Litigation Attorney (LA)

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 310,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Bonuses

Job summary

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP seeks associates in law school years 2017–2022 to join our litigation team in Los Angeles and Century City, focusing on trial work. Highly qualified candidates will have top law school credentials and extensive complex litigation and trial experience, including witness examination at trial or arbitration.

The annual compensation range for this position is between $310,000 and $450,000.

Qualifications

• Top law school credentials and substantial complex litigation and trial experience.
• Experience examining or cross-examining witnesses at trial or arbitration.
• Experience across litigation spectrums such as securities, class actions, antitrust, white collar, entertainment, or trade secrets.
• Background from U.S. Attorney’s Office or state/district attorney’s office preferred but not required.
• District court or appellate court clerkship experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop case strategy and research/draft dispositive and contested motions.
• Take and defend depositions; direct discovery and expert workup.
• Prepare and examine witnesses at trial, arbitration, and evidentiary hearings.
• Supervise junior associates and own parts of the pretrial record for senior team members.

Skills

Trial experience

Witness examination

Depositions

Education

Top law school credentials

Clerkship experience preferred

Job description

We are seeking associates in law school class years 2017 – 2022 to join our litigation team in Los Angeles and Century City, with a focus on trial work. Qualified applicants will have top law school credentials and substantial complex litigation and trial experience—we are particularly interested in candidates who have examined or cross‑examined witnesses at trial or in arbitration, whether in private practice or in a government trial role. We welcome candidates from across the substantive litigation spectrum (e.g., securities, class actions, antitrust, white collar, entertainment, trade secrets) as well as candidates coming from a U.S. Attorney’s Office, a state AG or district attorney’s office, or comparable government trial practice. District court or appellate court clerkship experience preferred but not required. Primary responsibilities include developing case strategy, researching and drafting dispositive and contested motions, taking and defending depositions, directing discovery and expert workup, and preparing and examining witnesses at trial, arbitration, and evidentiary hearings. More senior candidates will serve as senior members of trial teams, own the pretrial record, and supervise and develop junior associates. Applicants are encouraged to describe their trial experience specifically in their cover letter.

The annual compensation range for this position is between $310,000 and $450,000. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations. Benefits offered for this position include

• health care
• retirement benefits
• paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
• parental leave
• basic life insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all partners, employees and applicants and, in accordance with the applicable federal and state laws, does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, color, religion, matriculation or political affiliation, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, age, marital status or partnership status, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, personal appearance, genetic information, predisposing genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and sex offenses, arrest or conviction record, or on any other basis prohibited by law.