Litigation Attorney

Job Summary

WH Burkley is seeking a junior-level associate to join our Litigation Practice Group based in our Cleveland office. The ideal candidate will have 2 plus years of experience in civil litigation. Experience as a judicial clerk may be applied to this requirement. The candidate should be admitted to the Ohio bar and be in good standing. Additional admissions in Pennsylvania and/or West Virginia are preferred.

This is an opportunity to represent clients in a national litigation practice and participate immediately in sophisticated matters. Our teams are structured to associates to assume more responsibility and receive a high level of partner and client contact.

Qualifications

• 2 years of law firm experience in litigation matters
• Strong drafting, research, and analytical skills
• Ability to manage multiple matters in a high-volume practice
• Strong work ethic and commitment to proactive problem solving for clients
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent academic and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough legal research and prepare legal memoranda
• Draft pleadings, discovery requests and responses, motions and briefs
• Be prepared to take and defend depositions, argue motions and provide support at mediations, arbitrations and trials
• Have comfort with exposure to clients and have significant client interaction
• May manage and have “first chair” responsibility on multiple cases if and as needed
• This group is consistently busy and highly collaborative, providing associates and partners with the opportunity to build robust client relationships while advancing their litigation skillset
• Direct exposure to partners and clients

Benefits

• Annual reviews with potential for significant salary growth
• Annual performance bonuses based on organizational and individual results
• Eligibility to participate in the Firm’s health, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) and profit- sharing plan, health savings and flexible spending accounts, pursuant to plan terms
• Eligibility for Firm-paid benefits such as group term life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, subject to applicable waiting periods
• Firm paid holidays and discretionary paid time off (PTO)
• · Payment of membership fees to key associations including CLE credits as approved

Pay: $110,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $110,000 - $150,000