Financial Services Litigation Associate Attorney

About the role

Stinson LLP seeks an Associate Attorney with two to five years of financial services litigation experience to join our Irvine, California office. The role offers a supportive and congenial team environment balanced with autonomy and hands‑on experience guided by partners with decades of litigation experience.

Responsibilities

• File management
• Motion practice
• Courtroom opportunities
• Depositions
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Trial preparation

Qualifications

Active California license required. Two to five years of financial services litigation experience preferred. Candidates with experience from a regional, national, or outstanding local law firm are preferred. Excellent writing, oral advocacy skills, and strong academics are required; judicial clerkship experience is a plus.

Skills and Experience

• Responsibility in analyzing, organizing, and drafting pleadings (e.g., demurrers, motions to dismiss, motions to strike, discovery motions, summary judgment motions)
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Proficiency in e‑discovery and fact development
• Propounding and responding to written discovery
• Experience taking and defending depositions
• Experience with appearances in state and federal courts in case management conferences, motions and other pre‑trial matters
• Familiarity with (R)FDCPA, FCRA, TCPA, UCC, EFTA, TILA, and UCL/UDAP
• Strategic and analytical skills in addressing client challenges, both legally and economically
• Strong interpersonal skills, high degree of maturity, willingness to learn, initiative and ambition
• Ability to prioritize and handle urgent tasks simultaneously with a high level of competence and accuracy
• Comfort interfacing directly with clients

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health plans
• Medical savings accounts
• Firm‑provided Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness Program
• Employer‑paid life insurance and AD&D
• Short‑ and long‑term disability benefits
• Generous paid time off for holidays, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, and attorney leave (including birth/adoption, personal/family health; generous paid military leave)
• Paid bar dues, approved bar association memberships and CLE expenses
• Excellent work‑life programs, including service bonuses, back‑up child and elder care, and employee discount program

Pay

The compensation structure includes a base salary and a