Cyber, Privacy, and Data Innovation Litigation Counsel or Senior Associate

Any US Office

Overview

Premier, global, law firm is seeking a tenured Counsel or Senior Associate to join their busy, cutting-edge cyber, privacy, and data innovation team. Responsibilities include working on their robust pipeline of sophisticated, innovative, and industry-leading litigation, including class actions, across a range of clients in Firm’s industry verticals of technology, finance, life sciences, and energy. The ideal candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, and a proactive and critical thinker who has exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, noteworthy writing skills, and the ability to balance working independently while being a strong team member.

For the ninth year in a row, Firm is one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, the annual list that recognizes companies with extraordinary workplace cultures. Additionally, Firm has been recognized as the Most Innovative Law Firm in North America three years in a row (Financial Times) and Technology Group of the Year (Legal360).

Firm brings distinctive quality, diverse teams, and innovation to everything we do. At their core, they value collegiality among their lawyers and strive to make their practices both professionally and personally rewarding. They will help you to connect with peers and mentors to ensure you are integrated into their client teams. Their top-notch training and mentoring programs, retreats and academies, shadowing opportunities and more are what set us apart. If you are passionate about innovative work in a dynamic environment, you’re just who they are looking for.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 7+ years of sophisticated, complex civil litigation experience, and be a passionate, highly motivated, dynamic individual with exceptional interpersonal skills — and above all a team player. Specific cyber/data/privacy litigation experience is highly valued.

The candidate must possess strong academic credentials, excellent legal research abilities, and superb writing and oral communication skills. This position offers the candidate the opportunity to assume significant responsibility in managing all aspects of complex disputes and litigation, including working directly with clients, managing all aspects of discovery (with the support of Firm’s industry-leading eDiscovery, Analytics, and Litigation Support team), taking and defending depositions, making court appearances and handling oral argument at key hearings, handling mediations, etc.

Compensation and Benefits 

*The expected salary range for this position is between $420,000.00-$470,000.00, plus bonus 

**Firm is committed to providing a comprehensive, competitive, and thoughtful total compensation package to their attorneys and staff, wherever they work. This compensation and benefits information is based on the Firm’s estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include, but not limited to, qualifications, relevant experience or education, particular skills or expertise, geography.   Other compensation may include an annual discretionary merit bonus, which would be determined by Firm and individual performance. 

***Firm offers a full range of elective health benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurances; robust mental well-being benefits; child, family, elder, and pet care benefits; short- and long-term disability benefits; a health savings account (w/applicable medical plan), flexible spending accounts, long-term care insurance, and a 401K program. This role is eligible to employees will receive compensated time off through Flexible Time Off program, generous Parental leave benefits, and paid holidays.  

****Firm accepts applications for this position on an ongoing basis, until filled. 

*****Firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, an arrest and conviction record will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration for employment. For attorney positions, a ‘qualified applicant’ is an individual who is a member of the State Bar of California, admitted in good standing, and is eligible to practice[1]; or whose admission to the State Bar of California and eligibility to practice remains subject only to successful completion of the California Bar Examination. 

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. 

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