Junior level Bankruptcy Litigation Associate Attorney (2–3 Years) – New York, NY- 410196

Job ID: 410196

Practice area:- Bankruptcy - Litigation

Bankruptcy Litigation Associate Attorney (2–3 Years) – Creditors’ Rights & Restructuring | New York, NY

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A top-tier Am Law firm is seeking a Bankruptcy Litigation Associate Attorney in New York, NY with 2–3 years of experience. This opportunity offers hands-on exposure to creditors’ rights, restructuring, motion practice, and complex litigation in a collaborative, resource-rich environment.

This California-based AmLaw100 firm is appealing for its professional culture, but relaxed and laid-back atmosphere. Famous for its corporate practice, the attorneys at this firm are proud of the work they perform and are always striving to do ?good work,? while still maintaining a healthy family- balance and interacting with their colleagues in firm-wide social events. The firm pays top-of-market compensation.

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A nationally respected Am Law firm is seeking a junior Bankruptcy Litigation Associate Attorney to join its Finance and Bankruptcy Practice Group in New York, NY. This role is ideal for an attorney with 2–3 years of litigation experience who is interested in building a sophisticated practice focused on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy-related litigation, and restructuring matters.

This opportunity stands out for its combination of high-level work, strong mentorship, and access to the resources of a major national and international platform. For candidates exploring New York legal jobs, this role offers meaningful courtroom exposure, multi-disciplinary insolvency work, and a credible partner-track position in a supportive team setting. This opportunity is actively interviewing and rarely opens at this level.

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Key Responsibilities

• Engage in commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation matters

• Participate in trial preparation, motion practice, and depositions

• Draft motions, including summary judgment motions and motions to dismiss

• Handle complex discovery disputes and related motion work

• Support creditors’ rights strategies in restructuring and insolvency matters

• Collaborate with attorneys across practice areas on multi-disciplinary bankruptcy and finance issues

• Assist with case strategy, factual development, and legal research in complex disputes

• Work closely with partners and team members on sophisticated litigation and restructuring matters

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Qualifications

• 2–3 years of relevant litigation experience required

• Interest in or exposure to bankruptcy practice preferred

• Admission to the New York State Bar required

• Understanding of secured transactions law preferred

• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills

• Proficiency in trial and motion practice

• Strong drafting and legal writing abilities

• Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently in a fast-paced environment

• Juris Doctor (JD) with impressive academic credentials

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Culture & Firm Appeal

This top-tier law firm is known for offering the sophistication of a major platform while maintaining a collegial and approachable culture. Attorneys often value the balance of serious, high-level work with a more relaxed and supportive professional environment.

The firm has earned a reputation for excellent work quality, collaborative teamwork, and strong internal culture. Associates benefit from meaningful responsibility, exposure to prominent matters, and access to significant resources across offices. The combination of top-of-market compensation, strong mentorship, and firm-wide camaraderie makes this opportunity particularly attractive within New York legal jobs.

For a Bankruptcy Litigation Associate Attorney, this environment provides the chance to develop technical bankruptcy and litigation skills while working with colleagues who value both excellence and long-term career development.

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Why This Role Is Unique

This opening is ideal for an attorney who wants to move beyond general litigation and build a specialized practice in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. The role offers hands-on exposure to restructuring-related disputes, motion practice, depositions, and insolvency strategy from an early stage.

It is especially appealing to candidates who want the training and sophistication of an Am Law firm while working in a team-oriented setting that supports growth and advancement. This is a strong partner-track position for a junior attorney seeking to develop niche expertise with broad commercial relevance.

By year-end, the attorney in this role could be taking a lead role on discrete motion practice, managing key workstreams in bankruptcy litigation, and becoming an integral part of a sophisticated insolvency team.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Collegial work environment with a multi-office team

• Access to resources of a major national and international law firm

• Top-of-market compensation

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Call to Action

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BCG Attorney Search is the industry leader for placing candidates in permanent positions in law firms. Since 2000, our recruiters have placed several thousand attorneys and enjoyed extraordinarily high success rates with our candidates. As a BCG Attorney Search candidate, you have access to more opportunities than any legal placement firm in the United States. We are able to offer the most in-depth insight in the legal recruiting market thanks to our dedicated team of over 150 employees who mercilessly research, study and analyze the legal market. The depth and breadth of our research empowers us to place attorneys at rates that are unparalleled at any placement firm in the United States. Many of our recruiters make 30 to 40 placements per year, while recruiters at competitor firms are likely to make four or five. Unlike other placement firms that can only tell you about openings at major AmLaw firms, we place candidates of all backgrounds in firms of all sizes. While other legal recruiters only represent a narrow band of candidates from top law firms and top law schools, our research, firm contacts, and market insight allow us to place hundreds of candidates each year who do not fit this mold. It is rare that we do not get candidates we represent interviews and offers. No one in the world is better at legal recruiting and placement than BCG Attorney Search.

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