What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Litigation Associate Attorney position at Project Recruit?
Project Recruit has partnered with a top regional law firm that serves clients across New York State, nationally, and internationally, and is ranked among the country’s top law firms. The firm is seeking to add a talented, driven defense litigation mass-torts attorney to its team. They are a multi-disciplinary law firm with more than 200 lawyers in offices throughout New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Uniondale, and White Plains, as well as in New Haven, Connecticut and Newark, New Jersey. The firm boasts a comfortable, collaborative culture and excellent leadership.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Represent our clients in the courtroom and mediation/arbitration proceedings
- Take and defend depositions
- Research various factual and legal issues and collaborate with senior attorneys about strategies
- Draft memoranda, pleadings, discovery demands and responses, motions, briefs, etc.
- Examination of records and transactions underlying business disputes and investigations as to potential client claims
- The firm requires a minimum of 1800 billable hours annually
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 4-7 years’ experience in litigation required
- Experience in complex commercial litigation and/or bankruptcy preferred
- Admission to the Connecticut bar is required
- Experience with Connecticut State Court and Federal Court practice required
- Federal or state judicial clerkship experience preferred
- Must have a Juris Doctorate with an ABA-accredited law school and be an active member in good standing of the bar