Associate Attorney - Business Litigation (CT)

About the role

Harris Beach Murtha is seeking an associate to join its collaborative Business Litigation team in Connecticut. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced litigators across offices and practice areas, engage in sophisticated commercial disputes, and take on meaningful responsibility representing clients in state and federal courts, as well as in mediation and arbitration proceedings. The work is fast-paced, team-oriented, and provides hands-on experience managing complex business litigation matters from inception through resolution.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in courtroom proceedings, mediations, and arbitrations
• Take and defend depositions of parties and fact witnesses
• Research factual and legal issues and collaborate with senior attorneys on litigation strategy
• Draft pleadings, memoranda, discovery demands and responses, motions, and briefs
• Examine records and transactions underlying business disputes and potential client claims
• Work across a variety of commercial litigation practice areas, including product liability defense, and collaborate with colleagues firmwide to deliver comprehensive client service

Requirements

• Admission to the Connecticut bar (required)
• Admission to the New York and/or Massachusetts bar (preferred)
• Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school
• Experience with Connecticut State Court and Federal Court practice
• Federal or state judicial clerkship experience (preferred)
• Excellent research, writing, and verbal communication skills
• The ability to function effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly absorb and analyze new information
• A high level of professionalism, conscientiousness, and responsibility
• A positive, flexible, and cooperative attitude
• Military experience welcome

Qualifications

• Experience Level: 2-4+ years of experience in business litigation and/or product liability defense required

Skills

• Excellent research, writing, and verbal communication skills
• The ability to function effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly absorb and analyze new information
• A high level of professionalism, conscientiousness, and responsibility
• A positive, flexible, and cooperative attitude
• Military experience welcome

Benefits

• Hybrid work opportunity in one of Harris Beach Murtha’s Connecticut offices
• Engagement in sophisticated commercial and business litigation on behalf of a diverse client base
• Minimum annual billable requirement of 1800 hours

Pay

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Flexible work schedule to accommodate the needs of the role and the client base.