Closing Date: 31st March, 2026

Description:

An Am Law 200 firm, Honigman is a premier business law firm with offices in Detroit, across Michigan, Chicago, and Washington, DC. Regularly honored as one of the Best and Brightest Places to Work nationally and regionally, we earned this recognition by hiring the best people and providing them with critical support for professional development and growth, in a great environment with top-tier culture, compensation and benefits.

Position Summary, Responsibilities and Qualifications
Honigman LLP is seeking talented, energetic attorneys interested in dynamic legal work with sophisticated clients at a large law firm, but without the ancillary demands that come with pursuing partnership, to join the Interdepartmental Attorney (“IDA”) group. IDAs enjoy a rewarding career with opportunities for advancement that still affords time for the important things outside of work, providing a legal career that fits their busy lives without sacrificing their ambitions.

The IDA position is part of Honigman's industry-setting Professional Attorney Track. Redefining the big-law career, the Professional Attorney Track is a non-partnership career trajectory that provides multiple opportunities for promotion and career advancement for attorneys that have the ambition and talent to work on big-law matters, but who seek more flexibility for their life outside of work. IDAs routinely work alongside Honigman partnership-track attorneys, just with lower billable-hour requirements and no business development obligations.

Honigman Interdepartmental Attorneys gain broad experience through assignments and training across the Firm's six departments, with significant opportunities pertaining to mergers & acquisitions, private equity, or litigation e-discovery, and real-estate litigation projects.

IDAs can pursue an interdepartmental career path or develop a practice focus through their Honigman work experience and progress into a Professional Attorney Track role in a specific practice group. Beyond traditional legal work, IDAs are also key members of the Firm's efforts to adopt new AI tools and other practice technologies, legal project management functions, product/service development, and other business-of-law issues.

Key Responsibilities:

Perform thoughtful, high-quality research, writing, and review;
Effectively communicate at all levels of the Firm, understanding the needs and goals of both assigning attorney and client to ensure optimal responsiveness and communication;
Work and communicate in project teams effectively and respectfully;
Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills;
Keep work organized in a logical manner; manage time and resources effectively; consistently track and meet all deadlines;
Develop working knowledge of concepts, issues, and resources in other relevant practice areas, including but not limited to:
M&A due diligence work, including knowledge of and proficiency with KIRA software;
Reviewing and negotiating standard commercial contracts and non-disclosure agreements;
Performing substantive document review using all available technology (namely Relativity), including reviewing documents for responsiveness, confidentiality, issues, and privilege, as well as assisting with corresponding privilege log;
Retrieving and organizing documents and assist with deposition preparation; and
Drafting and reviewing memos and other summarizing documents for dissemination to the broad matter team regarding a variety of practice areas.

Understand and apply ethics rules and seek guidance on issues of ethics and professionalism;

Assume ownership over performance, productivity, and improvement; and manage assignments through to a successful conclusion; and
Use technology to accomplish tasks efficiently.

Qualifications:

J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited institution;
Licensed Michigan, Illinois, or Washington, DC attorney in good standing; Additional licensure in California is a plus;
At least 2 years of experience in due diligence, litigation discovery, and/or real estate experience;
Outstanding interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and communication (written and verbal) skills required;
Ability to organize, prioritize, and punctually complete numerous tasks, even when under time constraints;

Strong overall technology skills and a willingness to learn and apply new practice technologies or applications.

Compensation and Benefits:
The salary range for this position is $120,000-$150,000 annually.

Honigman provides compensation and comprehensive benefits including medical coverage and dental care programs, life and disability insurance, student loan refinancing and consolidation services, open/flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) plan, generous paid parental leave, workstyle support, and wellbeing programs. We also provide strong support for legal training and business development to best position laterals for the opportunity for promotion. More information on the benefits we provide can be found here: https://www.honigman.com/careers-lawyers-banner.

Honigman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by applicable local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, and termination.

We are not accepting search firm submissions for this position at this time.