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Job ID: 368979
Practice area:- Litigation - Commercial
Complex Commercial Litigation Associate Attorney – Partner-Track Position | Chicago, IL
Join a top-tier commercial litigation team in Chicago. Work on high-profile, complex disputes with direct client exposure, mentorship, and meaningful courtroom experience. An Am Law firm environment with clear partner-track pathways. Chicago legal jobs you don’t see every day.
The Midwest law office started their legal practice thirty years ago. More than one hundred skilled attorneys are on staff. Areas of specialization are transactional and litigation law. Practice areas are comprehensive. Asset-based lending, bank financing, benefits-compensation, capital markets, environmental litigation, securities litigation-professional liability, and transactional tax are some of their practice disciplines. Hospitality, financial services, energy, and healthcare are a few of their practice industries. The Midwest practice is known for their legal prowess in tax matters of renewable energy projects.
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Job Overview
A prestigious, nationally recognized Am Law firm seeks a Commercial Litigation Attorney to join its Complex Litigation group in Chicago, IL. You’ll handle sophisticated disputes across industries, gaining front-line experience, close partner mentorship, and client contact in a truly collaborative setting. This partner-track position is actively interviewing.
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Key Responsibilities
• Represent clients in complex commercial litigation, including drafting pleadings, motions, and discovery.
• Manage matters from inception through resolution, ensuring timely filings and procedural accuracy.
• Take and defend depositions; participate in hearings, mediations, and trials.
• Collaborate with partners, clients, experts, and co-counsel to develop case strategies.
• Conduct in-depth legal research and analysis to support litigation outcomes.
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Qualifications
• Minimum of 2 years of complex commercial litigation experience.
• Illinois Bar admission required and in good standing.
• Demonstrated ability in discovery, depositions, and motion practice.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills.
• Proven ability to handle multiple matters in a fast-paced environment while maintaining precision.
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Culture & Firm Appeal
• A respected Am Law firm known for its sophisticated litigation work and collaborative culture.
• Exposure to leading clients in industries such as financial services, healthcare, hospitality, and energy.
• Strong mentorship, professional development, and long-term growth opportunities.
• Collegial, team-oriented environment with a commitment to excellence and client service.
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Why This Role Is Unique
• Opportunity to work on high-profile, cutting-edge disputes.
• Immediate access to substantive courtroom work and client interaction.
• Clear partner-track position with mentorship and business development support.
• Ideal for a Commercial Litigation Attorney seeking to advance within a prestigious Chicago legal job market.
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Call to Action
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BCG Attorney Search is the industry leader for placing candidates in permanent positions in law firms. Since 2000, our recruiters have placed several thousand attorneys and enjoyed extraordinarily high success rates with our candidates. As a BCG Attorney Search candidate, you have access to more opportunities than any legal placement firm in the United States. We are able to offer the most in-depth insight in the legal recruiting market thanks to our dedicated team of over 150 employees who mercilessly research, study and analyze the legal market. The depth and breadth of our research empowers us to place attorneys at rates that are unparalleled at any placement firm in the United States. Many of our recruiters make 30 to 40 placements per year, while recruiters at competitor firms are likely to make four or five. Unlike other placement firms that can only tell you about openings at major AmLaw firms, we place candidates of all backgrounds in firms of all sizes. While other legal recruiters only represent a narrow band of candidates from top law firms and top law schools, our research, firm contacts, and market insight allow us to place hundreds of candidates each year who do not fit this mold. It is rare that we do not get candidates we represent interviews and offers. No one in the world is better at legal recruiting and placement than BCG Attorney Search.
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Salary : $150,000 - $250,000