Complex Litigation Associate

ArentFox Schiff LLP

$275K — $355K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of complex commercial litigation experience in a law firm
  • Substantive experience with trade secret disputes
  • Excellent research, writing, analytical, and oral advocacy skills
  • Strong management of key workstreams like motion practice and written discovery
  • Experience taking and defending depositions is preferred
  • Judicial clerkship is a plus
  • California bar admission required

Responsibilities

  • Manage complex commercial litigation cases
  • Prepare and execute motion practice and written discovery
  • Conduct and defend depositions as needed
  • Lead pretrial preparation efforts
  • Engage directly with clients regarding case status and strategy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous paid time off
  • Flexible reimbursement account for personal well-being
  • Profit-sharing options
  • Wide array of flexible benefits tailored to employee needs
Full Job Description
Job Description and Salary

ArentFox Schiff LLP is seeking a litigation associate with 5 plus years of experience to join its San Francisco office. In addition to complex commercial litigation, the practice includes sophisticated business and trade secret disputes. The ideal candidate will have 5 or more years of complex commercial litigation and substantive trade secret experience in a law firm setting. Applicants should have excellent research, writing, analytical, and oral advocacy skills, and strong experience managing key workstreams such as motion practice, written discovery, depositions, and pretrial preparation. Experience taking and defending depositions and making court appearances (first or second chair) is strongly preferred. Candidates should be proactive team players who are highly organized, able to work independently with minimal supervision, and comfortable with direct client contact and responsibility for cases. Excellent academic credentials are required; a judicial clerkship is a plus. California bar required. Please submit resume, undergraduate and law school transcripts, and a writing sample.

The good faith base salary range for this position is a minimum of $275,000 to a maximum of $355,000 per year. The actual salary rate offered to candidates within that range will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, years of relevant experience, education, applicable bar admissions, and the candidate's overall qualifications for the position as assessed by the Firm. In addition to a competitive base salary, we offer a comprehensive bonus program with opportunities for discretionary incentives that may include productivity, business development, and merit-based components, subject to applicable policies.

Benefits

We know that the needs of our employees vary and can change throughout the different stages of life. That's why we offer a wide array of flexible benefit options designed to help you live healthy, live well , and live for tomorrow . In addition to medical, dental, vision, profit-sharing, generous paid time off, and numerous other benefits, we also provide a flexible reimbursement account that helps pay for the things that contribute to your personal well-being, in your own way.

* The job description is a general summary of the major duties. It may not specify all duties, tasks, and assignments associated with a job. It does not limit or in any way modify the right of management to direct, assign, and control the work of employees in a unit. Accuracy, attention to detail, ability to work effectively in a team environment, and ability to work in an atmosphere of multiple projects and shifting priorities are requirements of all jobs at ArentFox Schiff LLP. Additional job-related qualifications may be specified for some openings. Job descriptions are subject to periodic review and modification.

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