Jobs in Needham Heights, MA

Senior Employee Benefits Attorney

Our client is a top firm, seeking a Senior Employment Benefits Attorney for its Boston, Hartford or Stamford offices. This is a hybrid/partial remote position. The firm offers an excellent work/life balance. The salary is $225k, and may vary depending upon a range of factors.

Qualifications

• At least 12 years of experience working with qualified plans, non-qualified plans, and executive compensation.
• Experience drafting plan documents/amendments and dealing with complex benefits issues associated with various corporate transactions.
• Experience advising clients in ERISA, qualified pension and 401k plans, 403B, and health and welfare plans.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Excellent writing and interpersonal skills.
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

About Us

Marina Sirras & Associates LLC is a boutique legal recruiting firm committed to connecting exceptional legal talent with top-tier law firms and in-house legal departments nationwide. With decades of experience and a personalized, relationship-driven approach, we take pride in understanding the unique needs of both our clients and candidates.

We are a proud member of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) and strictly adhere to the NALSC Code of Ethics. Marina Sirras, our founder, is a former President and Chairperson of the organization, reflecting our longstanding commitment to integrity and professionalism in legal recruiting.

To learn more about our team and services, please visit us at

About the Company

Our client is a distinguished Global Single-Family Office with over $10 billion in assets under management and a proven 25+ year track record of delivering exceptional long-term investment results. With deep sector expertise and a disciplined approach, the firm manages a diversified portfolio across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and alternative investments, combining institutional-grade rigor with the entrepreneurial agility to seize high-conviction opportunities. The organization operates with a high-caliber lean team, supported by substantial institutional infrastructure and capital resources. With ambitious growth plans for its U.S. platform, the firm offers a dynamic environment where talent can shape the investment strategy and drive portfolio outcomes.

Role Summary

The Senior Legal Counsel will be a core member of the U.S. investment platform, providing hands-on legal support across the full lifecycle of private equity and alternative investment transactions, as well as day-to-day corporate, governance, regulatory, and operational matters. The role works closely with senior leadership, investment professionals, and external advisors, and requires strong commercial judgment, decisiveness, and comfort operating in a lean, fast-moving environment.

This position is well-suited for a transaction-oriented legal professional with meaningful private equity deal experience who is seeking a long-term, growth-oriented in-house role with broad responsibility and autonomy. The Senior Legal Counsel is expected to independently own matters, balance legal risk with business objectives, and act as a pragmatic business partner to the U.S. investment and operating teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal partner for the U.S. platform, providing hands-on legal support across the full lifecycle of private equity and alternative investments, including structuring, execution, M&A transactions, and ongoing portfolio management
• Act as a corporate generalist supporting the day-to-day legal needs of the family office and its operating and investment entities
• Operate as an embedded business partner, driving legal matters to resolution, exercising sound commercial judgment, and providing clear, practical recommendations
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including investment, shareholder, operating, financing, commercial, and service agreements
• Support acquisitions, dispositions, co-investments, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and other complex transactions across multiple sectors
• Advise on corporate governance matters, entity structuring, and compliance matters for a U.S.-based organization operating across multiple states and internationally
• Provide legal guidance across a diverse portfolio of industries; experience with sectors such as gaming, oil & gas, manufacturing, software, technology, and real estate is viewed as a plus
• Manage and coordinate external counsel, including leading transaction workflows, overseeing deliverables, and ensuring cost-effective, high-quality legal execution
• Advise senior leadership on regulatory, compliance, and risk management matters relevant to a family office, private equity, and operating company environment
• Balance legal risk with commercial objectives by delivering practical, solutions-oriented advice in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
• Where applicable, support the development and mentoring of legal or cross-functional team members and contribute to building scalable legal processes
• Remain flexible and open to travel as required in support of transactions and portfolio companies

