Our highly regarded commercial litigation boutique client (under 25 attorneys) is seeking a class of 2014-2016 commercial litigation associate who has gained experience at either a national or well-respected mid-size law firm or litigation boutique. This is a great opportunity to gain more immediate hands-on courtroom, deposition and trial experience. Only 1,850 target billables.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 firm client is seeking to hire a real estate associate who has, ideally, 5-7 years of commercial real estate experience. This associate will be responsible for reviewing and drafting leases, purchase and sale contracts and other contracts, title and survey review and clearance work, and preparing closing documents for acquisitions and sales. Any experience with hotels, real estate finance, economic incentives, construction and land use and zoning is a plus.

The Chicago office of our AmLaw 100 firm client is seeking a health care transactional associate with 3-5 years of experience. This attorney will advise health care and corporate clients in transactions, business strategy and plans regarding contracting and compliance with federal and state health care regulations. Any health care finance experience is ideal.

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking a well-credentialed associate with corporate M&A, securities and capital markets transactions experience. This attorney will represent public and privately held companies, international organizations, S&P 500 and small cap companies, and entrepreneurial startups. The practice will entail selling and acquiring companies, establishing and dissolving companies, the sale and leaseback of equipment, drafting and negotiating marketing, distribution, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and corporate governance issues. If you are seeking an opportunity to assume significant responsibility in a mid-sized collegial office environment, this is an ideal position.

Our family law boutique client located in downtown Chicago is seeking an associate who has 2-6 years of family law or commercial litigation experience. The preferred candidate will have very strong writing skills and deposition, motion, evidentiary hearing and trial experience. This attorney will actively participate in high profile trials involving fraud, financial and intellectually challenging issues on behalf of extremely wealthy clients. This is a great opportunity for a trial attorney who wants to focus on family law.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 client is seeking an Illinois bar admitted associate to join their Private Equity practice group. The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of experience (preferably at a national law firm) working on private equity-backed acquisition finance transactions, leveraged buyouts, equity investments, restructurings and workouts. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic and growing finance practice group.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an Illinois bar admitted attorney with 3-4 years of corporate transactional (M&A) and private equity experience. This attorney will be responsible for handling domestic and international transactions for public and privately held companies, financial institutions and private equity investment funds, which will involve due diligence, structuring and planning, financing, strategy and implementation, governance and integration issues. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing core corporate practice group.

The Tax Department of the Chicago office of our Am Law 100 law firm client is seeking an associate with, ideally, 4-7 years of tax law experience, with an emphasis on international transactional taxation. Other experience should include corporate and partnership tax, taxation issues raised in private equity and M&A deals, and commercial real estate transactions. Prior employment in a law firm environment is preferred.

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking an Illinois bar admitted part-time counsel or staff attorney (approx. 20 hrs./week; working remotely from home is possible) to work on trademark clearance and prosecution matters in its Intellectual Property practice group. This attorney should have 5-7 years of experience in domestic and international trademark clearance and prosecution.

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking an associate, ideally in the class of 2006-2009, who has significant corporate transactional and M&A experience. This attorney will assist domestic and international clients with a variety of corporate matters, including entity formation, joint ventures, licensing  and the sale of businesses, and will be responsible for drafting and negotiating transaction documents such as stock purchase, asset purchase, credit agreement, merger, redemption, confidentiality and non-disclosure, IP license and secondment agreements. This is a great opportunity to become an integral member of a well-respected and growing domestic and international corporate practice group.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 client is seeking an associate with 2-4 years of healthcare experience to join its Healthcare group. This associate will provide regulatory counseling on all aspects of healthcare law that impact pharmaceutical, medical device, clinical diagnostic laboratories, and healthcare and digital health companies, including healthcare reform; fraud and abuse, particularly the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute; pharmaceutical government price reporting obligations; federal healthcare program coverage and reimbursement issues; healthcare compliance programs, including drafting policies and procedures, counseling on implementation issues, and conducting audits and internal reviews; managed care contracting; HIPAA and HITECH implementation and compliance; and federal and state transparency and reporting laws, including the Sunshine Act and similar state laws. This will primarily be regulatory and counseling work as well as some transactional due diligence.

