Associate Attorney - Litigation Practice Group

About Our Practice

Folger Levin LLP is looking for an attorney with between two and five years of experience to join our Litigation Practice Group. We offer a diverse and intellectually challenging practice that focuses on representing clients in a variety of commercial, trust, and employment disputes.

Our practice covers a broad range of disputes:

• We handle myriad commercial disputes, including fraud and breach of contract claims, trade secret misappropriation, and employee mobility disputes.
• We have an active trust litigation practice, working on claims involving the interpretation of trust instruments and allegations of undue influence.
• We represent companies in public accommodation litigation, including class actions, regulatory investigations, and individual proceedings in courts and arbitral forums.
• Our litigators work extensively in employment law matters, including defending wage and hour class action and harassment and discrimination matters.

Central to our litigation philosophy is the view that the objectives of our clients vary, and that our success turns on our ability to tailor our approach to meet each client’s unique objectives.

For this position, key job responsibilities include the following:

• Preparing pleadings, briefs, and other papers for filing with courts and arbitrators.
• Conducting legal research and analysis on a broad range of issues.
• Participating in all aspects of fact and expert discovery, including conducting and defending depositions.
• Participating in court and arbitration proceedings, including oral argument, trials, and arbitration hearings.
• Participating in settlement efforts, including drafting mediation briefs and participating in mediations and settlement conferences.
• Effectively communicating with clients and colleagues to identify the relevant goals, strategies, and tactics for litigation, and helping clients understand the risks and opportunities afforded by litigation.

We look for candidates who can be part of the long-term future of our practice group and our firm. We recognize that gaining expertise in the broad range of skills described above will need to be developed over time. We seek candidates who are members of the California bar and have a minimum of two years of law firm or other substantive litigation experience (e.g., clerking or government experience), as well as exceptional writing, legal research, and analytical skills.

We also value experience outside the practice of law that shows leadership, problem-solving skills, and a commitment to community service.

In addition, we seek candidates who:

• Enjoy Collaboration
  . We believe that the highest quality legal work results from collaboration among talented lawyers, and we frequently work with and support our colleagues in the firm’s other practice areas. We seek candidates who enjoy working as part of a team with smart, supportive, and enthusiastic colleagues.
• Lead With Curiosity and Analyze with Care
  . No one has all the answers. Our most successful colleagues actively participate in mentorship opportunities, and demonstrate vulnerability in asking questions and learning new things. They love to brainstorm with their colleagues, and comfortably admit when they don’t have all the answers. And when confronted with new issues, they are willing to dive into primary and secondary sources in order to analyze those issues thoroughly.
• Desire to Be of Service to Others
  . We are passionate about solving problems for our clients, and seek candidates who find professional fulfillment in helping clients and colleagues address difficult legal issues.
• Exhibit an Empathetic Mindset
  . The ability to understand, hear and listen to the needs and worries of clients is critical to effective representation. We particularly value colleagues who are able to see things from multiple points of view and use that perspective to develop effective solutions.
• Demonstrate Effective Communication Skills
  . Our attorneys are constantly explaining difficult legal issues to client representatives, many of whom are not lawyers. Clear oral and written communications regarding goals, strategies, and risks is essential to…