Job Openings
ATTORNEY OPENINGS - LOS ANGELES
Corporate Junior Attorney (Los Angeles or New York)
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its Los Angeles or New York office with 2-3 years of corporate and securities law experience. The ideal candidate must have experience in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, and additional experience in general corporate, securities and capital raising transactions is preferred.
Corporate Mid-Level Attorney (Los Angeles or New York)
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its Los Angeles or New York office with 4-6 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. Ideal candidates will also have experience in managing M&A transactions substantially on their own from start to finish, including drafting and negotiating term sheets, definitive acquisition agreements and typical ancillary agreements in M&A transactions.
Labor and Employment Associate
We are seeking a Labor and Employment Associate with 4-6 years of employment and traditional labor experience for the Los Angeles office. The successful candidate 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.
Mid-Level Litigation Associate
Looking for a more energizing place to practice law? Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (“MSK”) is a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. and a century’s long tradition of excellence. We handle a broad range of complex litigation for our clients in the entertainment industry and beyond, across a landscape of subject matter, including the cutting edge of copyright and trademark law.
We’re seeking a mid-level Litigation Associate (class year 2016/2017) to join our team in the Los Angeles (Century City) office. Candidates must be licensed to practice law in California, and must have excellent analytical skills, writing skills, and academic credentials. We’re looking for collaborators, hungry for responsibility, who share our passion for the law and commitment to winning for our clients. For those interested, please send your resume, transcript and writing sample to recruits@msk.com.
MSK offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you are looking for an opportunity with a growing, collaborative firm, please send your resume, transcript and writing sample to recruits@msk.com.
EOE
attorney openings - NEW YORK
Corporate Junior Attorney (Los Angeles or New York)
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its New York or Los Angeles office with 2-3 years of corporate and securities law experience. The ideal candidate must have experience in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, and additional experience in general corporate, securities and capital raising transactions is preferred.
Corporate Mid-Level Attorney (Los Angeles or New York)
MSK’s Corporate Department is seeking an associate in its New York or Los Angeles office with 4-6 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. Ideal candidates will also have experience in managing M&A transactions substantially on their own from start to finish, including drafting and negotiating term sheets, definitive acquisition agreements and typical ancillary agreements in M&A transactions.
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
STAFF OPPORTUNITIES - LOS ANGELES
Business Immigration Paralegal
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm on the west side of Los Angeles, seeks an experienced Business Immigration Paralegal to join our team.
Job Responsibilities Include:
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Business Immigration Paralegal, including arts and entertainment visa petitions.
- Must include significant experience preparing and processing applications for O-1 visas OR significant experience with analysis and preparation of PERM applications.
- Experience preparing E, H, L, O, P filings is a plus.
Qualifications:
- Excellent analytical, research, oral and written communication skills
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite
- Customer service skills, teamwork, leadership and reliability
- Certificate of completion from an ABA approved paralegal program or a B.A. or advanced degree plus an Attorney Attestation of completion of law-related experience (Business & Professions Code Section 6450 et seq.) is preferred.
Legal Administrative Assistant
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, a mid-sized law firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C., has an immediate opening for a Legal Administrative Assistant in its Los Angeles office. The position will entail supporting attorneys in the firm’s various practice groups. The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Perform typing, transcription, stenographic, and file maintenance duties.
- Prepare documents in final format, including but not limited to redlining, blacklining, merge, columns, footnoting, creating tables of contents, tables of authorities, etc. in accordance with local courts rules.
- Create and edit drafts of documents such as: correspondence, pleadings such as discovery demands and response, requests for production, subpoenas, deposition notices and other legal documents from written copy, transcribed tapes and/or pre-typed data.
- Managing an attorney’s emails in Outlook and attend to saving them in our document management system.
- Accurately enter an attorney’s time on a timely basis.
- Arrange meetings, travel, expense reimbursements, client bills, schedules appointments, and calendar/contact maintenance.
- Handle electronic case filings in state and federal courts.
Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree required.
- Must have 3+ years of litigation secretarial experience with proficiency in litigation terminology and procedures including federal court filing and e-filing procedures.
- Must be enthusiastic about performing and learning varied litigation support tasks.
- Must be proficient in Windows and with Microsoft Office including MS Word and Outlook, Excel and familiarity with a document management system, i.e. DocsOpen, Worldox, iManage, Filesite, Net documents, etc.
- Ability to prioritize and handle ever-changing tasks.
- Must be client service orientated.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, be a team player and be committed to providing a high level client service.
- Flexibility for overtime.
Project Assistant
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp is a mid-sized law firm in Century City. The Firm’s practice areas include Litigation, Intellectual Property & Technology including Video Games, Labor & Employment, Entertainment, Tax, Trusts & Estates, Corporate & Business Transactions, and Real Estate.
We are seeking a Project Assistant to work with our Litigation, Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment groups.
The position offers the opportunity to work directly with attorneys and paralegals to prepare for depositions, Court filings and hearings, conduct in-depth internet and other research, maintain electronic database files and provide overall general support. Cutting-edge work for the Video Game group includes research into video game content and other digital works, working with online, mobile, and console game sales platforms, and using online video games and computer software.
Undergraduate degree required. Academic performance will be considered. Please include GPA on resume. Successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal communications skills and be detail oriented and organized. Ideal position for recent college graduates interested in working for a year or two before entering law school or graduate school.
Must have experience with Excel and Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel and Outlook. Prefer candidates who have the following skills and experience: familiarity and experience with capture and preservation of electronic evidence, including screen captures and video captures of video game content and other digital works; experience with online, mobile, and console game sales platforms such as the iTunes App Store, the Google Play Store, Steam; experience with the installation, use, and play of online video games and computer software; and an understanding of basic ecommerce or online platforms and tools such as domain name registrations, chat rooms, online message boards, and payment providers.
The Firm offers competitive compensation and benefits.
EOE
Please submit resume to staffrecruits@msk.com
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