Jobs in Cottage City, MD

Pay: $130,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Handle meaningful, high-stakes criminal defense matters with real courtroom exposure
• Join a growth-oriented practice where you can manage substantive cases and make an immediate impact
• Enjoy strong autonomy while still having the support of an established, collaborative team
• Work on a wide range of matters from misdemeanors to serious felonies
• Benefit from a flexible work setup, professional development, and a compensation structure with upside

Location: Washington, DC area. This role offers flexibility to work remotely when not in court or meeting with clients, but candidates must live in the Washington, DC area.

Note: Must be an active member in good standing with the D.C. Bar and have hands-on criminal defense experience handling misdemeanor and felony matters with strong courtroom exposure.

About Us

We are a growing, client-focused law firm built around passionate advocacy, integrity, and excellence in everything we do. Our team handles serious, fast-moving matters and is committed to delivering strategic, high-quality representation to every client we serve. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Represent clients in criminal matters in local, state, and federal courts
• Manage cases from arraignment through resolution, including investigation, motions practice, plea negotiations, and trial
• Conduct legal research and draft pleadings, motions, briefs, and other case-related filings
• Advise clients on legal rights, risks, strategy, and potential outcomes
• Appear regularly for hearings, motions, status conferences, and trials
• Build strong client relationships through clear, responsive, and empathetic communication
• Collaborate with attorneys, investigators, and support staff to prepare cases thoroughly and strategically
• Handle a high-volume caseload while maintaining strong attention to detail and quality of work

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• Active D.C. Bar membership in good standing
• 3+ years of criminal defense experience
• Experience handling misdemeanor and felony cases
• Meaningful courtroom experience, ideally including trial exposure
• Strong oral advocacy, legal writing, negotiation, and case management skills
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced practice while also collaborating well with a team
• Committed to ethical, client-centered, high-level representation

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will join a team that values strong advocacy, initiative, and professional growth. This is a chance to do impactful work, build your courtroom practice, and be part of a firm that offers both the resources of an established platform and the flexibility to thrive in your own practice. The role also offers benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, holidays, and professional development support.

JPC-799

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Chief of Attorney Development & Engagement

Locations: San Francisco | New York | Los Angeles | Washington, DC

Compensation: $375,000–$425,000 base + annual bonus

We are conducting a highly confidential search on behalf of a premier international law firm for a Chief of Attorney Development & Engagement. This is a rare C-suite leadership opportunity for a senior legal talent executive or former practicing attorney with deep experience building and scaling attorney development, engagement, training, mentoring, performance management, and culture initiatives across a large, multi-office law firm platform.

This individual will play a critical role in shaping the attorney experience across a global organization of 700+ lawyers by leading strategy around:

• Attorney learning, education, and training
• Leadership development and career pathing
• Performance management and promotion infrastructure
• Attorney engagement and opportunity initiatives
• Mentorship, coaching, and retention strategy
• Alumni relations and brand-building efforts
• CLE/MCLE compliance and professional responsibility training
• Pro bono engagement and strategic alignment

The ideal profile will bring:

• 10+ years of experience in attorney development, talent strategy, professional development, or legal learning leadership within a sophisticated law firm environment
• Strong understanding of large law firm practice groups and attorney success models across transactional, litigation, regulatory, and IP practices
• The credibility and judgment to partner with executive leadership, firm management, and board-level stakeholders
• A modern, innovative mindset around legal talent, leadership development, culture, and GenAI-enabled learning strategies
• Exceptional discretion, executive presence, and the ability to lead across offices and constituencies

A JD is strongly preferred, and this role is based in one of the firm’s major U.S. offices with an in-office expectation and some travel. This is an exceptional opportunity to step into a visible, enterprise-wide role at a firm known for strong client service, forward-thinking leadership, and a collaborative cross-disciplinary culture.

The Choice, Inc. is supporting a large advisory firm, providing ongoing project support to their DC office’s litigation division.

This opportunity provides valuable entry-level professional experience, contributing to a large-scale class action case that is helping to advocate for people affected by health-harmful products.

