Commercial Litigation Associate

Miller Barondess, LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Paid holidays and PTO

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Firm-sponsored MCLE

Employee referral bonus program

Job summary

A prominent law firm in Los Angeles seeks a Complex Commercial Litigation Associate with 2-8 years of litigation experience. Ideal candidates should possess excellent writing and analytical skills, be collaborative team players, and hold California bar admission. The firm offers competitive salaries ranging from $200,000 to $380,000, along with comprehensive benefits, merit bonuses, and a hybrid work model requiring office attendance three days a week.

Qualifications

• 2-8 years of complex commercial litigation experience.
• California bar admission or timeline for CA admission indicated.
• Collaborative team player with a stable employment history.

Responsibilities

• Handle cases from start to finish.
• Engage in trials, arbitrations, and appellate proceedings.

Skills

Complex commercial litigation experience

Excellent writing skills

Analytical skills

Research skills

Communication skills

Collaborative team player

Education

J.D. from a top 30 law school

J.D. from a T30–T50 law school with honors

Job description

Complex Commercial Litigation 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 Complex Commercial Litigation Associates to join our firm. Ideal candidates will meet the following qualifications:

• 2-8 years of complex commercial litigation experience.
• Legal strategists with excellent writing, analytical, research, and communication skills who can handle a case from start to finish.
• 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.
• Judicial 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 [e-mail].

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.