Career Opportunities

What differentiates our law firm from any other? Ultimately, it is our culture. At Butzel Long, our values are central to our culture, and these values attract a certain lawyer. We believe our recruiting efforts are critical to our success and are diligent about accessing talent whose values align with ours.

Current Openings:

POSITION: Technical Support Analyst II – Project Management

LOCATION: Ann Arbor or Troy

GENERAL PURPOSE:   Butzel Long is seeking to hire an IT Support Analyst II with Project Management experience to join its Information Technology Department in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills Office.  The position reports to the IT End User Services Manager, and is responsible for delivering outstanding, proactive internal client support to the firm staff across its multiple offices.  The IT Support Analyst II will provide Break-Fix support, Video Conference support, Equipment setups (MAC), and manage application and license inventory, in addition to supporting mobile devices, remote access, and the firm’s Cisco IP telephony system.  Additionally, this individual will, from time to time, lead projects to upgrade firm applications or implement new technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES / EXPERIENCE:

• Provide first-contact Help Desk support to all Butzel Long users via phone, e-mail, help desk ticketing software, or other channels, as appropriate.
• Coordinate with other team members and third parties to resolve reported issues within an established timeframe to ensure optimal customer satisfaction.
• Assist with application installs and upgrades
• Handle escalations of specific application support issues within the Help Desk
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server Administration with Active Directory (Provisioning, Group Policies, OU, scripting, etc.) and Systems Management tools.
• Experience with various business applications such as document management (assembly, comparison, sharing, and storage), financial, and tax systems
• Experience configuring and trouble-shooting desktops, laptops, and other office peripherals.
• Significant experience with PC imaging and desktop management including application deployment and driver and .MSI file updates.
• Experience with SQL: writing SQL code, scripts and using various report tools
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Office Suite; including experience with technology rollouts / upgrades.
• Knowledge of Cisco telephony systems including the use of Cisco Call Manager and Unity Voice Mail systems to manage end user telephony based services.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting iPhones and Androids.
• Previous experience utilizing a Help Desk ticketing system to record and track customer reported incidents.
• Experience with Video Conferencing solutions (Zoom).
• Experience with process improvement methodologies or tools preferred.
• Experience leading projects utilizing proven methodologies, including tracking open issues and coordinating the activities of staff, consultants, and external parties.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent communications skills and high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced collaborative environment. 
• Prior experience supporting desktops, laptops, and other technology in an office setting is essential. 
• Qualified candidates will possess strong customer service skills with a desire to learn and grow within a collaborative team environment.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

• Associate degree or Bachelor degree with one to two years of experience
• Minimum of two (2) years of prior experience in a Help Desk support capacity, supporting multiple users.

POSITION:  Commercial Litigation Associate – Global Automotive Practice

LOCATION: Detroit or Troy, Michigan 

GENERAL PURPOSE:  We are hiring an associate attorney to join our Global Automotive Practice, particularly focused on complex commercial litigation, to help us handle our diverse, dynamic, and growing book of business.  Our clients are based throughout the US as well as globally.  Illustrative cases include global automotive supplier disputes, trade secret disputes, breach of contract matters, and other types of complex commercial litigation focused on the automotive supply chain industry.  We are looking for an attorney who has a background in engineering and/or has worked in the automotive industry who is able to perform the general duties of an associate attorney by drafting pleadings, conducting research, attending hearings, conducting depositions, managing and advising clients, and providing high-level support and assistance to partner-level litigation attorneys during all phases of litigation, while understanding engineering concepts and the inner workings of the automotive industry.  Associates may also assist our offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., as needed.    

Butzel Long has been in existence for over 165 years and has helped shape the legal, automotive, and business landscape of the city of Detroit and this region for over one-and-a-half centuries.  We continue to grow our client base and to be at the forefront of some of the biggest cases and most important issues in our industry.  We are seeking a standout candidate to join our growing team.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Interpret laws, rulings, and regulations for businesses involved in litigation.
• Understand the global automotive supply chain and how it works.
• Manage new and existing client relationships.
• Conduct research and draft memos for partners.
• Understand complex technical issues.
• Draft pleadings, motions, and briefs.
• Attend legal proceedings, such as motion hearings, evidentiary hearings, mediations, and depositions.
• Assist with all areas of discovery including, but not limited to: drafting discovery requests, drafting responses to discovery requests, preparation of initial disclosures, and witness preparation.
• Organize, review, and maintain documents produced; perform, supervise, or coordinate coding of case documents; and development of databases and/or other litigation support applications.
• Review and analyze documents for responsiveness to discovery requests.
• Review and assemble deposition, trial, and motion exhibits.
• Prepare trial materials.
• Attend and assist at pretrial, trial, and post-trial proceedings.

 SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Has work experience in the automotive sector and/or engineering background.
• Able to credibly speak to and discuss industry issues with clients in the automotive supply chain.
• Superior intellect and quick grasp of complex legal issues, as evidenced by superior grades in law school and/or work experience in similar settings.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to work as needed to get any task done.
• Good organizational and project management skills.
• Proficient in the use of online legal research services and legal resources.
• Superior legal writing skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Must have sound judgment. 
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision. 
• Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to work collaboratively and as a member of a team with internal and external contacts.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and situations.
• Proven willingness to work hard in a fast-paced atmosphere.
• Experience with use of document/discovery databases.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

• A degree in engineering, while not required, is preferred
• Must be a graduate of an accredited law school.
• 2-10 years of experience
• Admitted to practice law in the State of Michigan.

