Miller Nash is seeking a land use attorney with 7+ years of experience to join our team in Seattle, Washington. Our ideal candidate will have experience with all types of land use applications, including comprehensive plan amendments, rezones, conditional use permits, site plan review applications, subdivisions, short plats, shoreline permits, temporary use permits, and critical areas permits. Experience should also include communications and negotiations with planning staff and other regulatory personnel to assist in project approvals, and land use appeals to local decisionmakers, state boards, and courts. A successful candidate will also have experience drafting development agreements, covenants, easements, and boundary-line adjustments for public and private projects. Our land use attorneys have the knowledge and experience to get a development done and solve land use challenges all across Washington. We work well as part of a team with the client and other consultants, as well as independently. We understand the nature of the government process and we know how to use our relationships to make that process work successfully and efficiently for our clients.

Some client base is required, and candidates must be a member of the Washington State Bar Association or eligible for reciprocity. An Oregon State Bar and/or California State Bar license is a plus. Flexible hybrid work arrangements are available to all Miller Nash attorneys; fully remote options may be considered.

To apply, please upload your cover letter and resume here.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Compensation:

• Annual Compensation Range: $175,000–$300,000
• Bonus potential based on billed hours or discretion.

Benefits:

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Who We Are:

Miller Nash is an established firm with both strong traditions and modern sensibilities. Although our roots in the Pacific Northwest go back more than a century, we are creative thinkers committed to serving our clients, our community, and each other in smart and innovative ways. Our attorneys and staff enjoy collaborating with one another, and it shows. Candidates and new members of our team often tell us that they are most impressed by the genuine collegiality and caring at our firm.

The clients we serve are a diverse group of businesses, non-profits, public entities, and individuals. We have organized our firm around the industries of our clients and invest our time to understand our clients’ businesses so we can better meet their needs. Our firm vision centers around delivering great client service, driven by our passion for devoting ourselves to our clients’ legal needs as if they were our own.

Community involvement is a way of life at Miller Nash, as is our deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This involvement extends beyond our own offices to the clients we serve and to the communities where we live and work. As part of our commitment, we have developed a women and minority business enterprise program that affords all attorneys the ability to attract and represent, at a reduced fee, small and emerging women and minority business enterprises.

Miller Nash is also proud to participate in Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule Certification program which measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30 percent women, attorneys of color, LGBTQ+, and attorneys with disabilities for, among other things, senior lateral positions. In 2023, we successfully completed Diversity Lab’s Mansfield 6.0 program and achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status. We continue to support and promote diversity within our firm and will continue to participate in Mansfield 2023-2024.