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What do you get when you combine an international business destination, a thriving entrepreneurial community, and a growing investor base? An unbeatable place to build your legal skills and book of business.
Wilson Sonsini’s substantial Los Angeles practice has led the firm to establish two office locations: Downtown and Century City. Wilson Sonsini lawyers in Los Angeles share one culture across two locations. While everyone is formally assigned to one office, many of our Los Angeles lawyers spend time in both locations—some occasionally and others more regularly.
Founded in 2013, our Downtown office sits in the heart of the Los Angeles legal scene, near many other law firms and the US Courthouse. Our clients come from both innovative and established industries, including digital media and entertainment, life sciences, gaming, internet services, mobile, and retail and consumer products and services.
Joining the Los Angeles offices in litigation means joining an exciting and growing team that is committed to bringing high-stakes and high-profile disputes (such as the 2022 Vanessa Bryant case) to trial. You’ll work with premier litigators who commit to small teams and close mentoring, and to work directly with clients and have early responsibility. Our Los Angeles team also features attorneys who represent both public and private companies in a variety of corporate and securities transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, equity and debt financings, and joint ventures.
We ask our summer associates to spend time in both offices so that they can connect with all of our attorneys and other professionals in both neighborhoods. Between our Los Angeles offices, the firm usually brings in two to five summer associates each year, focusing on our complex litigation and patent litigation practices.
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Wilson Sonsini has an exciting opportunity for a New Business & Conflicts Analyst to join the Conflicts team. This position requires a dynamic individual with extensive analytical and research skills. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who is able to excise good judgment and work efficiently as well as independently. This is an immediate opening that’s available to work alongside various personnel within the firm to perform new clients and matters research for the firm.
Wilson Sonsini has an immediate opening for a Senior Web Applications Developer. The ideal candidate will have a passion for front end development. This position requires a dynamic individual with extensive expertise in cloud-based web development and web architecture, automation engineering, and a desire to learn new technologies and deliver cost effective solutions. Experience with .NET, React.js, HTML5, JQuery and JavaScript are all required areas to be successful in this role. Proficiency with AI frameworks are additionally beneficial in this position.
The Knowledge Management, Research & Information Services (KRIS) department has an immediate opening for a Knowledge Management Assistant. The mission of the department is to deliver more value to clients by putting the essential expertise and experience of Wilson Sonsini attorneys, along with strategically sourced legal and business research and information, at the fingertips of each attorney in the firm. We are looking for an entry-level professional to join our KRIS team to support all administrative aspects of the department’s operations, including data collection, creating presentations, and assisting with various projects to support the department and the Firm.
The firm is seeking a Patent Docketing Specialist to join our Intellectual Property docketing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining all aspects of the patent computerized docket system, working closely with practice group lawyers, staff, and third-party docketing vendors to ensure efficient and effective patent support services. The ideal candidate will have experience with CPI, USPTO PAIR, as well as US, PCT, and foreign patent docketing procedures.
If you would like to submit an application to Wilson Sonsini, but do not see an active posting for the office or practice you are interested in, please apply here.
Did you know?
Year after year, Wilson Sonsini ranks among the most diverse law firms in the United States. For us, diversity is not just a commitment—it is integrated throughout our business, from recruiting to promotion.