Current Openings
Axley Brynelson, LLP, a leading Wisconsin law firm with offices in Madison, Waukesha and Janesville, is seeking a lawyer with 4-6 years of experience in corporate transactional, commercial finance, and real estate finance and transactional matters. The successful candidate must have strong drafting and negotiating skills. The attorney will be working collaboratively with supervising attorneys.
Axley offers competitive salaries and benefits including a home loan program, paid cell phone, flexible work-from-home opportunities, dress for your day, complimentary parking, and up to 10% of salary 401K contribution annually among other benefits. Named the #1 Law Firm by In Business Magazine for 8 years, Axley is an equal opportunity employer.
General Career Information
Axley offers competitive salaries and benefits including a home loan program, paid cell phone, flexible work-from-home opportunities, dress for your day, complimentary parking, and up to 10% of salary 401K contribution annually among other benefits. Named the #1 Law Firm by In Business Magazine 7 years in a row, Axley is an equal opportunity employer.
As the legal profession evolves and changes, so do our clients and their needs. Axley’s Wisconsin attorneys keep pace with the practice of law, continuing to lead the profession and bringing our unique experiences and personal perspectives to the tradition of our firm. Our goal remains the same. We focus on excellence. Excellence in our individual skills and abilities, excellence in advocating for our clients, and excellence in service to our profession. A career at Axley includes:
Career Paths
Axley is committed to your career and your career goals. We hire with the expectation that you’ll be partner someday. We developed a career path policy for attorneys, including the traditional path of associate, senior associate, income partner, and equity partner. Axley offers a full range of opportunities and experiences to help you build your practice and reach your career goals.
Mentoring
Axley has an exceptional mentoring philosophy. We provide a solid mentoring program designed to ensure you have consistent, quality support. The firm assigns each associate a mentor partner whose primary role is to become your advocate. Your mentor assists you with your career development and firm involvement. We are committed to providing personal guidance for your career success.
Training
Axley provides our associates with hands-on client service experience. Our training program is unparalleled, offering comprehensive and in-depth in-house training, including office procedures, substantive law, and ethics seminars. Partners will supervise new attorneys to make sure you receive the right experiences to keep your career moving forward. Your best training will be the hands-on experience you will receive when working with clients. Your work will consistently challenge you, but we’ll guide you through the entire process.
Client Development
Axley intends to maintain an important presence in the legal community for years to come. You inherit the future of this firm, and we are committed to assisting you with marketing, training and client development opportunities. We will give you a personal career development guide to assist you with your career goals and the growth of your practice, as well as personal assistance from our marketing department.
Firm Culture
Axley’s firm culture fosters a collegial atmosphere which, in turn, enhances the practice of law. We offer a friendly work environment and encourage a team approach where attorneys work together on various client projects. The firm is proud of our “open door” policy. We encourage associates to feel comfortable seeking peer advice. We also understand the importance of life outside of the office. The firm offers various social activities, including firm-sponsored sports teams, social events, and activities that foster relationships among partners, associates, staff, and families.
Summary of Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Work from home opportunities
- Dress for your day
- Retirement Plan: Generous firm contributions to profit sharing plan and voluntary 401(k) savings
- Life, long-term disability and health insurance (HMO, POS, PPO and HAS)
- Flexible benefits spending plan
- Home purchase assistance program
- Paid tuition for continuing legal education programs
- Marketing incentive, productivity bonus programs and yearly marketing stipend
- Paid parking on premises
- Paid vacation
- Seven paid holidays per year, plus a ½ day on Christmas Eve
- Paid sick leave
- Paid state and county bar membership fees
- Medical and Funeral Leave
To inquire about joining Axley as an attorney, contact: hiring@axley.com
Axley Brynelson, LLP is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants without discrimination on the basis of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, arrest or conviction record, membership in the armed forces, or any other basis prohibited by law. Upon request, job applications are available in alternative, accessible formats, as is assistance in completing the application. Pre-employment inquiries are made only regarding an applicant’s ability to perform the duties of the position.
Summer Associate Program
Axley provides law students the opportunity to gain hands on legal experience through the firm’s summer law clerk program. Our summer law clerks get a true understanding of Axley and the legal industry by working with our 50 plus Wisconsin attorneys on real assignments for real clients in over 100 legal areas.