Skills & Attributes

• Broad legal skillset with the ability to operate across complex transactions, corporate governance, regulatory considerations, and day-to-day operational matters
• Strong commercial judgment and business acumen, with the ability to assess risk, identify practical solutions, and provide clear recommendations that enable efficient decision making
• Transaction-oriented mindset, with comfort taking ownership of matters and driving them to resolution in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Ability to operate autonomously, while partnering closely with senior leadership, investment professionals, and external advisors
• High level of discretion, integrity, and professionalism, with sound judgment in handling sensitive and confidential matters
• Excellent negotiating, drafting, and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal issues for non-legal stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in a lean, high-performance, multi-sector environment with competing priorities and time-sensitive demands
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously without sacrificing quality or judgment
• Collaborative mindset with the credibility and confidence to engage effectively across investment and operating teams

Qualifications & Experience

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Approximately 5–10 years of legal experience, with a strong preference for private equity–focused transactional and M&A experience
• Background in a leading law firm and/or in-house environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex M&A and private investment transactions, including structuring, negotiation, and execution
• Experience operating as a corporate generalist, handling a broad range of legal matters across transactions, governance, regulatory, and commercial areas
• Exposure to multi-state U.S. operations and cross-border or international transactions
• Ability to operate independently in a lean environment, exercising sound judgment and ownership over matters from initiation through resolution
• Prior experience working closely with investment professionals, senior executives, or principals in a fast-paced, high-accountability setting
• Management or mentorship experience is a plus, but not required
• Licensed to practice in New York, Delaware, and/or Massachusetts is preferred.

Location

• Onsite role located in Boston, MA

Please connect with me on LinkedIn as well @Amanda Vernon

Job Title: Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

Location: Boston MA 02110

Salary/Payrate: $80K-$85K annually and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: 6 months 100% ONSITE then 3 days onsite/2 days’ work from home

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Parking: Paid for by firm

Bachelor’s degree required: Preferred

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

JOB DESCRIPTION

Legal Assistant who can seamlessly come in and work well in a team environment. Must be proactive and possess strong organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential. Must be able to prioritize and effectively manage multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Attention to detail and organization is essential
• Heavy calendaring, docketing and eFiling
• Must be proactive and manage their attorney’s docket effectively
• Follow-up with attorney on deadlines
• Ensures strict confidentiality at all times
• Collect case information and prepare client engagement documentation
• Manage the collection and maintenance of statistical data for internal reporting and analysis
• Prepare initial drafts of litigation documents for attorney review including discovery requests and responses and case opening and closing filings
• Legal research, writing, analysis, and cite checking
• Collaborate with firm’s billing department on client billing
• Assists with special projects as needed

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS)

• A college degree is preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience
• Possess cooperative spirit; participate and collaborate in a team-based environment
• Demonstrate proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Excel and Word)
• Litigation related experience preferred
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Ability to organize workflow and use time efficiently
• Ability to show strong attention to detail
• Ability to perform in an ever-changing work environment and successfully adapt to changing priorities and work demands
• Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction, follow up on own initiative
• Ability to be resourceful
• Ability to handle and manage stress

Lexitas has a top, national law firm seeking Attorneys with 7 years (preferred) experience of supporting discovery needs for diverse clients in large, complex litigation matters, with the ability to manage discovery from start to finish. Must have managed projects.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Consulting, Review Support & Project Management Responsibilities

Investigate and develop a substantive understanding of assigned matters.

Complete document review projects including quality checks, fact-development support, privilege review and logging.

Summarize review progress and substantive findings in document sets including alerting merits counsel to key evidence, detecting deficiencies in collections and productions and highlighting relevant facts in support of investigations, preparation of witness kits and other projects as assigned and supervised by firm attorneys.

Consult on the design of managed review projects and supporting workflows including best use of technology and process.

Coordinate review team onboarding, training and management including drafting review protocols and other guidance. In coordination with firm attorneys, provide review teams substantive feedback on performance and provide re-training where needed.

Define, assess, track and report key metrics, quality standards, decisions and changes in scope to ensure reviews are completed on time, with appropriate quality checks and within budget.

Coordinate activities and communications related to review work-streams including: partnering with internal project managers, analysts, paralegals and attorneys; setting agendas and running project meetings; and determining project requirements, schedules and deliverables.

