some cases creating, innovative models for major project delivery.

We advise on some of the highest profile and most critical infrastructure projects in the nation. Our work includes advising a broad spectrum of clients, including currently for public authorities on multi-billion dollar projects in each of the nation’s three largest metropolitan areas.

You will also be joining a team widely recognized for our work. We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work, for example as the only boutique law firm consistently ranked for nationally advisement on public-private partnership projects by Chambers & Partners and through designation of team members as Law360 MVP’s in Project Finance in recent years.

Crucially, we provide opportunities for experienced attorneys to learn and develop while taking on leadership roles as part of leading the team toward future growth. Our attorneys are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one, while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe each associate should have a path toward partnership, and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in a significant number of internally promoted partners – in 2024, approximately 30% of our partners will have been internally promoted within the past five years.

Requirements

In this role, you will:

• Advise public and private sector clients on projects nationwide across multiple industry sectors. Recent experience spans surface transportation (e.g. roads, transit and rail, bridges and tunnels, and autonomous vehicles), airports, water, government facilities, transit-oriented and mixed-use development, universities, and renewables.
• Draft and review procurement and construction packages, including those using alternative project delivery methods, such as public-private partnerships (P3), predevelopment agreements (PDAs), traditional and progressive design-build, and other forms of alternative delivery contracting.
• Help create new and innovative project delivery structures tailored to particular performance, funding, environmental, technological, and community considerations.
• Meaningfully interact with clients and counterparties without the burden of artificial hierarchical constraints.

You will be supported by a firm of like-minded attorneys who are passionate and knowledgeable about infrastructure-focused disciplines at a time of unprecedented national attention to infrastructure issues. These are the same issues that the firm was founded less than 20 years ago to advise on and for which the firm continues to be a leading advocate nationally.

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 5 or more years of substantial and relevant transactional experience in infrastructure, transportation, real estate, housing, public procurement, and public and/or private finance matters.
• Demonstrating exceptional drafting, writing, analytical, and advocacy skills and the ability to successfully interact with clients and colleagues.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (New York, California, Texas, Colorado, or Florida preferred)

You will stand out from other candidates if you:

• Demonstrate a professional and intellectual interest in and commitment to serving a predominantly public-sector client base on infrastructure project delivery.
• Have experience drafting contracts, procurement, and/or financing documents outside the use of form agreements.
• Have experience with various methods of major construction and project delivery procurement and contracting, such as design-build, design-build-operate-maintain, CM/GC, public-private partnerships (P3), progressive and traditional design-build, and/or project-related claims and disputes.
• Have prior law firm experience.
• Have experience advising public sector clients.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage junior attorneys as well as client and counterparty relationships.

Position Details: This is a full-time position to be located in New York, NY, Washington DC, Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, or possibly Los Angeles, CA. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. The salary range is $175,000 – 225,000, commensurate with experience. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), PTO, and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

Salary Description$175,000 – 225,000, commensurate with experience email resumes and contact information to robert@therptgroup.com