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Associate Attorney - Colorado (Remote)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Licensed to practice law in Colorado or pending admission
  • 1-3 years of experience in civil litigation
  • Experience with discovery, oral advocacy, motion practice
  • Prior experience with class actions and complex litigation is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Handle civil litigation cases
  • Engage in discovery processes
  • Appear in court for oral advocacy
  • Take and defend depositions

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Advocacy

About the company

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Direct Counsel

  • Staffing & Recruiting
  • Small startup
  • 2–10
Direct Counsel is a full-service provider of legal staffing, recruiting and specialized searches in the United States. Our expertise and knowledge of local markets gives us a distinct advantage in recruiting and retaining top legal talent available on a short-term or long-term basis, as well as permanent placements of all levels.

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Job description

Direct Counsel is partnering with a highly respected plaintiff-side class action firm in the Los Angeles area expanding into Colorado—widely regarded as a powerhouse in wage-and-hour and consumer class action litigation—to add talented and motivated Associate Attorney to its growing team.

This firm is known for taking on regional, national, and Fortune 500 companies and winning. With an exceptionally active docket in both state and federal courts throughout California, the firm has recovered millions of dollars for thousands of employees and consumers and continues to scale its impact.

Hiring Criteria
  • Candidates must be either
    • (a) licensed to practice law in Colorado
    • (b) already licensed in another U.S. jurisdiction and pending admission to the Colorado Bar.
  • The ideal candidate will be licensed to practice law in Colordao and have 1-3 years of experience in civil litigation, including experience with discovery in the civil litigation context, oral advocacy and appearing in Court, motion practice and taking/defending depositions.
  • Prior experience with class actions, complex litigation, and wage and hour litigation is a plus.
  • Candidates must be able to travel on occasion

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary Range: $130,000 – $170,000 (commensurate with experience, DOE, DOQ)

  • Medical insurance,

  • Vision insurance,

  • Dental insurance,

  • 401(k)

Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote 

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