Contribute to departmental publications, presentations and documentation creation. Train, QC and update case teams and department as required.

Technical Responsibilities

Provide hands-on support in Relativity and other litigation technology toolsets for a variety of requests, including: advanced search design, implementation and validation; creation and support of document review batching and production workflows; privilege log design and management.

Perform final quality control and assurance on deliverables to case teams, clients and third parties.

Consult with case team members on the use of customized litigation support apps and tools.

Qualifications & Requirements

A successful Discovery Advisor will have a strong combination of the following consulting, review support project management and technical experience, capabilities and knowledge.

Consulting, Review Support & Project Management Required

Thorough knowledge of the litigation lifecycle and eDiscovery processes.

A minimum of 7 years of experience supporting the design and management of complex document review projects including management of contract attorneys, use of analytics, review and reporting of key performance and progress metrics.

Substantial experience with Relativity and proficient ability to review documents, maximize efficiencies in the tool, and perform defensible searches.

Ability to effectively liaise with multiple case teams, clients, litigation support teams, document review services and vendors, to define the project’s scope, goals and objectives and develop efficient plans for achieving these tasks.

Consulting, Review Support & Project Management - Preferred

Experience consulting case teams and clients on best practices related to data collection, privacy, information governance and security.

Ability to manage complex litigation and diverse client data from preservation through review, production, creation of privilege logs, deposition and trial support.

Experience training case teams on analytics use and other eDiscovery best practices.

Significant experience using TAR protocols and other review tools.

Significant experience with conducting legal research, supporting deposition preparation, motions practice and trial is a plus but not a requirement.

Technical - Required

A minimum of 7 years of hands on experience with leading eDiscovery review platforms with an emphasis on complex search construction and results validation, design of optimized review workflows including document batching.

A minimum of 3 years of experience supporting early case assessment steps to defensibly cull document volumes and identify potential gaps in data collections or incoming productions.

Technical - Preferred

A minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with the use of TAR and other analytics (BrainSpace, NexLP) with an emphasis on the use of CAL/CMML and other techniques for deduplication, email threading, review prioritization, sampling, production quality control, privilege identification and other predictive models.

Mandarin is a plus!

Juris Doctorate required. The attorney can work in Boston, DC, NYC or the Chicago Office. The position is hybrid.

This position requires some weekend and after-hours support and may require occasional travel.

Compensation

$190,000K - $250,000K+ DOE plus bonus!

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need for an Interim Contracts Counsel.

Overview: Our client seeks a skilled, transactional attorney specializing in commercial life sciences agreements for a three-month assignment.

Company: Our client is a well-respected commercial stage life sciences organization.

Experience: Five or more years’ experience acquired in a top law firm and/or in-house environment advising life sciences clients on commercial agreements.

Location: The Client is open to East Coast Remote candidates and/or local clients open to working in its Lexington, Massachusetts offices.

Responsibilities Include:

• Review, negotiate, and draft myriad commercial agreements including, but not limited to confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs), statements of work (SOWs), and master service agreements.
• Serve as a point of contact for various internal clients in the sales and business development function for contractual questions.
• Ensure all contracts are filed in client’s contract repository.
• Conduct legal research, as necessary.

Qualifications Include:

• Excellent academic credentials including a law degree from a well-respected, national law school.
• Admission to at least one state bar, ideally Massachusetts, active and in good standing.
• Five or more years’ transactional experience acquired in a top law firm or in-house environment advising life sciences clients on commercial agreements.

Pay Rate: $95-$105

Information regarding benefits can be found on MLA’s Website on the Consultant Resources Page: interested and qualified candidates should apply directly with Major, Lindsey & Africa for review and consideration.

Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.

Bullhorn Job ID: 244597

Kiernan Trebach is seeking a Senior Construction Litigation Attorney with jury trial experience to join our Boston office. This role is designed for an experienced litigator who wants substantive responsibility, high-quality matters, and the support to practice at a senior level without unnecessary administrative burden.