POSITION: Attorney, Environmental

LOCATION: Detroit or Oakland County, Michigan  

GENERAL PURPOSE: Perform the general duties of an environmental attorney including creating legal documents and managing and advising clients on legal transactions in environmental practice areas.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Experience as the primary author of legal memoranda, briefs, motions, discovery, contracts, regulatory agreements, and/or substantive policy articles and commentary
• Experience researching environmental, land use, or administrative law and regulatory requirements at the federal, state and local level
• Advising on permitting, compliance, responding to enforcement actions, and remedial requirements

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• High performer with organizational and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills, oral and with exceptional writing skills
• Efficient, creative, and effective legal researcher
• Proficient in the use of on-line legal research services and other available legal resources
• Must have sound and independent judgment
• Must be able to work independently with minimal or no supervision
• Must be able to manage new and existing client relationships
• Actively involved in activities resulting in business development

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

• 2-6+ years of experience in federal and state environmental and land use law
• Substantial experience with CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, CAA, TSCA, FIFRA and the state equivalents and/or involvement in any areas of EHS support including compliance, transactional and litigation support
• Experience representing public and/or private sector clients seeking to minimize the environmental liability risks associated with asset transfer, development, siting, operation and permitting (including industrial and waste facilities, wind, solar, energy storage, and natural gas facilities); or
• Representing public and/or private sector clients in other transactional matters involving environmental liability in business, including but not limited to hazardous waste cleanup and insurance; or
• Representing clients in administrative or court hearings, associated motions practice, administrative record cases and/or non-record civil cases, drafting and responding to discovery requests with limited supervision, conducting and supervising document review and production, and taking or defending fact and expert witness depositions
• Admitted to the state bar of Michigan or are eligible for admission by your anticipated start date
• Have a portable book of business
• Experience with solid and hazardous waste facilities a plus

POSITION: Attorney, Corporate/Real Estate Department

LOCATION: Detroit or Bloomfield Hills/Troy, Michigan  

GENERAL PURPOSE: Perform the general duties of a corporate and/or real estate attorney including creating legal documents and managing and advising clients on legal transactions in the corporate and/or real estate practice areas.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES (CORPORATE):

• Experience in drafting and negotiating business transaction agreements, including buy-sell agreements, mergers and acquisition agreements, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, non-compete and employment agreements.
• Experience in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; partnerships, LLCs and joint ventures.
• Prepare regulatory filings and governance documents, such as bylaws and capitalization plans.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.
• Tax knowledge is a plus.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES (REAL ESTATE):

• Experience in drafting and negotiating real estate transaction documents, including purchase agreements, commercial lease agreements (office, retail, industrial), and conveyance documents.
• Experience reviewing and resolving title and survey issues, handling all aspects of due diligence, and coordinating closings.
• Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Proficient in the use of on-line legal research services and other available legal resources.
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written).
• Must have sound and independent judgment.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal or no supervision.
• Must be able to manage new and existing client relationships.
• Actively involved in activities resulting in business development.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

• Significant experience in complex Corporate and/or Real Estate matters.
• Portable book of business is preferred but not required.
• Must be a graduate of an accredited law school.
• Admitted to a state bar in the United States (preferably Michigan).

POSITION: Tax Attorney

OFFICE: Bloomfield Hills or Detroit

GENERAL PURPOSE: Butzel Long, a Michigan-based law firm with offices in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills and Lansing, Michigan as well as New York and Washington, D.C., is seeking an experienced tax attorney to join its Michigan offices.

Candidates should have a minimum of 10 years of experience providing legal representation in all areas of tax law. A candidate with a strong book of business and a L.L.M. in taxation and/or CPA license is preferred.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Advise and represent clients regarding state and local taxes including income, capital gains, sales and use and real estate taxes.
• Advise and represent clients with respect to a variety of taxes issues including choice of entity, tax planning in connection with mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions, non-profit organizations, business start-ups, tax compliance program
  management and trusts and estates.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Experience in tax matters including corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; partnerships, LLCs and joint ventures; private equity and private equity fund formation; real estate, real estate fund formation and real estate investment trusts; regulated
  investment companies; non-profit and financing and capital markets transactions.
• Knowledge and experience with international taxation is a plus.
• Excellent research and writing skills.
• Organizational and project management skills.
• Proficient in the use of on-line legal research services and legal resources available on the internet.
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written).
• Must have the desire and ability to be actively engaged in professional activities with the growth of business in mind.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work cooperatively in teams and actively engage in the professional development of associate attorneys.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND/OR TRAINING:

• Must be a graduate of an accredited law school
• Admitted to and in good standing with the State Bar of Michigan
• At least 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney

To submit your resume or for information regarding current career opportunities, please contact recruiting@butzel.com.