Job Openings
ATTORNEY OPENINGS - LOS ANGELES
Associate – Labor & Employment
We are seeking a mid-level Labor and Employment associate for our Los Angeles office. Our Labor and Employment Department consists of over 20 full time Labor and Employment attorneys. Ideal candidates have experience in any of these areas: traditional labor, wage and hour class actions and PAGA lawsuits, and employment litigation.
The successful candidates must have excellent analytical and writing skills, substantial experience handling employment litigation, including single-plaintiff and class action cases, and experience advising clients on day-to-day employment issues. Outstanding academic credentials are required.
Salary range: $232,500-$317,500. Compensation is based on experience, skill, and knowledge.
MSK offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you are looking for an opportunity with a growing, collaborative firm, please apply to recruits@msk.com.
Associate – Corporate
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its New York or Los Angeles office with 7+ years of corporate and securities law experience. Candidates should have substantial experience in connection with 1933 and 1934 Act compliance, including the annual proxy statement, registration statements, Form 8-Ks and annual and quarterly reports, Section 16 filings, quarterly earnings releases, analyst call scripts and Regulation FD issues. Candidates should also have experience with registered offerings of debt securities and securities offerings pursuant to exemptions from registration. Candidates must have strong drafting skills, a desire for client contact, an aptitude for managing securities offerings and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced securities practice.
Salary range: $337,500 - $350,000. Compensation is based on experience, skill, and knowledge.
MSK offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you are looking for an opportunity with a growing, collaborative firm, please apply to recruits@msk.com.
EOE
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Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
attorney openings - NEW YORK
Associate – Corporate
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its New York or Los Angeles office with 7+ years of corporate and securities law experience. Candidates should have substantial experience in connection with 1933 and 1934 Act compliance, including the annual proxy statement, registration statements, Form 8-Ks and annual and quarterly reports, Section 16 filings, quarterly earnings releases, analyst call scripts and Regulation FD issues. Candidates should also have experience with registered offerings of debt securities and securities offerings pursuant to exemptions from registration. Candidates must have strong drafting skills, a desire for client contact, an aptitude for managing securities offerings and a willingness to learn in a fast-paced securities practice.
Salary range: $337,500 - $350,000. Compensation is based on experience, skill, and knowledge.
MSK offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you are looking for an opportunity with a growing, collaborative firm, please apply to recruits@msk.com.
EOE
attorney openings - Washington, dc
MSK offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you are looking for an opportunity with a growing, collaborative firm, please apply to recruits@msk.com.
EOE
STAFF OPPORTUNITIES - LOS ANGELES
Legal Secretary – Immigration
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., is seeking an Immigration Legal Secretary to join our team in Los Angeles.
The position will entail supporting 3+ busy attorneys in the Firm’s Immigration practice group.
The expected annualized base salary range for this position is $70,000 to $90,000. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Responsibilities:
- Organizing and maintaining documents/files and emails using Outlook, a document management system, and/or a paper-based filing system.
- Provide general support for paralegals and attorneys.
- Prepare immigration filings to submit to government agencies.
- Arrange department meetings, process expense reimbursements and client bills, maintain calendar appointments in Outlook, answer phones.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience as an assistant in business immigration law in law firm or office environment preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Attention to detail oriented and organized.
- Customer service skills, teamwork, leadership and reliability.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Satisfaction working both independently and collaboratively with teams of varying work styles.
- Strong work ethic with ability to produce high-quality work in a consistent and reliable manner.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively multi-task in a fast-paced work environment, including juggling multiple projects and demands, meeting deadlines, and ensuring accuracy and quality of all work product.
- Experience in using technology to resolve work challenges.
- Proactive personality, positive and enthusiastic attitude, and a willingness to learn.
The Firm offers a competitive salary, attractive benefits, hybrid work environment, and a pleasant and supportive environment.
EOE
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Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com.
Legal Secretary – Labor & Employment
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., is seeking a Legal Secretary to join our team in Los Angeles.
The position will entail supporting approximately 3 - 4 busy Attorneys in the Firm’s Labor & Employment and Litigation practice groups. The Firm offers competitive compensation; 401K; medical, vision and dental coverage; life insurance; flexible spending accounts and more. This is a wonderful position for a person seeking an opportunity with a well-respected firm.
The expected annualized base salary range for this position is $70,000 to $90,000. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Duties of the position include but are not limited to:
- Create and edit drafts of documents such as correspondence, pleadings, discovery demands and responses, requests for production, subpoenas, deposition notices, and other legal documents.
- Prepare final versions of documents: format Microsoft Word documents, create tables of contents and tables of authorities, proofread, etc.
- Assist in preparation for depositions, court hearings, and trials.
- Manage and organize attorneys’ emails in Outlook and save them in a document management system.
- Enter attorneys’ time on a daily basis.
- Arrange meetings and travel, schedule appointments, and maintain contacts and calendars.
- Process expense reimbursements and prepare client bills.
- Handle electronic filings with state and federal courts; handle agency filings/submissions; and retrieval of electronically filed documents.
- Knowledge of court rules and filing procedures, including determining requirements for filing for in varying jurisdictions.
- Communicate by phone/email with clients, court personnel and other legal professionals.
- Prepare court filings using Adobe PDF to assemble pleadings and exhibits, including bookmarking and OCRing.
