Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Litigation Career Associate

Excellence, integrity, cooperation, individual respect, enthusiasm and pursuit of improvement. At Orrick, these core values make for a great place to work. Our over 1,000 attorney law firm is committed to providing the highest quality of legal service to advance the welfare of our firm and our clients. With offices throughout the United States, Asia and Europe, Orrick's goal is to become recognized as one of the greatest law firms in the world. This is an exciting time to join Orrick.

We currently have an excellent opportunity in our Global Operations Center in Wheeling, WV for a Career Associate in our Litigation practice group.

The Litigation Career Associate is a non-partner track attorney role that is available to perform high quality legal and legislative research for our clients. This role provides business development and litigation support to attorneys in the firm's Litigation Group. This position is responsive to all offices where there is a Litigation presence. Under the direct supervision of responsible attorneys in multiple practice offices, this attorney works to support the needs of the Litigation Group on both client and non-billable matters. The incumbent in this role must possess high levels of legal skill and attention to detail as well as the ability to communicate effectively. This position will require extensive contact with Litigation attorneys in all US Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP practice offices. While Litigation Career Associates are expected to work relatively independently on discrete issues and projects, the attorneys in the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP practice offices are charged with direct supervision.

Qualifications:

• JD or LLM degree issued by an accredited law school in the U.S. required

• Member in good standing of the bar of a U.S. state or territory required

• Must have excellent legal research, writing, and interpersonal skills

• Must exercise independent judgment and be comfortable being remotely supervised by attorneys in other practice offices

• A demonstrated high level of academic achievement preferred

• Participation on a law school review or journal preferred

• 0-3 years of litigation experience in a law firm and/or judicial clerkship role preferred

Orrick offers a friendly work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits.

Please visit www.orrick.com for more information about the firm.

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