Get to Know Us:

We are a Civil Litigation Defense Law Firm. Our mission is focused on a slow and sustainable growth process to create a diverse working environment while remaining sensitive to the needs of our employees and their families. Kiernan Trebach has become respected for our effective defense of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to individuals and small business owners. We take pride in knowing our clients, understanding what they want, and exceeding their expectations.

We are seeking a new Attorney with 10+ years of experience in Insurance Defense to join our team. Your role will be to defend Construction matters in our growing New England practice.

What You Will Do:

• Handle all phases of litigation, from pleadings through discovery and motion practice including drafting legal documents.
• Take and defend depositions.
• Draft motions, briefs, and discovery responses.
• Appear in court and work directly with clients.
• Collaborate with experienced attorneys and strong support staff.
• Conduct legal research, analyze data, and develop strategies for cases.
• Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, and the court.
• Attend hearings, depositions, and trials as necessary.
• Defend a Variety of Civil Litigation Defense matters including:
• General Liability
• Personal Injury
• Construction Defect
• Commercial Trucking
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability

The Practice

• Construction litigation representing owners, developers, contractors, and design professionals
• Complex disputes involving defects, delays, scope changes, payment issues, and indemnity
• Matters pending in Massachusetts state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation
• Close collaboration with insurance coverage and risk transfer teams (as applicable)

Responsibilities

• Manage complex construction litigation matters from inception through resolution
• Draft and argue dispositive and discovery motions
• Take and defend fact and expert depositions
• Oversee junior attorneys and support staff
• Appear in court, mediations, and arbitrations
• Serve as a primary client contact and contribute to strategy and case development

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active Massachusetts or Connecticut Bar Admission
• Active Rhode Island or New Hampshire Bar Licensure a plus.
• 10+ years of construction litigation and construction defect experience
• Strong motion practice and deposition experience
• Experience with expert-driven cases preferred.
• Civil jury trial experience.
• Ability to manage cases independently and mentor junior attorneys

Why This Role

• Competitive compensation
• Reasonable and transparent billable expectations
• Hybrid schedule with meaningful flexibility
• Robust support staff—attorneys focus on practicing law, not administrative tasks
• Collegial, professional environment with long-term growth potential

Why You’ll Love Us:

At Kiernan Trebach LLP, we commit our talents and energy to continue a decades-long practice devoted to defense litigation and counseling the Firm’s clients on issues that affect their potential for litigation. Kiernan Trebach represents clients on a national basis and maintains twelve offices in nine states plus the District of Columbia, with local presence in several others. Our lawyers have appeared in the courts of over 35 states and territories.

**Kiernan Trebach LLP is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, ethnic background, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability or genetic information.**

Patent Litigation Associate - Technology

Our client is a top firm, seeking a Patent Litigation Associate for its New York, Boston, or Connecticut offices. The salary range for this position is between $200k to $260k.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of high tech patent litigation experience.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related technology.
• Excellent academic credentials.
• Strong writing, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

About Us

Marina Sirras & Associates LLC is a boutique legal recruiting firm committed to connecting exceptional legal talent with top-tier law firms and in-house legal departments nationwide. With decades of experience and a personalized, relationship-driven approach, we take pride in understanding the unique needs of both our clients and candidates.

We are a proud member of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) and strictly adhere to the NALSC Code of Ethics. Marina Sirras, our founder, is a former President and Chairperson of the organization, reflecting our longstanding commitment to integrity and professionalism in legal recruiting.

To learn more about our team and services, please visit us at

Conn Kavanaugh is seeking a talented and driven Litigation Associate (3–5 years) to join our growing Litigation Department with a focus on sophisticated civil and commercial disputes. As one of Boston’s leading mid-sized law firms, we are known for our collaborative culture, high-caliber legal work, and commitment to giving every associate the resources needed to progress to partnership.

About the Role

This position provides hands-on experience in complex commercial and civil litigation, including:

• Drafting pleadings, complaints, answers, affidavits, expert disclosures, dispositive motions, trial filings, and appellate briefs
• Seeking and opposing preliminary relief
• Managing all phases of discovery, including interviewing witnesses, propounding and responding to discovery, and conducting and defending depositions
• Court appearances and oral arguments
• Direct client interaction and participation in case strategy development

You will work closely with experienced trial attorneys while taking on significant responsibility in high-stakes matters involving contract disputes, employment disputes, professional liability claims, construction litigation, and complex insurance coverage issues.

