Experienced Attorneys

Changing firms mid-career—or returning to private practice after serving in government or in-house roles—can be an incredibly exciting time. Transitioning your practice at a time of your career marked by substantial growth means you need a firm who will set you up for success.

By joining Wilson Sonsini, you’ll have a global platform and an incredibly dynamic client base on which to grow your business. And our robust lateral integration efforts and associate training academies will ensure that you don’t miss a step on your way up the ladder.

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Office:: Palo Alto; San Francisco
Practice:: Patent Litigation

We are currently seeking a second to fourth year associate for high technology patent litigation in our Palo Alto or San Francisco offices. The associate will be an integrated member of patent litigation teams that include attorneys from across the firm advising companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar corporations. As part of our patent litigation team, the associate will not only represent our diverse client base at trials but will also be involved with all phases of the relationship from getting to know the client and their technology to helping with strategic counseling and working with other practice groups to provide comprehensive legal advice. Preference for someone with knowledge of electrical engineering, computer science, physics, applied math or similar disciplines gained through education or work experience.

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Office:: Los Angeles
Practice:: Complex Litigation

Please join Wilson Sonsini’s nationally recognized litigation department as part of the downtown Los Angeles office! We are currently seeking associates with 1 to 6 years broad based experience in civil litigation and/or white collar and related investigations. Clients span a broad range of industries including technology, pharma, biopharma, life sciences, and others.

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Office:: New York; Washington, D.C.
Practice:: Antitrust and Competition

Join our world class Antitrust litigation practice that tackles the largest, most complex, and most high-profile cases – and does so with an unmatched record of success. Our practice includes complex litigation involving market-leading companies in many of the most competitive sectors, including technology, life sciences, medical, media, financial services, transportation and consumer product industries, with a robust portfolio of plaintiff-side and defense-side matters. We are seeking attorneys with 1-6 years of firm or government agency experience to assume significant responsibilities in civil antitrust litigation and investigations and as needed on mergers and other antitrust agency investigations.

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Office:: New York; Washington, D.C.
Practice:: Antitrust and Competition

We’re excited for you to join our world-class Antitrust practice that tackles the largest, most complex, and most high-profile antitrust merger investigations – and does so with an unmatched record of success. Our practice includes complex deals involving market-leading companies in many of the most competitive sectors, including technology, life sciences, medical, energy, financial services, transportation, and consumer product industries with a deal flow that is among the most robust in the legal industry. If you’re interested in joining our team, we’re looking for attorneys with at least 1-6 years of experience, with particular experience with mergers. Candidates should have experience in both the substantive and process portions of Second Request compliance and should be able to manage a 2R review including leading a team of associates and contract attorneys.

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An Inside Look

Inside the Corporate Department: What’s a Neighborhood?

Every firm has its own insider knowledge base—the quirks and ways of working that are hard to understand until you actually work there. Wherever possible, we try to tell you about those quirks as you’re researching us so that you can get a better understanding of how we operate. Which leads us to answer the question: At Wilson Sonsini, what do we mean by “neighborhoods”?