Previous legal experience is not required, however this could be a great opportunity for someone considering legal/paralegal studies in the future.

Why this project might be a good fit for you:

• Practical, hands-on resume building experience: We are so proud that many of our team members have received acceptances to the top law schools in this country after working on this project. The position allows the opportunity to dive right into the work and affect real future legal outcomes.
• Hybrid work schedule: Convenient office location downtown (K Street) with remote days on Mondays and Fridays.
• A great team: We have an amazing, accomplished, and cohesive team with diverse backgrounds.

Job Duties:

This role will entail the review and analysis of large sets of closed claim documentation, then extracting and recording key case information to help build stronger future evidence. The position will also require some data review/standardization support. This position does not require any direct contact or work with the claimants.

Required Qualifications:

• A completed Bachelor's degree- open to a variety of fields including business, legal studies, statistics, economics, etc.
• Some previous experience working with data/legal/research are helpful
• Some previous experience/familiarity with Excel

Expected schedule: Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday in the office is required, Mondays and Fridays are optional remote days. Required core hours: 9AM-5:30PM. The office is very convenient to Metro (Foggy Bottom/Farragut North/Farragut West are close walking distance. The office is modern and you will have access to the gym and rooftop deck.

Timeframe: Approximately 3-6 months. Hiring ASAP. Additional possible extensions will be determined depending on the volume of work.

Salary: $32.00 per hour

A well-respected global law firm is seeking a temporary Legal Data Analytics Specialist to support reporting, metrics and analysis of firm-wide operations, processes and efficiencies. The ideal match possesses legal experience and understands the dynamics of professional services. If you enjoy taking information, synthesizing and making it digestible in a clear, professional manner, this is an excellent opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Using firm systems and data, break down metrics, trends and details to understand and predict high-value firm efficiencies.
• Create reports for leadership on ad hoc reporting metrics to assist with firm tracking and growth initiatives.
• Ensure all digital files are secure, accurately uploaded and saved in the system.
• Ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and attention to detail across all materials and reports, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Organize information in digestible ways.
• Communicate with various internal contacts, such as legal staff and leadership.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• A global firm with a large DC office dedicated to employee growth.
• Structured office environment which offers many resources to help you complete your job as efficiently as possible.
• This is a temporary opportunity seeking a three-month commitment with one day remote per week.

What We’re Looking For:

• Tech-smart. You leverage digital tools effectively and quickly master new platforms, such as Excel, PowerBi and more.
• Legal Data Experienced. You have direct experience supporting similar projects or research, preferrable within a legal setting.
• Observant. You are highly detailed and meticulous working across spreadsheets.
• Perceptive. You enjoy bringing together all pieces of the puzzle to formulate one, concise end product.

Essential to Hawthorne Lane’s success is our ability to attract talent from a range of backgrounds. Our network reflects the diverse community around us, and we believe in a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed. Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Senior Director, Corporate Counsel

Financial Services

Location: Bethesda, MD or New York, NY

We have an immediate need for a Senior Director, Corporate Counsel for a leading exchange traded fund firm that’s on the cutting edge of next generation financial products; including ETFs, commodity pools, crypto, mutual funds, and more!

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Director, Corporate Counsel to grow your career within the Financial Services vertical, while working with some of the most bleeding edge products in the industry!

About the Role:

The Senior Director, Corporate Counsel will report directly to the General Counsel. This role will work closely with senior management to provide legal guidance and support the ongoing business activities and strategic initiatives.

