Current Openings
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Insurance Special Counsel
- Seeking an attorney to complement our existing capabilities in our highly regarded Insurance practice
- Qualified candidates will have at least 8 years of deposition, motions practice, trial, and litigation strategy experience
- Discrete research on complex insurance topics in jurisdictions across the country
- Draft memoranda to counsel clients on claim and bad faith issues
- Analysis of complex legal and factual issues in claims impacting insurer clients
- Academically distinguished applicants who have the ability to manage cases and superior brief writing skills are sought to assume responsibility on complex, high value cases
- Law firm experience is a plus
- All applicants should have excellent academic credentials and references
- Please note that this is a non-partnership track position with an 1,800 billable hour requirement.
Litigation Associate
- Mid-level associate for our Washington, DC office
- At least three years of litigation experience (including research, discovery, and motions practice)
- Federal clerkship preferred
- Seeking academically distinguished applicants with strong brief writing and oral advocacy skills
- All candidates should have excellent references
White Collar Litigation Associate
- Attorney for our Washington, DC office sought to assume immediate responsibility in our nationally-recognized White Collar & Government Investigation practice group
- 3 – 4 years of experience with matters involving white collar criminal defense, government investigations related to civil and criminal enforcement matters, Securities Exchange Commission or Commodity Futures Trading Commission defense, False Claims Act litigation, and internal investigations strongly preferred
- Prior prosecutorial or government investigative experience strongly preferred
- District clerkship and/or appellate clerkship strongly preferred
- Applicants must be academically distinguished, have excellent writing and analytical skills, high attention to detail, and an ability to work under pressure with multiple deadlines
- Language skills in German, Spanish, or Korean are a plus
Litigation/White Collar Special Counsel
- Attorney for our Washington, DC office to join our expanding commercial litigation practice
- At least six years of research and writing, motions practice, and strategic litigation experience
- Seeking candidates with extensive litigation experience, superior brief writing skills, and the ability to manage all aspects of litigation
- District clerkship and/or appellate clerkship preferred
- All applicants should have excellent academic credentials and references
- Non-partnership track position with an 1,800 billable hour requirement
Public Policy Special Counsel/Advisor
- Minimum 10 to 15 years of experience in public policy/lobbying/government relations
- Capable of developing strategy for clients on legislative areas of interest, both defensively and proactively
- Proactively monitor, analyze, and track legislation and regulations on a variety of legislative issues with a particular focus on regulated industries including telecom, media, technology, and trade
- Research, draft analyses, and make recommendations regarding relevant items to elevate to internal and external stakeholders
- Prepare talking points and meet with members of Congress and their staff
- Develop and maintain relationships with identified members of Congress and their staff
- Seeking academically distinguished applicants who have excellent writing and analytical skills, high attention to detail, and ability to work under pressure with multiple deadlines
- All applicants should have excellent credentials and references
Transactional Risk Special Counsel
- Experienced transactional attorney for our Washington, DC office to join our expanding representations and warranties insurance practice
- Qualified candidates will have at least six years’ experience handling corporate legal matters including mergers & acquisitions; complex corporate structing, finance and accounting; corporate governance matters; and other business transactions
- Ability to analyze corporate transaction documentation and due diligence information to identify and evaluate information relevant to potential breaches of representations and warranties
- Specific knowledge of transactional legal exposures (representation and warranty breaches, tax issues, price adjustment mechanisms, litigation, and computation and measure of damages) is a plus.
- At least two years of law firm experience preferred
- Potential for remote opportunity
- Non-partnership track position with an 1,800 billable hour requirement
- All applicants should have excellent academic credentials and references
Wiley is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