Our national law firm client is seeking a well-credentialed associate with, ideally, 3-5 years of solid experience in secured and unsecured financing transactions for both borrowers and lenders, including senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt transactions; acquisition financings; loan workouts and restructurings; and debtor-in-possession financings. Any experience with leveraged finance, especially dealing with mergers and acquisitions, is strongly preferred. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing, sophisticated finance practice group.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an associate who has 4-5 years of experience negotiating and documenting over-the-counter derivatives transactions, repurchase agreements and other traded financial products (including interest rate and currency products, and more structured products such as total return swaps on loan portfolios and credit default swaps), and advising on the regulatory aspects of such products under Dodd Frank for, ideally, large financial institutions. This is a wonderful opportunity to handle sophisticated and complex derivatives transactions at a highly regarded firm.

Our small, entrepreneurial law firm (under 25 attorneys), which has a significant commercial real practice, is seeking an attorney with 3-8 years of significant retail leasing experience (preferably on the landlord side) dealing with national or regional retail and junior-anchor tenants. The commercial leasing issues will involve exclusivity, co-tenancy, sales volume, REA and other development issues. Approximately half of the practice will deal with commercial acquisition, disposition and development matters. This is a great opportunity to become an integral member of a small, growing and dynamic retail leasing practice.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 client is seeking an associate who has 3-5 years of employment litigation experience, including FLSA collective actions and/or Rule 23 class actions. This firm has a collegial, Midwestern culture and the expected annual billables are only 1,850.

The Commercial Leasing practice group of our mid-sized law firm client is seeking to hire an attorney (full-time-1800 hours; non-partner track) with 3-15+ years of commercial leasing experience, preferably on both the landlord and tenant side. This attorney should have strong drafting and good communication skills as there is a lot of direct client contact, good negotiating experience, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. The firm will consider individuals who left a larger firm to start their own leasing practice as well as attorneys who are looking to re-enter practice after taking time off. This is a great opportunity to handle commercial leasing matters while working reduced hours.

Our small litigation boutique firm is seeking an associate with 2-6+ years of nursing home and healthcare litigation experience. The ideal candidate will have deposition, motion, discovery and courtroom experience. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing litigation practice.

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE ATTORNEY - Our litigation boutique client (under 25 attorneys) is seeking an associate with 1-10+ years of experience who has reviewed medical records in personal injury cases (auto, product liability or construction) on behalf of defendants. This attorney must have taken and defended depositions, and argued motions in court. Any trial experience is a plus. The minimum billables are1,950.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 firm client is seeking an associate with at least three years of estate and trust planning experience. The ideal candidate will have sophisticated estate planning experience for high net worth clients. This is a great opportunity to join a collegial, growing practice group.

Our small, growing litigation boutique client (under 20 attorneys) is seeking an associate or income partner (minimal or no portable business required if a great practice fit) with 2-12 years of general tort defense, premises liability, products liability and construction litigation experience. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned litigator who has reviewed personal injury records, taken and defended depositions, and drafted and argued numerous motions. Trial experience is a plus. Billable hours are 1950. This is a great opportunity to be part of a small, growing and collaborative law firm.

Our small law firm client (under 20 attorneys) is seeking an associate with 4-8 years of commercial real estate experience representing clients in purchasing, financing, leasing and selling industrial, office, retail and multi-unit residential buildings. The ideal candidate will also have experience in 1031 exchanges and representing institutional lenders in real estate and asset-based lending. This is a great opportunity to practice real estate law in a collegial, entrepreneurial firm.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 client is seeking a well-credentialed associate with 3-4 years of corporate transactional and private equity experience gained at a large law firm to join their growing corporate practice. You will handle complex debt finance transactions and be part of a close-knit team. 

Our preeminent Chicago labor and employment boutique client is seeking an associate with 4-5 years of experience in traditional labor and employment law, arbitrations, grievance handling, agency work and counseling. Any employment litigation experience is a plus. The firm's 1950 billable hours requirement includes associate development, marketing, and speech and article writing.

Our small (under 30 attorneys), suburban, quality-of-life law firm client located about 20 miles southwest of Chicago in Cook and DuPage counties is seeking a corporate or real estate transactional associate with 3-10+ years of experience to join its growing corporate practice. Any tax, estate planning, probate, land use or zoning experience is a plus. You will be acting as outside general counsel handling various corporate matters primarily for privately and family held businesses. This is a one-tier partnership track firm and no business is required to make partner. The expected billables are only 1700-1800.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 client is seeking a mid-level associate to join its Corporate Group. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of big law firm experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing international corporate practice group.

