Litigation Associate Attorney

A law firm in Devon is seeking a Litigation Associate Attorney with 4-6 years of experience to provide defense counsel in class actions, regulatory investigations, and complex data privacy and cybersecurity matters.

Duties:

• Provide defense counsel to individuals and organizations in class actions, regulatory investigations, and complex data privacy and cybersecurity matters
• Manage class actions and complex data matters on a day-to-day basis with guidance from supervising Partner
• Handle privacy-based tort, contract, and statutory actions brought by individual plaintiffs against individuals and institutional defendants
• Represent clients before regulatory bodies and in regulatory investigations
• Prepare timely drafts of pleadings, discovery, and other legal documents
• Oversee document collection, review, and production
• Appear on client’s behalf or provide second-chair assistance to supervising Partner at civil proceedings, oral arguments, and contested hearings
• Ensure timely reporting to the client
• Vet experts and other vendors for approval by client and supervising Partner
• Perform legal research as needed for client matters and to update the team on emerging issues
• Other tasks as reasonably assigned

Requirements:

• Active license to practice law in Pennsylvania or primary state of residence, additional bar memberships a plus
• 4-6 years of experience as an Associate working in a litigation practice group
• Class action or complex litigation experience, defense preferred
• Experience with large document productions and working with e-discovery vendors
• Courtroom exposure, argument, and hearing experience a plus
• Exposure to regulatory investigations preferred
• Excellent research and writing skills
• Superb communication skills
• Experience tracking time and billing

Education:

Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school

Certifications:

Active license to practice law in Pennsylvania or primary state of residence

Skills:

• Litigation management
• Legal research and writing
• Document review and production oversight
• Regulatory compliance
• Courtroom advocacy
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Time management and billing tracking