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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 firm is seeking a CRM Analyst to help drive the strategic use of our CRM systems across the firm. In this role, you'll partner with business development, marketing, and attorney teams to ensure data integrity, build meaningful reporting, and surface insights that support client relationship strategy. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, CRM platform experience (Salesforce), and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations for stakeholders at all levels.
The firm has an exciting opening for an experienced Account Manager to join the Finance department. This is a wonderful 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.
Join a world class antitrust litigation practice that takes on the largest, most complex, and most high-profile cases, with an unmatched record of success. The team handles both plaintiff-side and defense-side matters for market-leading companies across industries including technology, life sciences, and financial services.
We're looking for attorneys with 7 or more years of firm or government agency experience to take on significant responsibility in civil antitrust litigation and investigations, along with merger and other agency investigation work as needed. Experience in tech or life sciences is a plus but not required, and we also value backgrounds in non-antitrust government investigations or judicial clerkships.
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Join a world class antitrust litigation practice that takes on the largest, most complex, and highest profile cases, with an unmatched record of success on both the plaintiff and defense side. The team represents market leading companies across some of the most competitive industries, including technology, life sciences, and financial services.
We're looking for attorneys with 3-6 years of firm or government agency experience to take on significant responsibility in civil antitrust litigation and investigations, with merger and other agency work as needed. Experience in tech or life sciences is a plus, and background from non-antitrust government investigations or a judicial clerkship is valued too.
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There are more than 20 participants in Wilson Sonsini's Patent Agent Law School Program (PALS) at any given time.