A national class-action and complex litigation law firm that takes on the world's largest corporations and entities is currently seeking a Litigation Associate Attorney for its office in Berkeley, CA. Our legal team has achieved record-breaking settlements and believes in helping those most in need.

Core Responsibilities:

• Investigate and vet potential new cases for technical and legal issues
• Responsible for having a deep knowledge and understand all the facts in each case that is assigned
• Ability to review, summarize, and highlight evidence gathered from documents
• Research legal facts and regulations for new cases
• Conduct all phases of civil discovery, including drafting written discovery, conducting meet and confers, and preparing for and conducting depositions
• Draft briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents
• Prepare for hearing, trial, and depositions
• Help identify and work with experts Identify, select and prepare expert witnesses

Requirements and Qualifications:

• J.D. with 2-3 years’ litigation experience (class action and antitrust experience strongly preferred).
• Highly accomplished academic and employment credentials (federal law clerk experience a plus)
• Exceptional analytical skills with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Superior writing, drafting and oral advocacy skills
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, planning, verbal and written communication skills
• Results oriented, self-starter, with a high level of initiative
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with internal and external contacts at all levels
• Ability to work independently, shift focus, adapt to changing priorities, and maintain patience in high pressure situations
• Must manage highly confidential information with professionalism and unquestionable integrity
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel)

Salary Range 120K-180K Full time employees become eligible for several benefits on the first of the month following hire, including medical, dental, vision, HSA, life insurance, AD&D, EAP, 401K, LTD and STD. Also available is a voluntary FSA, and transit and parking benefits