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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 offers exciting opportunities for summer associates to work closely with the world's leading technology, life sciences, and growth companies, as well as companies across industries. We are seeking current law students (JD 2029) interested in joining Wilson Sonsini as part of the 2028 Summer Program. Candidates should have outstanding academic credentials, as well as excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills. Our broad spectrum of practices and our entrepreneurial spirit afford our summer associates exceptional opportunities for professional growth and exploration.
If you have any questions, please contact lawstudents@wsgr.com.
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Our IT Infrastructure team is looking for a Senior Infrastructure DevOps Engineer to help shape the firm's cloud architecture at scale. You'll own Azure DevOps pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, acting as the go-to technical expert bridging our Infrastructure and Applications teams. This is a chance to work hands-on with Microsoft's cloud ecosystem, Azure, Power Platform, Graph API, and emerging AI tools, while helping define how a 1,100-attorney global firm builds and secures its technology foundation. If you're a self-starter who can translate complex cloud concepts for non-technical stakeholders and thrives balancing multiple priorities, we'd like to hear from you.
The firm is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Analyst who will research the legal market, peer firms, and the industries and clients we serve, and turn findings into clear, actionable insights for firm leadership and critical stakeholders. Your work will directly shape decisions on growth, strategy, and client pitches. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the firm and see your analyses put to use quickly. If you enjoy digging into data and telling the story behind it, this is a chance to make a visible impact at a leading global law firm.
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.