Construction Associate Attorney

Pay: $155,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a highly regarded, sophisticated construction practice handling meaningful litigation, contract, licensing, and advisory matters for construction industry clients
• Work directly with experienced partners and counsel who understand the construction space and value attorneys who can think strategically, write clearly, and move matters forward
• Step into a role with real responsibility, strong mentorship, and the opportunity to build deeper construction law expertise
• Handle a strong mix of pleadings, motions, discovery, depositions, trial support, contract work, and client-facing matters
• Be part of a collaborative law firm environment where teamwork, attention to detail, and practical legal judgment matter
• Competitive compensation with strong upside for directly relevant construction law experience

Location: This is an on-site role based in Tampa, Florida, offering the opportunity to work closely with a strong local team in one of Florida's most active construction and business markets.

Note: Candidates must be active members of the Florida Bar and must have 4+ years of construction law, construction litigation, or construction-focused commercial litigation experience at a law firm.

About Us

Confidential Employer. We are a highly respected law firm with a collaborative culture, sophisticated client work, and a strong construction practice. Our team values attorneys who are detail-oriented, practical, responsive, and motivated to do excellent work for clients in a fast-moving industry.

Job Description

• Support partners and counsel on construction litigation, commercial litigation, contract, licensing, and advisory matters
• Draft pleadings, motions, discovery, legal memoranda, contracts, and client correspondence
• Conduct legal research involving case law, statutes, administrative regulations, public records, court dockets, DOAH records, and construction industry standards and codes
• Handle discovery, deposition preparation, client communications, opposing counsel communications, and trial support
• Manage deadlines, multiple matters, and competing priorities with professionalism and attention to detail
• Work collaboratively with attorneys and clients on construction industry disputes and legal strategy

Qualifications

• Active Florida Bar license required
• 4+ years of construction law, construction litigation, or construction-focused commercial litigation experience required
• Law firm experience required
• Strong litigation, drafting, research, and oral advocacy skills required
• Experience with pleadings, motions, discovery, depositions, and trial support required
• Construction contract drafting, licensing, DOAH, public records, and industry standards/code research experience preferred
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple matters in a collaborative environment

Why You Will Love Working Here

This is a strong opportunity for an attorney who wants to grow in a respected construction practice while doing substantive, interesting work. You will work with experienced attorneys, serve construction industry clients, and build a deeper practice in a high-demand area of law. The team offers sophisticated matters, strong support, and a platform where a construction attorney can continue developing long-term career value.

JPC-1375

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-have: Active Florida Bar license. 3+ years of construction law, construction litigation, or construction-focused commercial litigation experience. No solo attorneys. Construction experience from a law firm

Nice to haves:

Preferred Years as Associate (if it’s an attorney role)

• 4-6 years preferred

Additional context:

• Relocation - Yes. Packages - No

Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):

• 3-4 years directly relevant construction law experience: $150,000 to $165,000

• 4-5 years directly relevant construction law experience: $160,000 to $180,000

• 5-6 years directly relevant construction law experience: $165,000 to $190,000

• 6+ years directly relevant construction law experience: $180,000 to $200,000+, depending on fit and seniority

Submission Email: MUST SUBMIT a Blind submission first, and then, if they’re interested, they will send us a form to complete the submission

• Brinley Platt / Brinley.Platt@arlaw.com

• CC Anna Russell Thornton / AnnaRussell.Thornton@arlaw.com

Quick Recruiter Reference

Adams & Reese is hiring a Tampa-based Construction Associate Attorney for on-site construction litigation, contract, licensing, and advisory work. Must have Florida Bar and law firm construction experience. Client wants 4-6 years ideally, no solo attorneys, blind submission first to Brinley and cc Anna.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Construction Associate Attorney - Adams & Reese - JPC- 1375 - Source

**New Job Order Alert**

• Client job title: Construction Associate Attorney

• Location: Tampa, FL

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 3

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Construction Attorney, Construction Litigation Associate, Construction Law Associate, Commercial Litigation Attorney, Construction Defect Attorney, Construction Contract Attorney, Florida Bar, DOAH, construction licensing, construction litigation.

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO