A subcontractor walks off a job site over a payment dispute. A developer's zoning variance gets challenged three weeks before groundbreaking. A lien filing threatens to stall a hospital renovation that's already behind schedule. Construction law isn't theoretical — it's the difference between a project finishing on time and one that stalls in litigation. We're hiring a Remote Construction Law Attorney who can handle that difference well.
The Role
You'll advise on building contracts, procurement regulations, and land-use permits, working directly with project leaders, engineers, developers, and financial stakeholders who need legal clarity to move forward. Some of the work is preventive — reviewing a contract before it's signed so a dispute never happens. Some of it is reactive — stepping into arbitration or litigation once something's already gone wrong.
Naukri Mitra is helping fill this opening for a legal team that treats infrastructure work as genuinely high-stakes, not routine.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
- Advise on building contracts, procurement regulations, and land use permits
- Draft, review, and negotiate construction agreements, architectural contracts, and subcontractor arrangements
- Interpret zoning laws, environmental codes, and safety regulations against state and federal standards
- Handle dispute resolution — litigation support, arbitration, and mediation as each situation calls for it
- Advise on construction-related liability, insurance coverage, and risk management
- Track regulatory developments and flag how they affect projects already underway
- Run due diligence reviews on commercial real estate acquisitions and construction financing
- Work alongside in-house counsel, project managers, and technical experts to keep legal strategy aligned with what's actually being built
What You'll Need
Minimum education required:
Doctoral degree — a Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school. Minimum experience:
4 years practicing law with a strong focus on construction or real estate.
An active license to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction is required. Beyond that, you'll need real depth in lien laws, public-private partnerships, and construction finance frameworks — the kind of knowledge that comes from having actually handled construction claims and contract disputes, not just studied them. Experience with large-scale projects in the residential, commercial, or government sectors matters here, and so does the ability to explain dense regulations in a sentence a project manager can actually act on.
Tools You'll Use
Document management runs through iManage and cloud-based repositories. Time and billing are built into Clio or MyCase. Case law research is powered by Casetext and Fastcase, and secure video conferencing is used for depositions and virtual arbitration. Day-to-day coordination happens over Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Trello — the same tools your engineering and development counterparts already use.
Compensation and Benefits
The annual salary for this role is
$155,500. Beyond that:
- Fully remote, with flexible scheduling built around your time zone and peak hours
- CLE support and access to internal leadership development programs
- Wellness check-ins and team activities designed for a distributed team, not bolted on as an afterthought
- Mentorship from senior partners with deep infrastructure law experience
How the Team Works
Meetings happen directly with architects, engineers, and developers — this isn't a role where legal advice is handed down without context. Case management tools keep document review and filings organized across a distributed team, and the culture leans toward independence: you're trusted to manage your caseload without someone checking in every few hours.
Where This Can Lead
Attorneys who build a strong track record here get pulled into high-profile national and regional construction litigation, and the firm promotes from within rather than hiring leadership from outside. There's real visibility into strategic decisions and policy development around construction compliance — not just execution of decisions made elsewhere.
Why the Work Matters
The contracts and disputes you handle shape how schools, hospitals, roads, and housing actually get built — whether they get built safely, on budget, and on time. This isn't abstract legal interpretation; it has a direct line to public safety and community infrastructure.
How to Apply
Send your resume along with a short note on a construction matter you've handled that you'd consider representative of your work. This role is open to candidates from the USA, Canada, the UK, the European Union, Australia, India, and other eligible regions. If you'd rather build legal foundations than just interpret them, we'd like to hear from you.