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking an attorney with, ideally, 4-6 years of health care regulatory experience to join its growing Health Care practice. Regulatory experience applicable to the life science industry, including FDA regulatory matters related to drug, biologicals, medical devices (including in vitro diagnostics), and/or combination products, such as premarket review issues, product jurisdiction questions, post-market CGMP compliance, advertising and promotion, and clinical research. This is a great opportunity to join a nationally recognized health care practice.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an Illinois bar admitted associate with, ideally, 5-10 years of trademark transactional experience, including domestic and international prosecution and oppositions; trademark portfolio management; trademark clearance searching; due diligence; and trademark and copyright licensing. Any experience with trademark litigation or advertising/promotion law would be a plus. This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a dynamic, growing practice group.

The Chicago office of our law firm client's national healthcare practice is seeking an associate with two to six (2-6) years of relevant experience, including operations and survey and certification, healthcare fraud and abuse laws (i.e., federal anti-kickback, Stark and CMP provisions), and Medicare enrollment, billing and reimbursement. Consulting or other practical and operational experience is a plus. This position will be focused on serving the groups long term care and senior housing clients.

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking a product liability associate with two to four years (2012-2014 class year) of relevant litigation experience. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in product liability, including consumer products and/or toxic tort litigation. This attorney also will have experience writing briefs, taking and defending depositions, drafting pleadings as well as affirmative and responsive discovery, and handling routine court appearances, arguing motions, and/or presenting witnesses in court. This is a great opportunity to join a collegial, growing and dynamic product liability litigation practice group.

The growing tax practice of our mid-size law firm client (under 75 attorneys) is seeking an attorney with at least 8 years of federal tax experience gained at a law firm. The ideal candidate will be able to collaborate with non-tax professionals in the planning and structuring of sophisticated transactions and investments. Solid experience with the tax aspects of pass-through entities, including joint ventures and private funds,  and experience dealing with closely-held business and real estate investment and operating companies is essential. This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic, sophisticated tax practice group.

The expanding Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking a corporate associate with 3-6 years of experience. The ideal candidate will have experience in drafting agreements, analyzing issues associated with private middle market companies, handling various transactional and business planning matters and an exceptional record of strong writing skills required. This is a great opportunity to join a growing, collegial law firm and practice group that provides its associates with opportunities for significant professional development, responsibility and long-term success.

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking an associate with 3-4 years of experience for its Environmental practice group. The ideal candidate will have environmental litigation experience gained in a law firm or at the EPA or other related government agency. Illinois Bar admission or ability to waive into the bar required. This is a great opportunity to join a collegial law firm and practice group that provides its associates with opportunities for significant professional development, responsibility and long-term success.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an Illinois bar admitted attorney with, ideally, 2-4 years of experience in creditors' rights, bankruptcy and related litigation. The ideal candidate will have done loan workouts, receiverships, judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, and other remedies against commercial borrowers; be familiar with Chapter 11 on the debtor or creditor side, debtor in possession financing, and general bankruptcy law; and have had substantial motion and discovery practice experience. Any trial experience a plus. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing, collegial and well-respected bankruptcy practice group.

Our small, entrepreneurial trust & estate planning boutique client is seeking a well-credentialed trusts & estates senior associate or partner with 5-20 years of sophisticated estate planning experience gained at a mid or large-size firm or highly regarded trusts & estates boutique. No portable business is required although some would be considered a plus. This attorney should be capable of assuming significant file and client responsibility.The annual billable hour expectations are realistically near 1,700. This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of a very sophisticated, quality of life practice.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client seeks an associate with 2-6 years of finance experience for its growing Finance Group. This attorney should have experience with transportation finance (including aviation, aerospace, railroad or marine industries), commercial lending, project finance, structured finance, equipment finance, secured finance and/or similar experience representing financiers, lessors, manufacturers and customers. This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic and highly regarded finance group.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 200 law firm client is seeking an associate with 3-5 years of experience in trademark prosecution (domestic and worldwide), IP litigation (including trademark and copyright cases in federal court, and trademark oppositions and cancellations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board), domain name enforcement, and trademark licensing. The ideal candidate would also have marketing, advertising, and promotions experience.

The Chicago office of our Am Law 100 firm client is seeking a mid-level tax associate for its Tax Controversy practice, which includes resolving federal tax controversies with the IRS during audits, and in admin. resolution forums and litigation. The forums include the US Tax Court, US District Courts, US Court of Federal Claims and US Court of Appeals. The ideal candidate will be IL bar admitted (or able to sit for the IL bar), and have 4-6 yrs. of relevant experience in tax controversy and an interest in resolving tax disputes with the IRS. An LL.M. in Taxation is a plus.