- Support other litigation assistants with filings, deposition preparation, and case management.
- Assist other departments and secretarial assistants with overflow work.
Other qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree required.
- A minimum of 5 years of legal secretarial experience. Proficiency in labor & employment terminology and procedures is preferred.
- Satisfaction working both independently and collaboratively with teams of varying work styles.
- Strong work ethic with ability to produce high-quality work in a consistent and reliable manner.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively multi-task in a fast-paced work environment, including juggling multiple projects and demands, meeting deadlines, and ensuring accuracy and quality of all work product.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience in using technology to resolve work challenges.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Proactive personality, positive and enthusiastic attitude, and a willingness to learn.
The Firm offers a competitive salary, attractive benefits, and a pleasant and supportive environment.
EOE
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Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com.
Marketing Assistant (or Coordinator)
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., is seeking a Marketing Assistant (or Coordinator) to complement our Marketing team in Los Angeles. Under the supervision of the Director of Marketing, the Marketing Assistant (or Coordinator) will provide tactical support to a variety of marketing, communications and business development activities. Seeking a sharp, enthusiastic self-starter with a strong client service orientation. This is a hybrid role and is affiliated with our Century City office but also open to applicants in the PST time zone.
The expected annualized base salary range for this position is $45,000 to $50,000. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Job responsibilities include:
- Prepare customized collateral materials, including client proposals and firm brochures, for new business pitches and presentations.
- Maintain the firm’s marketing databases, utilizing them to produce targeted mailing lists.
- Layout, produce and distribute firm alerts, announcements, invitations and advertisements.
- Coordinate client programs, including managing registration; arranging facilities, catering and tech support; preparing PowerPoint presentations and handout materials; providing guest reception; and facilitating attorney follow-up.
- Assist in updating the firm website and various marketing materials, in Word and on the firm’s website.
- Assist with directory updates and attorney ranking submissions.
- Collect and archive representative matters, industry experience, speaking engagements and client lists.
- Plan, implement and execute all aspects of marketing and business development events.
- Use event management software to distribute invitations and track RSVPs.
- Video editing by transforming raw clips and video footage into high-quality finished videos and other media.
- Liase with attorneys, vendors, professional staff throughout the firm to assist in business development efforts.
- All other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree plus at least 1-2 years of marketing or business development experience in a professional services field is required; law firm experience preferred.
- Strong computer skills: proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) is required; proficiency with Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Suite, and Adobe InDesign is required; experience with digital technology and editing software (e.g. Final Cut Adobe Premiere, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.) is a plus.
- Knowledge of CRM tools and Google Analytics is a plus.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
- Superior writing, proofreading and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to follow instructions and work independently on projects as well as be a team player.
The Firm offers a competitive salary, attractive benefits, and a pleasant and supportive environment.
EOE
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Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com.
staff opportunities - NEW YORK
staff opportunities - washington, dc
Litigation Legal Secretary
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., is seeking a Litigation Legal Secretary to join our team in Washington, DC.
The position will entail supporting 3+ busy attorneys in the Firm’s International Arbitration and Litigation practice groups.
The expected annualized base salary range for this position is $70,000 to $90,000. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Prepare, proofread, and process legal and court documents and other papers including but not limited to editing documents, preparing redlines, table of authorities, and tables of contents.
- Prepare court filings in various jurisdictions.
- Assist in preparation for depositions, court hearings, and trials.
- Manage and organize attorneys’ emails in Outlook and save them in a document management system.
- Enter attorneys’ time on a daily basis.
- Arrange meetings and travel, schedule appointments, and maintain contacts and calendars.
- Process expense reimbursements, submit client vendor invoices, and assist attorney with billing related tasks.
- Handle electronic filings with state and federal courts; handle agency filings/submissions; and retrieval of electronically filed documents.
- Knowledge of court rules and filing procedures, including determining requirements for filing for in varying jurisdictions.
- Communicate by phone/email with clients, court personnel and other legal professionals.
- Prepare court filings using Adobe PDF to assemble pleadings and exhibits, including bookmarking and OCRing.
- Support other litigation assistants with court filings, deposition preparation, and case management.
- Assist other departments and secretarial assistants with overflow work.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 4 years of law firm litigation assistance experience is preferred, supporting a minimum of 3-4 attorneys. Must be proficient in legal secretarial and administrative tasks, including document preparation and court filings.
- Must be familiar with local court rules.
- Satisfaction working both independently and collaboratively with teams of varying work styles.
- Maintain strict confidentiality with regard to client and firm-related matters.
- Strong work ethic with ability to produce high-quality work in a consistent and reliable manner.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to prioritize, work independently, and multi-task, including juggling multiple projects and demands, meeting deadlines, and ensuring accuracy and quality of all work product.
- Must be proficient in MS Word (including utilization of styles and pleadings to format legal documents), Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook and Adobe Acrobat.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Proactive personality, positive and enthusiastic attitude, and a willingness to learn.
- Must be enthusiastic about performing and learning varied litigation support tasks.
- Experience with iManage and InTapp Time preferred.
The Firm offers a competitive salary, attractive benefits, hybrid work environment, and a pleasant and supportive environment doing interesting work covering international and domestic topics.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com.
The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
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