Appellate Associate

Miller Barondess, LLP is a Los Angeles-based law firm specializing in high-profile, high-stakes litigation, including trials, arbitrations, and appellate proceedings throughout California and across the nation. The firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of industries, including intellectual property, licensing and branding, technology and cybersecurity, real estate, healthcare, entertainment and music, sports, consumer products, insurance, retail, environmental, securities, private equity, financial services, and government.

We are seeking an Appellate Associate to join our firm. Ideal candidates will meet the following qualifications:

• 4–8 years of appellate experience (flexible based on depth of experience).
• Strategic thinker with the ability to manage complex appellate matters independently from inception through resolution.
• Experience managing high-level appeals, including drafting persuasive, well-reasoned briefs.
• Skilled in reviewing trial records and framing legal and factual issues consistent with applicable standards of review.
• Demonstrated success handling public entity appeals and extraordinary writ proceedings.
• Proficient in appellate practice and procedure in both state and federal courts.
• Strong legal writing, research, and oral advocacy skills.
• Collaborative team player with a stable employment history.
• California-barred (non-CA-barred candidates will be considered – please indicate the timeline for CA admission).
• Hybrid: Required to work in the office 3 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AmLaw 100 experience.
• J.D. from a top 30 law school, or from a T30–T50 law school with honors (magna cum laude, cum laude) and law journal experience.
• Appellate clerkship.

Miller Barondess offers a collaborative environment, comprehensive benefits, merit bonuses, and case origination bonuses for all matters brought to the firm that the partnership approves. There is no billable hour requirement, but our attorneys are a hardworking team willing to go the extra mile for our clients.

• Competitive base salary ($200,000-$380,000/DOE) with merit bonus consideration.
• Paid holidays and PTO.
• Health, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• Firm-sponsored MCLE, events, and outings.
• Employee referral bonus program.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit a resume, law school transcript, and writing sample in confidence to careers@millerbarondess.com.

Miller Barondess is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.