Our national law firm client is seeking a bankruptcy associate with, ideally, 2-5 years of experience to join its nationally-known bankruptcy practice. This group works on large creditors' workouts and restructurings, and has handled some of the largest bankruptcy cases in the country. This is a great opportunity to be part of a well-respected and growing bankruptcy practice.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking a healthcare attorney (senior associate or counsel level) with, ideally, 3-10 years of corporate, regulatory, and managed care experience for healthcare companies and/or healthcare payors. Prior employment in a sophisticated law firm environment is preferred. An attorney who worked somewhere like Blue Cross Blue Shield and then went into private practice would be ideal. No portable business is required for senior level attorneys.

Our national law firm client is seeking a well-credentialed bankruptcy/restructuring litigation associate with ideally 3-5 years of experience representing debtors. This practice group is in a growth mode and its attorneys handle high profile, sophisticated matters on a daily basis.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking a corporate associate with, ideally, 5-7 years of experience to join its growing corporate practice group. You will handle a variety of matters, including securities, corporate finance, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions. 

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking a corporate transactional associate with, ideally, 3-6 years of experience handling mergers and acquisitions, securities and finance matters. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a well-respected and growing corporate practice.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an international tax lawyer with at least 4 years of experience. This attorney will support the firm’s multi-disciplinary team serving global high-net-worth families and individuals with a predominant focus on non-U.S. investment into the United States. The ideal candidate will have in-depth experience in federal and international income tax planning and working closely with individual and family clients to implement cross-border structures (both inbound and outbound).

Our small Chicago-based litigation boutique client (under 30 attorneys) is seeking a temporary (for 3 months) attorney with 3-5 years of product liability and professional liability (i.e. defending architects, engineers, accountants and lawyers) experience. 

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an associate, counsel or partner with at least six years of experience in transactional tax, focusing on private equity and M&A deals, as well as experience in partnership tax, focusing on private equity funds, limited partnerships and LLCs. This is a great opportunity to handle sophisticated and diverse tax matters within a corporate transactional practice group.

The preeminent finance practice group of our national law firm client is seeking a mid to senior level associate who has, ideally, 3-8 years of sophisticated finance experience. This firm represents institutional investors, lenders and borrowers in various commercial debt and corporate finance matters. Your work will include handling mezzanine debt investment transactions, middle market loan transactions, private placement “pre-designated counsel” transactions and LBO and acquisition financing, drafting purchase agreements, loan agreements and related documentation, and dealing with UCC Article 8 and 9 matters. This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of highly respected finance practice group where you will be able to continue developing your expertise in finance law.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an associate with, ideally, 2-4 years of commercial real estate experience, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing and leasing. Large law firm experience is preferred. This is a great opportunity be part of a growing, dynamic real estate practice group.

Our international law firm client is seeking to hire a Project Finance associate in their Chicago, New York City, Boston, San Francisco or Washington, D.C. office. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of law firm experience dealing with energy-related project finance  debt and M&A transactions on behalf of project developers, equity investors and financing parties. Any experience with PTC and ITC structures for renewable energy projects, private equity investor issues, and strategies and energy hedging is a plus.

The Employee Benefits practice group of our national law firm client is seeking associates with 3-4 and 4-6 years of general employee benefits experience gained at a major law firm, accounting firm or consulting firm. Executive Compensation experience is a plus. Candidates must possess legal experience with qualified retirement and welfare benefit plans. This group is very collegial and committed to maintaining a strong quality of life/work balance for its associates.

Our Chicago-based mid-sized law firm client (under 80 attorneys) is seeking an Illinois bar admitted junior level service partner with, ideally, 7-10 years of significant corporate experience who can independently run bank loan and M&A deals. The expected annual billables are 2000. No portable business is necessary.

The Chicago office of our global law firm client is seeking a well-credentialed associate with 2-3 (ideally, class of 2011-2012) years of corporate transactional M&A, securities, finance or insurance/banking regulatory experience to handle regulatory work primarily for large public insurance company clients. Representative matters include insurance company mergers & acquisitions (of each other); bankruptcies requiring regulatory approval by state insurance departments; securities offerings (e.g., answering clients’ questions regarding whether certain securities are able to be sold to or by an insurance company); conducting surveys to confirm a client’s compliance with various state insurance laws; and acting as technical/regulatory advisors to the litigation attorneys who represent the insurance companies when they are sued in class actions. This group is growing very rapidly and is looking to hiring two associates. 

