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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 is currently seeking a Temporary Billing Services Representative to join our growing Client Accounting team for approximately 3-4 months. This is an exciting opportunity to get hands on experience primary working on preparing and editing prebills and generate client invoices for our world class attorneys, who will be assigned to you.
The Practice Manager will help the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group leaders and the director of practice management to provide excellent client service, and increase department revenue and profitability, through superior practice management and project management support.
The Wilson Sonsini Attorney Recruiting team has an immediate opening for an Onboarding Coordinator. The ideal candidate will be responsible for coordinating the offer process for the lateral team and onboarding all attorney and patent agents, as well as coordinating all integration and retention efforts. The Attorney Recruiting Onboarding Coordinator will work collaboratively within a team, but also handle individual responsibilities and adapt to rapidly changing priorities. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate looking for growth potential. The Attorney Recruiting Onboarding Coordinator will work closely with various teams within the firm and will maintain strong relationships with the firmwide hiring partners and office administrators to contribute to the development of strategies to attract, hire and retain highly-talented and diverse attorneys.
Wilson Sonsini is currently looking for an experienced US Patent Paralegal Assistant to immediately join our Patent and Innovations Group. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership and responsibilities for assigned tasks and worked under the direction and guidance of our excellent attorneys, patent agents, IP specialists, and the department leadership team. This role reports to the US Patent Paralegal Manager and is available as a fully remote opportunity.
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.