Specifically, this role will be a key member of the Legal Department responsible for providing sophisticated legal advice and support on a broad range of corporate and other matters, including drafting and negotiation of complex commercial contracts, advising on corporate structure and governance, managing legal aspects of strategic transactions and investments, and overseeing licensing and other intellectual property matters.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver timely, pragmatic, and business-oriented legal counsel to senior management and across all levels of the organization.
• Identify and evaluate legal and business risks to support strategic decision-making.
• Structure, draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex contracts, including key vendor and service provider agreements, licensing agreements, and technology agreements.
• Provide guidance on organizational structure and governance matters.
• Manage the legal aspects of special corporate transactions, potentially including strategic partnerships, acquisitions, restructurings and financings.
• Working closely with the CFO and tax counsel, provide guidance on federal and state tax issues impacting the business.
• Provide legal guidance to the CHRO on employment, compliance, and other corporate matters.
• Draft and negotiate ISDA, FCM, repo, securities lending, and related collateral account agreements.
• Oversee the intellectual property portfolio, including negotiation of index and data license agreements, and support of the trademark, copyright, and patent filings.
• Support business development and product development initiatives by providing proactive legal input and guidance.
• Independently initiate projects, drive process improvements, and enhance the Legal Department’s efficiency and effectiveness.
• Manage and coordinate with outside counsel to optimize resources and achieve favorable outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and membership in good standing with a state bar.
• 15+ years of relevant legal experience in the asset management industry in a sophisticated in-house environment or law firm.
• Demonstrated expertise in structuring, drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts.
• Demonstrated expertise in corporate governance and transactions.
• Proven ability to creatively resolve complex legal issues in a proactive manner that fosters business interests and advances company goals.
• Experience managing and leveraging internal and external resources to maximize outcomes.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Sound judgment with the ability to assess legal Issues and business risk.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and adjust priorities for multiple clients based on changing needs.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ability to multi-task with attention to detail.
• Excellent planning, organizational and analytical skills and ability to follow through independently.

(2) Opportunities

Position: Conflicts Attorney

Law Firm: Top 50 Ranked Globally

Team Size: 15

Location: DC, Remote

Target Salary: $150,000 - $180,000

Type: Fulltime, Direct Hire

Job Description:

• Review and analyze new business conflict of interest reports, identify potential conflicts of interest, and assist Partners/Associates in resolving them.
• Review and analyze lateral materials and conflict of interest reports and identify potential conflicts of interest; assist Partners and Firm Management in resolving same.
• Provide concise summaries of potential conflict issues and steps required for resolution.
• Conduct online searches and use web-based research tools, company websites and/or public databases to determine relevant information about potential representations.
• Discuss conflict of interest and loss prevention issues with Partners, Associates, New Business Analysts, etc. to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest.
• Exercise discretion and independent professional judgment with respect to the identification and resolution of potential conflicts of interest.
• Draft clear engagement and waiver letters, as necessary, and follow up to ensure waivers are obtained before new clients/matters are opened.
• Review language in Partner/Associate drafted waiver and engagement letters to ensure that they adequately address conflicts concerns and engagement issues.
• Review outside counsel guidelines to identify deviations from the Firm’s engagement policies; work with relevant Attorneys to appropriately address deviations.
• Confirm need for ethical walls to screen individuals from particular clients and matters; manage and maintain the Firm’s processes for implementing walls.

Skills/Qualifications

• 3+ years of law firm experience, preferably in risk management or corporate compliance.
• Law degree from an accredited law school.
• Active bar licensure in at least one state and in good standing.
• Experience in conflicts identification and clearance at a large law firm.
• Experience with researching jurisdiction-specific rules as they relate to conflicts of interest.
• Experience with iManage or other document management/document retention software used by major law firms.
• Experience performing legal research and corporate family/affiliate research (Hoovers, Dun & Bradstreet, Lexis/Westlaw, etc.).
• Experience with Intapp Open, Walls, Terms and Elite or other computerized conflicts systems.
• Ability to supervise the work of Conflicts Analysts and train them as to system use, workflow and procedure.

Lateral Link is assisting a repeat client and prestigious full-service law firm with an immediate need for a litigation associate.

The group is continuing to grow their complex litigation practice group.

The ideal candidate will have litigation experience at a law firm or clerkship.

Exposure to bankruptcy and/or creditors’ rights is helpful.

The candidate does not have to have bankruptcy experience but since they do 100% bankruptcy/creditors’ rights litigation, the candidate does need to be okay focusing their practice to that.

