Associate (Litigation 4th-5th Year)
About The Position
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is seeking to hire a 4th or 5th year associate to join the New York Litigation-General practice group in the Litigation Global Business Unit. Candidate must have strong academic credentials and possess excellent communication, interpersonal, oral advocacy, research, writing, and analytical skills. The candidate will be responsible for handling all aspects of litigation (fact investigation, pleadings, discovery, experts, motions, pretrial, trial, settlement, etc.) and developing and maintaining strong business and client relationships. Previous or current employment with an Am Law 100 firm is desired. The ideal candidate will have experience in all aspects of discovery, preparing witnesses for deposition, drafting complaints, answers, motions, briefs, settlement agreements, managing filing and service of pleadings, etc. Ability to work effectively under pressure, meet deadlines, and exercise strong professional judgement is essential. Just as important, the candidate should have strong organizational and matter management skills and must be committed to developing and growing their practice and career, network, and expertise in a fast-paced and exciting group that provides the highest level of client service. Candidate is required to have a bachelor's degree and a Juris Doctor degree (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school and be a member of the New York State Bar in good standing. All inquiries will be held in strict confidence. New York pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on skillset and experience is $310,000 – $365,000. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation in order to apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected]. We set a high bar for client service and regularly ask clients how we can do better. Our responsiveness has placed us among the Top 25 Most Recommended Law Firms Among GCs for five years running in BTI’s benchmark survey of corporate counsel. This link leads to the machine readable files that are made available in response to the federal Transparency in Coverage Rule and includes negotiated service rates and out-of-network allowed amounts between health plans and healthcare providers. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators and application developers to more easily access and analyze data.
Requirements
- strong academic credentials
- excellent communication, interpersonal, oral advocacy, research, writing, and analytical skills
- experience in all aspects of discovery, preparing witnesses for deposition, drafting complaints, answers, motions, briefs, settlement agreements, managing filing and service of pleadings, etc.
- ability to work effectively under pressure, meet deadlines, and exercise strong professional judgement
- strong organizational and matter management skills
- must be committed to developing and growing their practice and career, network, and expertise in a fast-paced and exciting group that provides the highest level of client service
- bachelor's degree
- Juris Doctor degree (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school
- member of the New York State Bar in good standing
Nice To Haves
- Previous or current employment with an Am Law 100 firm is desired.
Responsibilities
- handling all aspects of litigation (fact investigation, pleadings, discovery, experts, motions, pretrial, trial, settlement, etc.)
- developing and maintaining strong business and client relationships
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
