Description:
Job Description:Position Summary:
Our Dallas, Texas office has an opportunity for an attorney to join the firm's dynamic and long-established practice representing premier local and national employers in unfair competition and trade secret matters. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice. This role requires extensive contact with clients and opposing counsel working on matters nationwide with Ogletree's Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Practice Group.
Duties include, but are not limited to, drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, preparing and responding to applications for emergency injunctive relief, handling court hearings, handling discovery-related activities and investigations, drafting of dispositive motions, and counseling clients before and during litigation.
The right candidate will have a passion for this area of the law, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with sophisticated business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national unfair competition and trade secrets practice in a tight-knit and team-oriented environment.
Our firm is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We hold regular all-attorney in-person conferences throughout the country. We make attorney development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with the leading attorneys in this field.
We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in Texas. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
- Candidates must possess at least 6+ years of litigation experience.
- Strong non-compete/trade secret litigation experience is required.
- Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.
