Litigation Associate Attorney - Kansas City

Stinson LLP•Kansas City, MO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Stinson LLP seeks an Associate Attorney with three to five years of litigation experience to join our Kansas City office. We prefer candidates with experience from a regional, national, or outstanding local law firm. Excellent writing, oral advocacy skills, and academics are required. Clerkship and court experience are a plus. The successful candidate should have significant responsibility for pleadings, motions, and briefing on complex matters; proficiency handling e-discovery and fact development; the confidence to tackle complex fact, legal, and logistical issues with foresight; experience taking and defending depositions; experience appearing in state and federal court on motions and other pre-trial matters; and the ability to be strategic and analytical in addressing client challenges, both legally and economically. The role requires a candidate with strong interpersonal skills, a high degree of maturity, a willingness to learn, and a desire to manage a challenging workload on work spanning high-stakes litigation, arbitration, and trial work. We are relentlessly committed to client service and look for candidates who share that commitment. Stinson has approximately 150 litigation attorneys and represents clients in state, federal, tribal and other courts and tribunals throughout the U.S. We also often resolve matters without litigation by conducting investigations, engaging in pre-suit negotiations and employing alternative dispute resolution procedures such as arbitration and mediation. Qualified candidates will have four to five years of litigation experience and the ability to handle sophisticated litigation work at a national level. Active Missouri license or eligibility to become admitted to the Missouri bar is required.

Requirements

Three to five years of litigation experience
Excellent writing skills
Excellent oral advocacy skills
Excellent academics
Strong interpersonal skills
High degree of maturity
Willingness to learn
Four to five years of litigation experience
Ability to handle sophisticated litigation work at a national level
Active Missouri license or eligibility to become admitted to the Missouri bar

Nice To Haves

Experience from a regional, national, or outstanding local law firm
Clerkship experience
Court experience

Responsibilities

Significant responsibility for pleadings, motions, and briefing on complex matters
Proficiency handling e-discovery and fact development
Tackle complex fact, legal, and logistical issues with foresight
Take and defend depositions
Appear in state and federal court on motions and other pre-trial matters
Be strategic and analytical in addressing client challenges, both legally and economically
Manage a challenging workload on work spanning high-stakes litigation, arbitration, and trial work