Job Description
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig is seeking a Litigation Associate to join our team.The ideal candidate must have excellent writing and research abilities and be passionate about helping individuals and businesses.Abilityto act as local counsel in the state and federal courts is a strong plus.
This position can be fully remote or hybrid with in-office options available at our Virginia offices in Richmond, Leesburg, or Vienna.
DBL is a veteran-owned law firm with more than 70 outcome-focused attorneys advising and representing national and international legal matters. Our firm offers a depth of knowledge without sacrificing the high touch service our client’s demand. Our attorneys hail from the most respected law schools, “big law”, and a variety of diverse backgrounds. In addition to former military, government agency, and corporate experience, the partners at DBL average more than twenty years of high-level relevant legal experience.
Dunlap Bennet & Ludwig is recognized as prestigious leading law firm in the U.S. byChambers and Partners, a legal directory that ranks firms based on independent research.
Required Qualifications:
- Bar member states preferred: DC, DE, MD, or VA bar.
- Minimum of two (2) years litigation experience
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- The ideal candidate should have excellent legal writing skills and be comfortable taking and defending depositions, appearing in court, arguing motions, drafting pleadings, and managing deadlines, and would be familiar with the local practices of the state and federal courts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Draft and review pleadings, memos, briefs, interrogatories, and other legal correspondence and documents.
- Appear at hearings and trial in both state and federal courts
- Take and defend depositions.
- Supervise and conduct complex legal research and analysis.
- Collaborate in case strategy discussions.
- Communicate and work with local counsel.
- Contract reviews and redlines.
- Draft and review purchase agreements, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, and other transactional documents.
- Perform day-to-day case management and maintain client files.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, STD, LTD)
- Quarterly performance bonus program
- 401(K) plus matching
- Unlimited PTO
- 10 paid holidays annually
- Mentorship from experienced attorneys
- Direct client interaction and courtroom experience from day one
- Reasonable hourly requirements for a healthy life balance
About Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig:
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates with diverse personal and professional backgrounds. We alsoparticipatein E-Verify. The firmoperatesin a hybrid remote work environment. DBL offers a rewardingand balancedwork environment thatprovidesan opportunity to advance and grow professionally.
