Responsibilities and Duties:

The candidate will serve as regulatory and legal counsel to our numerous Investment Adviser clients. The breadth of legal issues we regularly advise on include: i) compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA rules, ii) corporate and tax issues, iii) ERISA and employee benefits, iv) employment law, and v) avoiding and defending administrative and regulatory proceedings.

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of relevant practice experience required.
• Strong interpersonal, drafting, negotiation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• Should be a strong analytical thinker with a business mind.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and to interact directly with clients.
• Licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey.

The Benefits We Offer:

Stark & Stark is committed to the health and well-being of its staff members. The firm offers a full range of benefits, including traditional major medical and hospitalization coverage, a prescription plan, a dental plan, a vision plan, life insurance, accidental death, and dismemberment coverage, a profit sharing, and a 401(k) plan, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Stark & Stark’s policy is to make employment decisions based on merit, ability, and competence. Except where required by law, employment practices shall not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or staff member’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or any other characteristic provided by law. Qualified minorities, females, veterans, and attorneys with disabilities are encouraged to apply. It is also our policy to provide a work environment that is free of harassment of any kind, including that which is sexual, age-related, or ethnic.

Mansfield Rule

As part of its continued efforts to actively recruit and advance the recruitment, development, and promotion of diverse lawyers, Stark & Stark is participating in Diversity Lab’s Midsize Mansfield Rule initiative. The Mansfield Rule is named for Arabella Mansfield, the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States. It measures whether law firms affirmatively consider diverse lawyers for hiring, advancement, and significant leadership roles.

Under this initiative, we strive for a candidate pool consisting of at least 30% women, attorneys from underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups, lawyers with disabilities, and/or LGBTQ+ attorneys. The Mansfield Rule initiative also includes a commitment by Stark & Stark to be transparent in our internal governance, particularly with our selection guidelines and job descriptions for firm management roles and committees.