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The federal government. Regulatory and enforcement agencies. Top decision-makers in the biggest industries in the world. Practicing law in Washington, D.C., is a whole different ball game.
Every D.C. firm worth your consideration will tell you about their proximity to the White House and K Street or their deep bench of former government officials and industry insiders.
Wilson Sonsini can go toe to toe with any of them on those points. But you should know that Washington, D.C., has been a growing tech hub for years: AOL was founded here, Amazon opened HQ2 just across the river in Arlington, and Northern Virginia’s Dulles Tech Corridor boasts a cluster of tech company headquarters and outposts. With our Silicon Valley roots and decades of experience helping start-ups and scale-ups in the tech and life sciences industries, our presence in D.C. just makes sense.
And it is an incredible place to practice law. Our D.C. practice is wide-ranging, so there is a wide range of practice groups from which to choose. Whether you work in antitrust and investigations or patents and transactions, or any of our other DC practice areas, you’ll learn from an established and growing team of litigators, dealmakers, and regulatory professionals.
You’ll also gain perspective from colleagues and mentors with substantial experience before major federal agencies, including the SEC, DOJ, FTC, FCC, USPTO, Copyright Office, Copyright Royalty Board, and the Departments of Commerce, Defense, State, and Treasury.
Our D.C. office hosts 11 to 15 summers each year, and they are assigned to any of a number of practices, including antitrust, appellate, corporate, complex litigation (which could include FCPA, government investigations, and white collar), M&A, national security, patents and IP, privacy and cybersecurity, or IT transactions.
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The Senior Business Development Analyst is responsible for helping to drive the execution of marketing and business development initiatives for the firm’s high-growth industry groups, including Fintech, AI, E-Gaming, NewSpace, and Climate. The individual plays an integral role in raising the profile of these groups, both internally and externally, and supporting initiatives that contribute to client and pipeline development.
Wilson Sonsini has an exciting opportunity for you to join our IT team as a Risk & Compliance Incident Response Engineer. This thrilling role will be leading the incident response process and part of an operational after-hours supporting team. This is a wonderful opportunity to support projects and tasks under the general direction of the Director of Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance. This position is available as a hybrid work schedule.
The firm has a brand new opening for a seasoned Account Manager to join the Finance department. This is a spectacular opportunity to be part of team that focuses on achieving financial goals. This position will be responsible for managing client account portfolios and will interface extensively with our clients, our partnership and firm senior management. This role is available as a hybrid work schedule and open to any of our US office locations.
The Senior Director of Information Security & Risk Management is responsible for leading and managing key aspects of the firm's information security and risk management program in support of the CISO. This role involves overseeing security engineering, operations, information governance, risk management, records management, and compliance activities, as well as contributing to the firm's overall security posture.
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?
There are more than 20 participants in Wilson Sonsini's Patent Agent Law School Program (PALS) at any given time.