The Chicago office of our national law firm client seeks a Patent Agent to join their growing Intellectual Property practice. Candidates must have a technical background and undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, be USPTO admitted, and have a minimum of two years experience in patent prosecution and preparation. Any experience with radio frequency communication is a plus. The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Our prestigious estate planning boutique law firm client is seeking a well-credentialed attorney with a minimum of five years of sophisticated estate planning experience. No portable business is required. This is a great opportunity for an attorney to become an integral part of a well-respected and growing trusts & estates practice.

The Corporate Practice Group of our Am Law 100 firm client seeks a well-credentialed associate with significant corporate merger & acquisition experience. This associate will have, ideally, 2-4 years of corporate transactional experience gained at a national law firm. This is a great opportunity to be part of collegial, team-oriented and sophisticated corporate practice group.

Our well-respected, small law firm client (under 15 attorneys) in the northern suburbs, is seeking an associate with, ideally, 4-7 years of experience handling sophisticated estate and gift tax planning matters. The ideal candidate will have exceptional writing and communication skills. This is a good opportunity to be part of a growing, sophisticated trusts and estates practice in a firm that offers a great work-life balance with realistic billables of 1,850.

The finance practice group of our national law firm is seeking a well-credentialed

associate (ideally, in the class of ‘09-'11) who has broad-based finance, lending and asset securitization experience. The ideal candidate will be working at a large firm representing lenders as well as investors and borrowers in various financing and securitization transactions. This is a great opportunity to be part of a close knit, well-respected practice group.

Our national law firm client is seeking a Patent Agent with, ideally, a degree in electrical engineering and at least 3 years of experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications, and preparing patentability, infringement and validity opinions. USPTO registration required.

The Chicago office of our international law firm client is seeking an attorney with at least two years of antitrust regulatory (not litigation) experience, including dealing with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (the “HSR Act”) and merger control compliance issues. This attorney should be able to assess HSR reportability, prepare HSR forms and manage filing preparation as well as handle substantive antitrust analysis of competitor transactions, Second Request responses and general antitrust counseling matters. Experience in HSR notification compliance and representing clients before the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in merger clearance matters is essential and any corporate M&A or private equity fund experience is a plus. This practice group supports the corporate and private equity practices. 

Our small law firm client is seeking a senior real estate associate with at least 5 years of retail leasing experience, primarily representing landlords/owners. The firm's clients include national and regional development companies, institutional property owners, and buyers and sellers of all types of real estate. The realistic annual billables are 2,000. This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of a sophisticated, national real estate practice in a small, collegial work environment.

The Chicago office of our national law firm is seeking a senior associate/junior partner with at least 7 years of commercial finance experience and either some portable business or the ability to develop and grow business. Transactional experience, including mezzanine and subordinated lending, real estate finance and hedge funds, is ideal. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing, smaller office's well-respected finance practice.

The growing Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking a corporate associate with 3-5 years of transactional experience to join its burgeoning corporate and venture capital practice. The ideal candidate will have M&A, securities, venture capital and private equity experience gained at a large or mid-size law firm. This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a dynamic, collegial, well-respected corporate practice group.

The Chicago and St. Louis offices of our law firm client are seeking an intellectual property associate with 2-4 years of patent preparation and prosecution experience, and an electrical engineering degree. Any patent litigation experience is a plus. This is a great opportunity to join a growing, collegial and well-respected IP practice group.

We are conducting an exclusive partner level search for the Chicago office of a highly regarded, Midwest-based law firm. Our client is seeking a corporate partner who has a minimum of $800K in portable business to assume a significant leadership role in this office. This is a great opportunity to become an integral member of a very profitable, collaborative firm that has been growing. This attorney will be well-compensated and offered the unique opportunity to head the Chicago office's corporate practice.

Our intellectual property boutique client is seeking an associate with 2-5 years of patent litigation experience and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. This firm offers excellent compensation and sophisticated work with national and international clients. 

The Chicago office of our national law firm client is seeking an associate with 3-5 years of experience advising private equity clients regarding sophisticated merger and acquisition transactions, including related securities law issues with respect to such transactions and related offerings, as well as general corporate matters. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing Chicago office and practice group.