Nichols Kaster is adding two associate attorneys to its nationwide class-action litigation and case generation team. If you are looking to use your law degree to advance social and economic justice through high-stakes litigation, this is the practice for you. The firm’s focus is on representing people, not corporations or the government. We do that through class actions that make change in the employment, consumer, school, insurance, healthcare, housing, banking, and financial arenas, among others.
One position will be in a traditional litigation capacity. This associate will take an active role in managing their own cases, writing, responding to, and arguing motions, taking and defending depositions, and participating in trials. You will have the opportunity to get involved right away. Unlike other firms, our associates are on the front lines of active litigation and will find the practice both challenging and rewarding.
The focus of the other associate position will be on generating new cases. This associate will concentrate on researching new ideas, laws, and potential litigation consistent with the firm’s mission of bringing large scale cases that aim to shift the power imbalance in our everyday systems away from companies and government institutions and towards people. This work will include drafting complaints, client interaction, and other tasks around the originating and filing new cases, and may offer litigation opportunities in the future.
While the litigation position can be filled by a candidate with less litigation experience, it is anticipated that the case origination position would be best filled by a candidate with 2 or more years of litigation experience.
At Nichols Kaster, we believe that diversity in all forms improves every workplace and makes every organization better. Nichols Kaster is committed to creating an equitable, inclusive, and accessible work environment for our employees and to bringing a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility lens to our work. We encourage members of historically underrepresented groups to apply.
LITIGATION ASSOCIATE POSITION
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
• Litigate complex class action cases in federal and state courts involving retirement, trust, and finance-industry related claims, as well as other economic and social justice claims.
• Conduct legal research and write legal memoranda
• Draft pleadings and briefs, argue motions in court
• Maintain client relationships
• Take and defend depositions
• Work with finance, economics, and other experts
• Develop new cases and conduct pre-suit investigations
• Develop relationships with other attorneys in the Plaintiffs’ bar
• Work closely with and supervise paralegals, assistants, interns, and clerks
• Travel as required for litigation and conferences
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
• J.D. degree with two years of experience as a litigator preferred, but not required; responsibilities and compensation will be adjusted based on experience
• Admission to the MN bar, or eligibility for admission within six months of hire
CASE ORIGINATION ASSOCIATE POSITION
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
• Research and generate complex class action cases in federal and state courts involving large-scale systemic unfairness, including in retirement, trust, and finance-industry related areas, among others
• Develop new case ideas and practice areas with the firms complex class action litigation team
• Conduct legal research and pre-suit investigations
• Draft complaints and preliminary briefs
• Develop and maintain client relationships
• Work closely with and supervise paralegals, assistants, interns, and clerks
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
• J.D. degree with two or more years of experience as a litigator preferred, but not required; responsibilities and compensation will be adjusted based on experience
• Admission to the MN bar, or eligibility for admission within six months of hire