Complex Litigation Mid-Level Associate

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a mid-level associate with 3-6 years of complex litigation experience to join their team in Menlo Park, CA. This role involves managing complex disputes from case filing through trial across various industries, including technology, finance, life sciences, and energy.

Duties

• Litigate complex disputes from case filing through trial.
• Engage in commercial, trade secret, financial, energy, and product liability litigation.
• Work directly with clients and manage complex cases.
• Take and defend depositions, and participate in court appearances, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.

Requirements

• 3-6 years of complex litigation experience.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and oral communication skills.
• Membership in the State Bar of the desired office location is strongly preferred.

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

Certifications

• Membership in the State Bar of California preferred.

Skills

• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Strong team-oriented mindset.
• Dynamic and creative problem-solving abilities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Mental well-being programs.
• Child, family, elder, and pet care benefits.
• Short- and long-term disability and parental leave benefits.
• Health savings account contributions and flexible spending accounts.
• 401K program.
• Flexible Time Off program and paid holidays.

This Silicon Valley firm offers a full-service practice which covers a number of areas, including: intellectual property, corporate, and labor & employment. The firms intellectual property practice is both rapidly expanding and exceptionally solid; the firms intellectual property attorneys have extensive experience in state, federal, and international litigation, as well as licensing, litigation avoidance and other matters across the complete spectrum of intellectual property issues. The atmosphere is collegial, but slightly more conservative than most Bay Area firms. Salaries are in line with other top Bay Area firms, and the firm provides a sizable bonus for all lawyers who bill at least 1,950 hours, with additional money based on three separate billable-hour levels above 1,950.