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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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Wilson Sonsini has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Security Engineer to support our firm's information security monitoring and response activities. This role is also accountable for providing expertise and support in the areas of security engineering, incident response and risk management. The ideal candidate will understand the information security lifecycle and how to apply a disciplined approach to security that takes the business needs of the Firm into account.
The Firm is seeking a Filing Specialist to join the patent litigation department. The primary day-to-day functions of the position include assisting attorneys and case teams by filing and lodging documents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (CAFC). The role will additionally assist the group with internal docketing processes, maintain such internal docketing processes, and work closely with the firm’s litigation calendaring tools and team. An important function in this role will be to assist in training other administrative support staff in e-Filing, docketing, and related administrative tasks.
Wilson Sonsini is looking for an enthusiastic and energic Rates Administrator to join the firm’s Finance Department. This role will promote the development of Billing and eBilling workflows throughout the firm.
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.
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.