Description:
The Position:This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced litigation attorney who is eager for career advancement and to take on significant, substantive responsibilities in defending complex class actions, including cyber and privacy cases.
Key Responsibilities:
- Defense of privacy lawsuits and data breach class actions filed in state and federal courts nationwide (including MDL proceedings)
- Drafting and arguing dispositive motions, including motions to dismiss, motions to strike, opposing class certification, motions for summary judgment
- Managing strategy and timelines for multiple class action cases and coordinating removal, consolidation, and case organization efforts
- Preparing and responding to written discovery, taking and defending depositions, and working with expert witnesses
- Participating in mediations for class action settlements, and drafting settlement papers for court approval
Qualifications:
- 5-10 years of complex litigation experience in state and federal courts
- JD from an accredited law school is required
- Class action litigation experience is required
- Cybersecurity and data privacy background a plus
- Excellent research and writing skills, including drafting briefs and dispositive motions
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Experience working on large-scale e-discovery cases
- Experience defending in data breach and other privacy class actions (including BIPA, CIPA, VPPA, etc.)
- Working knowledge of state and federal rules of civil procedure
- Highly organized and able to meet deadlines in multiple cases
- Team player
