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Mid-level Litigation Associate

McGuireWoods LLP and Careers
Los Angeles, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/27/2026

Job ID:

3188

Position:

Associate (Lateral)

Location:

Los Angeles (CC)

Practice Area:

Product Liability Mass Tort

Open Date:

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Job Function:

Legal

Contact:

Betsy Key

Job Description:

The Los Angeles - Downtown office of McGuireWoods seeks an Associate for the Environmental & Mass Tort Litigation Department.

McGuireWoods LLP, with offices in the United States and Europe, is a full-service firm providing legal and public affairs solutions to corporate, individual, and nonprofit clients worldwide for more than 200 years collectively. Along with excellent benefits, McGuireWoods offers most employees a hybrid remote option allowing flexibility and work-life balance. For more than 35 years, McGuireWoods has been a national leader in the defense of environmental, products, and mass tort litigation. With approximately 1000 attorneys, including over 50 devoted to these practice areas, we offer exceptional depth and experience to handle the most difficult litigation threats facing corporate America, with top-tier practice recognized by Chambers and Legal 500. We have defended clients in virtually every type of high-stakes litigation across the U.S. in state courts and federal district courts, including product liability cases involving complex medical devices and pharmaceuticals, class actions for the country’s leading automotive manufacturers, and coordinated cases involving outbreaks of illnesses.

What differentiates our practice is that our lawyers are experts in developing strategically focused defense plans to help our clients achieve their goals in the most efficient and effective way possible. Whether leveraging early settlements, or winning cases outright at the pretrial stage of litigation, at trial or through successful appeals, we let the client’s unique needs drive the strategy. This is well-recognized and appreciated by our clients, most of whom we have represented for decades.

McGuireWoods, one of the world’s leading law firms, has provided legal solutions to corporate, individual and nonprofit clients since 1834. Along with excellent benefits, McGuireWoods offers our attorneys a competitive salary with hours and merit bonus opportunities and billable hours credit for pro bono work. Continually establishing new initiatives and enhancing existing efforts, we focus on meaningful support for our lawyers in their careers. Our Applicant Disclosures describe your rights. Our Privacy Statement describes how we will process and safeguard your personal data.


Salary:
$260,000 - $355,000


Job Requirements:

  • Qualified candidates will have 5-6 years of litigation experience.
  • Please submit cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and writing sample.
  • Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with client, business, and legal teams.
  • Must have a strong academic record, excellent writing, and oral communication skills.
  • Former judicial clerks are preferred.
  • California Bar is required.

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Salary : $260,000 - $355,000

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