Complex Litigation Associate

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP

$195K — $320K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • JD required (2021 - 2024 law school graduates); New York Bar admission necessary.
  • Experience in complex litigation is essential; securities litigation experience is not needed.
  • Strong academic performance and professional credentials are mandatory; judicial clerkships recognized as advantageous.
  • Excellent writing and legal research abilities are required.
  • Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset is crucial for the role.
  • Willingness and ability to assume a significant role in various complex cases, often alongside more experienced lawyers.
  • Strong time management, multitasking, and communication skills are fundamental.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in developing and litigating complex legal matters for the firm’s clients.
  • Engage in representing investors in precedent-setting cases.
  • Collaborate on cases involving RICO allegations, fraud claims, and digital privacy rights.
  • Help strive for reforms that enhance corporate accountability and business practices.
  • Take on multiple complex litigation cases, contributing actively despite seniority gaps.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with required in-office days.
  • Exposure to high-profile cases with top-tier trial experience.
  • Opportunity to contribute to significant legal reform and accountability efforts.
  • Dynamic team environment in a reputable litigation firm.
  • Career development prospects given the firm's history of major recoveries and impact.
Full Job Description
About the Team and the Role

BLB&G is looking for an Associate to join the Complex Litigation Group in our New York office, where you will help develop and litigate complex litigation matters on behalf of the firm's clients. This position presents an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial candidate who is passionate about plaintiff-side litigation and thinks critically and creatively about potential legal claims and litigation strategy. The group's cases include RICO allegations against the country's largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers, fraud claims against major social media platforms, cases involving digital privacy rights and human trafficking.

While representing investors in complex cases, our litigators work towards achieving precedent-setting reforms to increase transparency, correct economic or negotiating imbalances, hold wrongdoers accountable and improve corporate business practices. BLB&G has recorded more multi-billion-dollar recoveries than any other firm, including in cases against WorldCom ($6.2 billion), Cendant ($3.3 billion), Bank of America ($2.4 billion), Nortel ($1.07 billion) and Merck ($1.05 billion). Recent high-profile successes include obtaining recoveries against Wells Fargo, Kraft and Allianz. The firm is currently lead counsel in prominent cases against Boeing and Meta.

Position Qualifications:

  • JD is required (2021 - 2024 law school graduates); must be admitted to the New York Bar
  • Related experience in complex litigation is required; no securities litigation experience is required for this role
  • Strong academic and professional credentials required; judicial clerkships are a plus
  • Excellent writing and legal research skills
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, a proactive approach, and the readiness to take opportunity and run with it is necessary
  • Ability and desire to take a meaningful role in multiple complex cases, often opposite significantly more senior lawyers
  • Excellent time management, multitasking and communication skills are essential


Position Details:

  • This is a full-time, exempt position based in New York, NY
  • This is a hybrid role (3 days in-office (Tuesdays and Wednesdays required); 2 days work-from-home)
  • Base Salary Range: $195,000 - $320,000


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