The group stresses that anyone looking to do any general litigation will not get that here at this time – they only do bankruptcy.

Selling Points on this firm:

· They have strong referral networks all around the world

· The firm offers a pleasant working environment and a lot of autonomy

· Market compensation

· Tight knit group

· Mentorship

The ideal candidate will have graduated in 2023 or 2024 and possess excellent academic credentials.

The group is in the very early stages of exploring candidates, so don’t miss out on this opportunity.

For immediate consideration, please apply through this posting or email your resume to

Position: Senior Legal Secretary for (5) partners

Practice: Litigation

Firm: AmLaw50

Location: Washington DC

Onsite Logistics: 3 Days on and Friday WFH

Salary: $90,000 - $115,000 with an additional Bonus

Responsibilities:

• Calendar Management
• Client Correspondence
• State and Federal Filing
• Domestic and International Travel Arrangement
• Expense Reimbursement
• Attorney Time Tracking

AmLaw200

Location: DC (2/3) days a week, onsite.

Compensation: $110,000 - $150,000

Position: Litigation Paralegal

The Paralegal applies knowledge of the litigation lifecycle and its associated procedures to provide fundamental assistance to lawyers.

Job Functions & Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of an attorney, coordinate, organize, prepare and interpret complex legal documents related to investigations and white-collar defense matters; build and maintain relevant databases and files; file documents and provide copies to relevant parties;
• Organize, review, and maintain documents and case files; compile documents for filing with courts and agencies;
• Coordinate productions of documents with attorneys, as well as conduct searches on e-discovery databases such as Relativity for relevant documents;
• Assist attorneys with preparation of materials for depositions and coordinate logistics as needed;
• Perform factual research on internal and external databases and libraries;
• Properly format legal briefs and motions; cite check legal briefs and motions to ensure consistency with sources cited and proper citation style (Bluebook and/or California Style Manual);
• Proofread, edit and review legal brief and motions in preparation of filing;
• Assist with the filing and printing of legal briefs, motions and other related documents;
• Coordinate trial preparation; attend trial and provide support to attorneys at Court; coordinate logistics, including local/remote set-up and travel arrangements;
• Support multiple case teams/matters simultaneously;(LexisNexis/Westlaw), as well as utilizing PACER, CM/ECF, and other electronic court and agency databases;
• Advanced knowledge of and familiarity with litigation procedures and terminology;
• Advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred);
• Paralegal Certificate from an ABA accredited program (preferred)
• At least 10 years of Litigation Paralegal experience (required);
• At least 7 years of investigations and white-collar defense practice experience at a law firm, in government service or equivalent (preferred); and
• Arbitration/trial experience (required).

Legal Assistant / Paralegal – Full-Time – Georgetown, DC

Posey Lebowitz PLLC, a boutique litigation firm located in Georgetown, is seeking a bright, motivated Legal Assistant / Paralegal to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a recent college graduate who is eager to work hard, develop strong litigation skills, and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced law firm environment.

We handle a range of plaintiffs' personal injury and commercial litigation cases, and we're looking for someone who is highly detail-oriented, organized, and ready to take ownership of important casework from day one.

What You’ll Do:

• Gather, organize, and summarize medical records, bills, and other critical case documents
• Assist attorneys in drafting and reviewing legal documents, settlement demands, and court filings
• Communicate regularly with clients regarding their medical treatment, case progress, and needs
• Maintain well-organized and up-to-date electronic case files
• Support the legal team in all phases of case development and litigation

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and general office technology
• Exceptional organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and juggle multiple cases and deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail – accuracy matters in everything you do
• A proactive, self-driven attitude – we value team members who take initiative and move cases forward without being micromanaged

Additional Details:

• Full-time, in-office position in Georgetown, DC
• Collaborative, hands-on environment with mentorship and real responsibility
• An opportunity to build a strong foundation for a future career in law

If you are passionate about building a legal career, thrive under pressure, and take pride in producing excellent work, we’d love to hear from you.