Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney

Job responsibilities include:

Litigation: Develop new litigation ideas and manage the day-to-day in ongoing litigation, including via research and drafting, communicating with clients, and coordinating with co-counsel. 

Legal & Regulatory Strategy: Develop and implement legal strategies that advance our clients’ policy objectives across a range of issue areas. Draft legal content such as regulatory comments, legal fact sheets, legal memorandum, and issue briefs. 

Substantive Expertise: Closely follow legal and policy developments, political news, and industry trends. Must have demonstrated experience in mastering new issue areas quickly.

Client Relations & Project Management: Contribute to multiple client teams, cultivating external relationships and coordinating internal workflow. This includes supporting senior team members with day-to-day client work and tracking deliverables from conception to execution. Requires strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Experience and Qualifications:

A Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active bar membership required. Membership in the D.C. bar, or ability to become a member, required. 

A minimum of four years of legal experience. Federal clerkship preferred but not required.

Litigation experience strongly preferred; understanding of constitutional law and administrative law preferred but not required.

Exceptional legal research, writing, and editing skills, with a track record of producing high-quality legal documents.

Strong interpersonal skills; ability to quickly translate legal complexity for diverse audiences.

Ability to think creatively to address complex issues.