Associate - Privacy and Digital Risk Class Action and Litigation

About the role

BakerHostetler is seeking a junior litigation associate to join its premier Digital Assets and Data Management Practice Group in Philadelphia, PA or Wilmington, DE. The successful candidate will join our national team in advising and representing clients of all sizes and sectors in investigation and litigation matters involving cybersecurity, digital privacy, Internet speech (defamation, stalking, threats, First Amendment), cybercrime, white-collar crime, intellectual property theft, commercial, and employment issues. The litigation docket includes both civil and criminal cases, with a heavy focus on cybersecurity and digital privacy class actions, commercial and employment disputes, and regulatory enforcement actions. The investigations docket includes internal, regulatory, grand jury, and congressional investigations focused on a wide range of issues.

Responsibilities

• Significant pre-trial experience with pleadings, motions, discovery, and ADR
• Exceptional project management skills
• Ability to manage a fast-paced, complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues
• Strong interpersonal and professional skills required to succeed in a collaborative team environment and to interact effectively with clients
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Demonstrated interest in the evolving intersection of law and technology
• Demonstrated interest in developing substantive expertise across cybersecurity, privacy, social media, Internet speech, cybercrime, and white-collar matters

Requirements

• 2-3 years of civil, class action, criminal, or regulatory litigation experience
• A strong academic record, having earned a J.D. from a nationally recognized and accredited law school
• Outstanding writing and oral communication skills, including experience gained through law journals, judicial clerkship, or comparable roles
• Admission to practice in Pennsylvania or Delaware (or eligibility to waive into practice in Pennsylvania)

Qualifications

• Significant pre-trial experience with pleadings, motions, discovery, and ADR
• Exceptional project management skills
• Ability to manage a fast-paced, complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues
• Strong interpersonal and professional skills required to succeed in a collaborative team environment and to interact effectively with clients
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Demonstrated interest in the evolving intersection of law and technology
• Demonstrated interest in developing substantive expertise across cybersecurity, privacy, social media, Internet speech, cybercrime, and white-collar matters

Benefits

Work on sophisticated matters with mentorship from industry leaders
A collegial, entrepreneurial environment that values collaboration and innovation
Competitive salary and top-tier benefits
The opportunity to develop your legal and business development skills
A commitment to the legal profession and our local community

Pay

Competitive salary

Schedule

Full-time

Contact

If you have any questions about the position or process, please contact Recruiting Manager, Grace Keller, at [email protected] .
Search Firms: If your search firm has a fully executed search firm agreement in place with BakerHostetler, please submit application materials including introduction, resume, law school transcript and writing sample to Grace Keller at [email protected] .
If your search firm does not have a fully executed search firm agreement in place with BakerHostetler, please submit only blind candidate profiles to Grace Keller at [email protected] .

Equal Opportunity Employer

Baker & Hostetler LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.