Business Litigation Attorney: 2nd-6th year

Cooley LLP; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 235,000 - 390,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Health Savings Account

Dental

Vision

FSA

Commuter benefits

Life insurance

AD&D

Long-term care

Parental leave

Fertility benefits

Job summary

Cooley LLP invites applicants for a San Diego (and Los Angeles) business and securities litigation associate position. The candidate should have 2–6 years of significant litigation experience and be admitted to the California bar.

Preference for those with complex commercial litigation exposure and leadership of junior staff. The role emphasizes high‑quality work product, project management, and handling multiple high‑priority assignments across offices.

Qualifications

• 2–6 years of significant litigation experience.
• Admittance to the California bar is required.
• Experience in complex commercial litigation preferred.

Skills

Litigation experience

Supervising junior associates

Project management

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

2821SD
Associate
San Diego
Business Litigation
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Legal
Jessica Randall

Cooley LLP has an opportunity available to work in the business and securities litigation practice group in our San Diego and Los Angeles offices. Preferred candidates should present a solid background in complex commercial litigation. The candidate must have (i) 2-6 years of significant litigation experience (ii) practiced in the Litigation Department of a comparable law firm (iii) project-based experience, as well as the ability to multi-task on a variety of high-level assignments while continuously producing thoughtful, intelligent work product of superior quality (iv) experience working with and also overseeing junior associates and professional staff (v) a high level of academic achievement from a law school institution. Current admittance to the California bar required. Experience in the areas of technology litigation, class action defense, and/or company v. company disputes preferred but not required. EOE.

The expected annual pay range for this position is $235,000-$390,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.