Employment

At Jackson Lewis, practicing law is more than defending a case; it is partnering with clients to facilitate legal compliance and to achieve management objectives. Successful Jackson Lewis attorneys demonstrate creativity, flexibility and passion.

• Creativity. Clients come to Jackson Lewis with problems and expect effective solutions. We look for solutions that meet the clients' objectives while complying with applicable law.
• Flexibility. Jackson Lewis attorneys manage multiple cases and assignments while working with many different attorneys, clients and deadlines.
• Passion. Jackson Lewis attorneys share a passion for client service. They take ownership of matters on which they work.

Attorneys at Jackson Lewis have extensive opportunities to work directly with and gain the trust of attorneys and partners. For example, we typically assign only two or three attorneys and one paralegal to litigation matters.

Jackson Lewis frequently sponsors or participates in seminars for management or in-house attorneys. Attorneys are actively involved in such seminars, which help to foster relationships with current or potential clients and to develop expertise in specialized workplace law issues.

We also encourage the development of relationships between attorneys in and among all of our offices. We have a sophisticated wide-area computer network that provides e-mail and the electronic exchange of documents among our offices and with our clients. Finally, we hold an annual retreat where all Jackson Lewis attorneys, and their families can meet face-to-face.

Summer Associates

Our summer associate program provides an opportunity for us to assess the summer associate's work performance and for the summer associate to assess our firm.

Summer associates receive work assignments typically handled by first-year associates and meet regularly with senior attorneys. Summer associates are encouraged to attend depositions, trials and client meetings. We also sponsor cultural and sports outings for our summer associates.

Equal Employment

Jackson Lewis strongly believes in equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, veteran's status, age, marital status, sexual preference, disability or any other protected personal characteristic. In addition, we will endeavor to make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Click here for a complete list of current Jackson Lewis Attorney openings.

To be considered for current Jackson Lewis staff and administration openings, please send a resume and cover letter indicating the office to which you are applying to staffrecruiting@jacksonlewis.com.