Cyber, Privacy, and Data Innovation Litigation Associate

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a junior litigation associate with 3-6 years of experience to join their Cyber, Privacy, and Data Innovation team in Menlo Park, CA. The role involves engaging in complex litigation, including class actions, across various industry sectors such as technology, finance, life sciences, and energy.

Duties

• Engage in complex civil litigation and class actions.
• Collaborate with clients and manage discovery processes.
• Prepare for depositions and hearings.
• Draft motions and mediation statements.
• Work with the eDiscovery, Analytics, and Litigation Support team.

Requirements

• 3-6 years of litigation experience.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and communication skills.
• Membership to the State Bar of California.

Education

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

Certifications

• Admission to the State Bar of California.

Skills

• Complex civil litigation expertise.
• Interpersonal and team collaboration skills.
• Cyber/data/privacy litigation experience valued.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
• 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.