Lateral hiring is essential to broadening our expertise, gaining new perspectives, and strengthening our service to existing clients. New connections also enhance our prospects for new business. We actively recruit well-qualified, experienced attorneys who possess a passion for professional growth.
Client service is a core value at Nossaman and we expect everyone to subscribe to that philosophy. That’s why we encourage our attorneys to challenge themselves to achieve excellence in their chosen field of law and to consistently offer the highest caliber of service to our clients.
We require strong writing skills and excellent academic credentials and seek candidates with character, sound judgment and leadership potential. Our attorneys have the opportunity to develop and strengthen a broad range of competencies through training, mentoring, evaluation and advancement. We encourage them to be actively involved in their own development and take advantage of resources and opportunities provided to achieve their professional goals.
We also recognize that having a life outside of the Firm is a critical part of being a successful attorney. Full-time associates have a minimum billable requirement of 1850 hours. Public service is important so up to 100 hours of work on approved pro bono matters may be credited toward satisfying the hours requirement.
If you are interested in a lateral position with Nossaman as an associate or partner, or if you are just entering the legal profession, please inquire with careers@nossaman.com.
Open Positions
We are seeking a highly motivated attorney with 8-10 years of experience in healthcare litigation for an associate or counsel role. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the quality of patient care by providing strategic legal counsel on a wide range of healthcare matters. Responsibilities will include representing hospitals, medical staffs, medical groups and ambulatory surgery centers in adversarial proceedings, including conducting witness interviews, drafting briefs and presenting cases at administrative hearings, arbitrations and trials; advising healthcare clients on regulatory and accreditation compliance; drafting and reviewing governing documents for hospitals, medical staffs, ambulatory surgery centers and medical groups; conducting legal research and preparing memoranda on complex healthcare law issues; and staying current on emerging healthcare laws and regulations.
We have an immediate opening in our Employment Group for an associate with two to five years of experience. The role may be based in our Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento or San Francisco offices. Responsibilities may include defending employers in complex class, collective and representative actions, as well as single-plaintiff wage-and-hour, discrimination, harassment and retaliation lawsuits; advising employers on varied employment issues; and conducting workplace investigations and trainings. Candidates must be admitted in California and have excellent academic credentials and strong research, writing and analytical skills.
We are seeking a litigation associate with 2-4 years of experience to work on a wide variety of litigation matters on behalf of our public agency clients. Nossaman represents public agencies including cities, counties, transit agencies and departments of transportation, water districts and public pension plans. Nossaman defends our public agency clients and brings litigation actions as a plaintiff on behalf of our public agency clients. In so doing, Nossaman is involved in cutting edge and novel disputes regarding environmental rules and regulations, water law, the Brown Act and Public Records Act, construction claims and large infrastructure projects, real estate issues, public procurement challenges, breach of contract claims and constitutional issues.
We have an immediate opening for an associate in our Real Estate group in our Los Angeles, Orange County or San Francisco offices. Qualified candidates will have 2-4 years of transactional experience working on acquisitions, sales, financing and leasing transactions for developers and investors in private client and public agency client matters. The ideal candidate will have experience with subleases, licenses, easements, loan documents, corporate formation documents and due diligence materials and experience with transactions under threat of eminent domain is a plus.
We are seeking a litigation counsel with 7-15 years of experience. Qualified candidates will have experience with both trial and appellate court matters and exceptional research and writing skills, including experience drafting briefs and wide-ranging motions in state and federal court. The successful candidate will be able to take ownership over multiple significant projects and will work on matters involving commercial contracts, real estate disputes, construction claims, healthcare disputes and insurance recovery matters. Experience representing public agency clients is preferred.
We are seeking a litigation counsel with 8+ years of experience. Qualified candidates will have exceptional research and writing skills, including experience drafting briefs and wide-ranging motions in state and federal court. The successful candidate will be able to take ownership over multiple significant projects and will work on litigation matters involving constitutional rights, real estate issues and business torts. Hearing and trial experience is preferred.
We are seeking a counsel with 4-7 years of experience for a role in our Pensions, Benefits & Investments Group. This position can be in any of our office locations nationwide. Candidates should have corporate / transactional experience and excellent academic credentials. Experience with real estate transactions is helpful but not required. Qualified candidates will have superb research and writing skills, the ability to manage multiple projects efficiently, work well as part of a team and be willing to take ownership over significant projects.