Requirements
In this role, you will:- Serve as a key member of our Rail, Transit, Highways, and Infrastructure practice while also supporting related environmental, energy, tribal, and real estate matters as needed.
- Work directly with partners, counsel, senior associates, and clients on a variety of matters which may include both litigation and transactional tasks such as drafting pleadings in judicial and administrative litigation proceedings, conducting legal research, drafting memoranda of law, and drafting and negotiating contracts and operating agreements.
You will excel in this role by:- Having 1 to 3 years of relevant transactional, administrative law, or litigation experience, or a judicial clerkship.
- Demonstrating exceptional writing, analytical, research, and advocacy skills. The ability to successfully interact with clients and colleagues.
- Adapting quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multi-task and manage deadlines to proactively complete transactions.
- Having a high comfort level in working both independently as well as part of a team.
- Taking initiative by being action-oriented, immediately responsible for your client, delegating intelligently, and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
- Being curious and passionate about the clients that we serve and the work that we do.
- Showing academic excellence and leadership, having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
- Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (CA, NY, CO or DC, preferred)
You will stand out from other candidates if you demonstrate some or all of the following:1. Have experience within the Rail, Transit, Highways, and Infrastructure sector including:
- Experience with matters before the Surface Transportation Board, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, or state or local transportation agencies
- Experience representing public transportation agencies
- Experience in transactional matters that include federal grant funding.
2. Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial, team-focused approach to the practice of law.
3. Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen, actively engage, and effectively communicate complex matters.
We welcome applications from candidates who, while new to this sector, can demonstrate strength in the required competencies and a genuine eagerness to learn.
Position Details: This is a full-time position to be located in New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Denver, CO, Los Angeles, CA, or Washington, DC. We have an annual expectation of 1,600 billable hours for our associates, and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. The salary range is $159,000 - $179,550, commensurate with experience, with a bonus structure providing additional compensation for associates who exceed the minimum billable targets. We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, group term life insurance, 401(k), flexible PTO, and parental leave. The firm will also cover some public transportation costs. Flexible start date, targeting November 2026 through February 2027.
Salary Description
$159,000 - $179,550