Axley’s summer law clerks:
- Shadow attorneys at court trials, depositions and mediations
- Learn about the business and marketing aspects of law practice, such as obtaining and retaining clients
- Interact with clients and potential clients at company and community networking events
- Draft memos, briefs and pleadings
- Collaborate with attorneys to write articles and legal alerts, and prepare presentations
- Participate in client and firm practice group meetings
- Attend legal trainings and CLEs
Our summer law clerk program is our primary source of new associate hires. We principally recruit second year law students.
To inquire about joining Axley as a summer law clerk, email: hiring@axley.com.
Axley Brynelson, LLP is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants without discrimination on the basis of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, arrest or conviction record, membership in the armed forces, or any other basis prohibited by law. Upon request, job applications are available in alternative, accessible formats, as is assistance in completing the application. Pre-employment inquiries are made only regarding an applicant’s ability to perform the duties of the position.
Current Openings
Description: Named the #1 Law Firm by In Business Magazine seven years in a row, Axley is an equal opportunity employer that is seeking a legal assistant with a minimum of three years of business legal experience. This is a full-time position with a 40-hour work week from Monday through Friday. The individual hired for this position will be responsible for running conflicts searches, opening new client files, preparing engagement agreements, and handling billing. Additional job duties include the following:
- Direct support with lawyers in estate planning/probate and business
- Direct contact with clients and outside vendors
- Prepare draft estate planning documents (insert information into template documents)
- Exposure to and preparation of federal estate tax, personal, and fiduciary income tax returns
- Apply for FEINs with IRS
- Preparation of real estate transfer returns
- Preparation of warranty and quit claim deeds
- eRecord appropriate real estate and other various documents
- Prepare completed estate planning binders and mailings
- Organize appointments, contacts, emails, assignments, and deadlines
- Establish and follow deadlines for assignments
- Track open files and work needed by the attorney on files
Qualifications: Post‐Secondary coursework in paralegal studies or equivalent experience as a paralegal, legal assistant or similar position, preferably an Associate’s Degree or higher.
This person must take initiative, be intuitive, be able to multi-task, adapt to changes, take pride in their work, and be reliable in attendance as well as being a team player. The ideal candidate will also suggest procedures to make tasks easier, have a desire to learn, develop, and refine skills for growth.
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel,
- Familiarity with document managing systems and electronic calendar/docket systems
- Understanding of the various county court systems – Local Rules
- Exceptional grammar, spelling, and proofreading skills
- Exceptional oral and written skills
- Good time management skills
- Good organizational skills
- Detail-oriented
Salary & Benefits: Axley offers competitive salaries and benefits including, dental insurance, employee referral bonuses, health insurance, dress for your day, weekly work from home opportunities, paid holidays, personal days, sick leave, holiday party, life insurance, long-term disability, cell phone plan discount, a generous 10% contribution of salary to 401K plan (regardless of employee contributions, subject to change), among other benefits. Salary range is dependent on candidate’s exposure to working in the legal community as well as their experience.
How to Apply: Please send your cover letter and resume to Bruce Wichmann at bwichmann@axley.com.
Summary of Benefits
- Retirement Plan: Voluntary 401(k) savings and generous firm contributions to profit-sharing plan
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
- Flexible benefits spending plan
- Voluntary long term disability
- Health insurance (HMO, POS, PPO, and HAS)
- Life insurance
- Voluntary dental insurance
- Seven paid holidays per year, plus a ½ day on Christmas Eve
- Paid time off: vacation time, personal business, disability leave, FMLA, Jury Duty, sick leave
- Parking/transportation allowance after 5 years (Madison Office)
About Axley
Axley is a full-service law firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin with more than 60 attorneys. Named the #1 Law Firm by InBusiness Magazine‘s Executive Choice awards for the past seven years running, Axley provides exceptional legal services to a wide array of clients from individuals and small business owners to multinational corporations. Founded in 1885, Axley is one of the oldest law firms in the state of Wisconsin and played a large role in developing Wisconsin’s primary system and our modern tax system.
To inquire about other career opportunities at Axley as a legal assistant or other professional, contact: hiring@axley.com
Axley recognizes that the most valuable resource we can offer to our clients is our employees’ commitment to service excellence. At Axley, we seek out employees who share this value and want to make positive contributions to Axley’s success.
Axley Brynelson, LLP is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants without discrimination on the basis of age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, arrest or conviction record, membership in the armed forces, or any other basis prohibited by law. Upon request, job applications are available in alternative, accessible formats, as is assistance in completing the application. Pre-employment inquiries are made only regarding an applicant’s ability to perform the duties of the position.