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5 years of civil litigation experience (law firm experience preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to manage litigation matters with increasing independence
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills
• Experience handling written discovery and depositions
• Excellent communication and client interface skills
• Comfort with litigation technology and e-discovery platforms
• Admission to practice in Massachusetts
• Federal court experience and experience litigating complex insurance coverage matters are a plus

Why Join Conn Kavanaugh?

• Meaningful courtroom and motion practice experience
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture built on respect
• Direct mentorship and hands-on training from seasoned litigators
• Business development support and long-term career planning
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
• Clear and supported path for advancement

If you are looking to grow your litigation career through sophisticated work, early responsibility, and a supportive yet high-performing environment, we would welcome the opportunity to connect.

Salary Range: $130,000-$150,000 USD

To Apply: Please send your resume and a writing sample to or apply via LinkedIn.

HireMinds is growing — and we're looking for our next great recruiter.

If you're entrepreneurial, competitive, relationship-driven, and want a career where your effort directly drives your income, you'll love it here.

What We Look For

You'll thrive here if you're:

• Competitive and results-driven
• Resilient, resourceful, and motivated by challenges
• Relationship-oriented and naturally good with people
• Comfortable with high activity and fast-paced decision-making
• Comfortable making a high volume of phone calls and engaging people directly
• Curious, coachable, and always leveling up
• A strong communicator and natural storyteller
• Self-managed and energized by success

What You'll Do

As a Full-Desk Recruiter at HireMinds, you'll manage both the client and candidate sides of the search process while helping build world-class marketing, creative, and communications teams across the U.S.

Candidate Responsibilities

• Identify, engage, and qualify high-quality marketing/creative talent
• Present opportunities clearly and compellingly
• Prep and coach candidates through interviews
• Guide candidates through offers and decision-making

Client Responsibilities

• Build and nurture relationships with hiring managers and marketing leaders
• Develop new business opportunities and understand client needs
• Present top candidates and manage interview feedback loops
• Proactively market standout candidates to open new doors

Operational Responsibilities

• Own the full recruitment cycle from kickoff to placement
• Maintain accurate notes/activity in our recruiting system
• Stay current on marketing, creative, and digital trends
• Contribute to a high-performing, collaborative team culture

What We Offer

• Base salary + uncapped commission
• Promotions based on merit, not tenure
• Mentorship and training from top-producing recruiters
• Hybrid model working from our sister company's office in Solon OH (DRI)
• A fun, positive, team-oriented culture
• Leadership that celebrates wins big and small
• Annual incentive trips (previous destinations include Cancún and Costa Rica)
• Flexible, high-autonomy environment

Areas We Recruit In

• Account Services
• Analytics
• Creative Direction
• Digital Marketing & Ecommerce
• Copywriting & Content
• Design (Digital, UX/UI, Graphic)
• Product Marketing
• Public Relations & Communications
• Search Marketing (SEO/SEM)
• Social Media
• Project & Program Management

We are hiring an FTR Analyst to join our collaborative trading platform, with a pathway to a trading role. Analysts support trading across multiple US power markets, with current hiring focused on MISO, SPP, and PJM.

The FTR Analyst will build and manage models intended to analyze impact of generation projects, load developments and power flows in electric grids in order to predict electricity market prices and identify potential trading opportunities.

Requirements:

• Experience with Optimal Power Flow (OPF) models or nodal market simulation tools (such as PowerWorld, Panorama, Dayzer, PROMOD, UPLAN, GridView, GE MAPS, PLEXOS, Aurora etc.)
• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Economics or related quantitative discipline.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in electricity markets in a consulting, commercial, engineering role or experience at an ISO.
• Team-oriented and collaborative.
• Proficiency with programming tools & quantitative modeling analytics using Python and SQL or other analytical tools.

Compensation: $150,000-180,000 base + discretionary bonus.