2026 Commercial, IP & White Collar Litigation Associate

Pryor Cashman LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 194,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Pryor Cashman LLP's Litigation Group in New York seeks a first-year associate (Class of 2026) to join a top-tier practice. The role emphasizes hands-on training across a diverse client base within a collegial team.

The ideal candidate has strong academic credentials from a top law school and is encouraged to take responsibility to grow as a litigator, including developing client relationships, with support for entrepreneurial initiative and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate should have strong academic credentials from a top law school.
• The position offers hands-on training across a diverse client base.
• The practice focuses on complex commercial, IP, white-collar, entertainment, and real estate litigation.

Responsibilities

• Join a team-oriented, collegial environment that supports rapid professional growth.
• Develop client relationships and take on increasing responsibility to become an effective litigator.

Job description

Overview

• The practice requires strong academic credentials from a top law school.
• The practice provides associates with significant hands-on training across a highly diverse client base.
• The firm's litigation practice includes complex and varied commercial, intellectual property, white-collar, entertainment, and real estate litigation.
• The firm encourages associates to take on responsibility to foster and expedite their development as litigators.
• The firm encourages associates to be entrepreneurial in developing their own client relationships.

Posting details

Practice Area: Litigation

The Litigation Group at Pryor Cashman LLP is seeking first-year associate (Class of 2026) to join their team. The ideal candidate should have strong academic credentials from a top law school. This is a unique opportunity to join our top-tier litigation practice, which provides its associates with significant hands-on training across a highly diverse client base. The firm’s litigation practice includes complex and varied commercial, intellectual property, white-collar, entertainment and real estate litigation.

The firm is a team-oriented, collegial environment, which encourages associates to take on responsibility to foster and expedite their development as litigators. The firm also encourages associates to be entrepreneurial in developing client relationships of their own.

2026 Salary:

$215,000. The salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, etc.