Litigation-Associate
Litigation
Los Angeles
BigLaw
4-7 Years
The Role
The firm's Commercial Litigation Practice is skilled in business dispute litigation and has wide-ranging experience in corporate governance and compliance and with the full valuation, accounting, and ethical issues which typically arise in business disputes. They have litigated issues of first impression. The team comprises experienced trial lawyers who understand broad business implications and can draw on the firm's multidisciplinary teams in industries such as financial services, accounting, insurance, real estate, and entertainment to devise creative and efficient strategies. The client base is diverse and we regularly represent national and multinational corporations and national and locally based law firms, accounting firms, investment banks, advertising agencies, architectural firms, and artists in disputes, mergers and acquisitions and liquidations, and before regulatory and self-regulatory organizations.
Requirements
4th-6th year Associate in the Litigation practice. Qualifications for this position are: Extensive experience analyzing, researching and drafting briefs addressing sophisticated legal issues on complex litigation, ranging from state and federal court motions to dismiss, summary judgment and class certification motions, writs and appeals; Successfully argued motions; Taken and defended depositions; Trial experience; Experience overseeing junior associates; and Case management experience.
The Firm
VaultLaw 75. This firm counts among its clients some of the biggest names in information technology, energy, entertainment, telecommunications, real estate, financial services, and health care. With over three dozen offices worldwide, an exceptionally broad practice scope, and household names for clients, it ranks as one of the nation’s largest firms. While the volume of work is high, associates are offered vast flexibility in terms of when and where they work which allows them greater management over their hours and workload. Most Associates are generally pleased with their salary and believe it to be a fair reflection of the hours they billed throughout the year. Associates say the path to partnership is achievable for those wanting to pursue it and exit opportunities are numerous, either to other firms or in government positions. Pro bono is encouraged at the firm and all associates are required to complete 25 hours of pro bono work, with up to 100 hours of pro bono work counting towards billable-hours.
Recruiter
Deborah Cannon | dcannon@cannonlegalsearch.com
Job ID:
128