Part-Time Contracts Counsel – Remote – Engagement

Latitude Legal

May 27, 2025

Chicago,

Part-Time Contracts Counsel – Remote – Engagement

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Part-Time Contracts Counsel – Remote – Engagement

Latitude is seeking a highly skilled Part-Time Contracts Counsel to support a leading engineering and infrastructure company in negotiating and managing a variety of public sector and commercial agreements. This remote contract attorney role offers flexible work hours (approximately 15–20 hours per week) and the opportunity to engage in sophisticated commercial contracting work without the demands of a traditional full-time position. This engagement is ideal for a lawyer seeking flexible, remote (WFH) work focused on public agency and infrastructure-related contracts.

Basic Requirements for the Part-Time Contracts Counsel:

  • 3 – 5+ years of experience practicing commercial contracting law
  • Significant experience reviewing, negotiating, and drafting public agency and professional services agreements
  • Familiarity with federally funded project requirements strongly preferred
  • Experience working with a variety of client contract templates and negotiating risk terms pragmatically
  • Excellent academic credentials from an ABA-accredited law school
  • Excellent analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
  • Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or eligible for in-house exemption)
  • Outstanding professional references

Position Details of the Part-Time Contracts Counsel:

  • Type of role: Contract In-House Engagement
  • Schedule: Part-Time (approximately 15–20 hours per week)
  • Location: Fully Remote / WFH

Compensation:

Pay:

The annualized pay for this position ranges from $150,000 to $200,000 or more when calculated on a full-time basis. Pay for contract engagements is based on multiple factors including but not limited to work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand, and the candidate’s preference (each candidate’s pay rate affects the client bill rate, which can affect the candidate’s competitiveness for the position).

Benefits:

In addition to pay, all Latitude Attorneys and other legal professionals working on contract engagements receive complimentary professional liability insurance coverage. All Latitude employees (including those on contract engagements) are also eligible for full benefits when working 20+ hours per week, including group medical, dental, and vision insurance, and complimentary group life, LTD, and AD&D insurance. A qualified 401k plan is also available. Benefits-eligible Latitude Attorneys also receive a CLE and Professional Expense stipend.

Confidentiality

Latitude will not propose you to prospective clients without your prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

About Latitude

Latitude is a full-service flexible legal talent company serving corporate legal departments and law firms nationwide. From Fortune Global 100 companies to start-ups and Global 50 law firms to boutiques, clients turn to us for top-tier attorneys and other legal professionals.

Latitude specializes in providing highly skilled former in-house counsel and Big Law attorneys for flexible contract engagements and permanent positions in dozens of practice areas, including commercial contracting, data privacy, M&A, employment, litigation, and more.

Founded in 2013, Latitude is a Chambers and Partners globally-ranked flexible legal staffing company.

Latitude Contract Engagements & Secondments

Outstanding attorneys and other legal professionals who are seeking contract assignments or consulting/secondment roles choose to work with Latitude because of our competitive compensation and benefits, sophisticated and engaging work, a chance to work with great clients and peers, and a refreshing blend of freedom with self-designed boundaries.

Our Specialty: Peer-Level Contract Attorneys. Latitude Attorneys have the level of skill, experience, and judgment as would be expected of a permanent member of our client’s corporate legal department or law firm and the versatility to step into challenging environments and hit the ground running. Latitude Attorneys serve on a full- or part-time contract basis and work remotely or on-site at the client office.

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Latitude is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Part-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Legal

  • Industries

    Hospitals and Health Care, Non-profit Organizations, and Government Administration

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