About the Firm4, 5
This firm specializes in providing service to both new and established information-technology and life-sciences companies as well as venture capital and other financial companies. More than 600 lawyers at the firm provide counsel in areas of business law that include trade regulation, employment and labor, investment banking, securities litigation, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, patent enforcement, and venture-capital funding. A full-service law firm, it has offices located in most of the major technology centers in the U.S. In addition, the firm is committed to providing pro bono services to the needy sector of the society.
Hiring Criteria6, 7
The firm looks for candidates with solid academic achievement, involvement in extracurricular activities, work experience, and evidence of team work. Law journal participation and moot court/ advocacy experience is also considered.
Summer Associate Program
The firm hires second- and first-year students.
Salary8, 9
Firm location
1st Year
2nd Year
3rd Year
4th Year
5th Year
6th Year
7th Year
8th Year
Summer Associate
All Offices
$160,000
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$3,077/week
Benefits/Package/Supplemental Compensation10, 11
The firm considers associate bonuses annually, in January, based on the associates’ contributions to the firm in the previous year. Other benefits include:
401(k)/IRA/O ther Retirement Plan
Bar Association Fees
Business-Casual Dress Code
Child-Care Subsidy
CLE
Dental Insurance
Domestic-Partner Benefits
Family-/Dependent-Care Leave
Flexible Spending Account/Pre-Tax Option
Life/AD&D
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Maternity Leave
Medical Insurance
Medical Spending Account
Parental Leave
Relocation Expenses
Sick Leave
Vacation Leave
Vision Insurance
Areas of Practice12
Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Bankruptcy & Restructuring
Clean Technologies
Compensation & Benefits
Complex Contract & Commercial Litigation
Credit Finance
Debt Securities Transactions
Emerging Companies
Employment & Labor
Environmental
Estate Planning & Personal Representations
Government Contracts
Government-Contracts Litigation
Health Litigation
High-Yield Bonds
Immigration
Insureds’ Rights
Intellectual Property
Intellectual-Property Litigation
International
Internet Law
Investment Banking
Life Sciences
Mass Tort, Toxic Tort, and Asbestos Bankruptcy
Medical Device
Mergers & Acquisitions
Outsourcing
Patent Counseling & Prosecution
Privacy
Public Offerings
Public Securities
Real Estate
Real Estate Litigation
Retail & Consumer Products
Securities Litigation
Semiconductor
Sports
Tax
Technology Transactions
Trade-Secret Litigation & Dispute Counseling
Trademark, Copyright, and Advertising
Venture Capital
Venture-Capital Financing
Venture-Capital Litigation & Dispute Counseling
Venture Lending & Leasing
White-Collar & Regulatory Defense
Other Offices13
Firm Location
Address
Boston
The Prudential Tower 800 Boylston St., 46th Floor Boston, MA 02199 Phone: 617-937-2300 Fax: 703-456-8100
Broomfield
380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900 Broomfield, CO 80021-8023 Phone: 720-566-4000 Fax: 720-566-4099
Palo Alto
3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130 Phone: 650-843-5000 Fax: 650-849-7400
Palo Alto
Five Square 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155 Phone: 650-843-5000 Fax: 650-857-0663
Reston
One Freedom Square Town Center 11951 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190-5656 Phone: 703-456-8000 Fax: 703-456-8100
New York
The Grace Building 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor New York, NY 10036-7798 Phone: 212-479-6000 Fax: 212-479-6275
San Diego
4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121-1909 Phone: 858-550-6000 Fax: 858-550-6420
Washington, DC
777 6th Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 202-842-7800 Fax: 202-842-7899
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