Associate Attorney

C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is hiring an Associate Attorney for immediate start.

C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is a law firm that fights for people who’ve been injured. We design our legal strategy around our client’s needs – whether that’s to sue loudly or stop a problem quietly. The firm represents victims of sexual violence, stalking, gender-based violence and personal injury.

The Associate will participate in all areas of our legal practice – representing victims of sexual violence, stalking, gender-based violence and personal injury against Big Tech. This firm fiercely advocates for online companies to be held responsible for harms they cause. The Associate will have a caseload that involves litigation in state and federal courts, as well as family courts.

The firm has mental health support systems in place, but any candidate will need to have coping strategies for difficult subject areas. The job involves working with trauma victims, exposure to graphic material, dealing with cases involving the abuse of children, intimate partner violence, victims of image-based abuse, targets of online attacks and harassment, drug overdoses, murder, and suicide.

Our adversarial relationship with Big Tech constitutes a core value of the firm. We are not able to consider candidates who live in a household with individuals 1) presently employed by TikTok, Amazon, Snap, Google, Grindr, or Meta or 2) employed as outside counsel to those companies.

The candidate:

You have 3-9 years of litigation experience, demonstrated employment background providing direct services in intimate partner/sexual violence, personal injury, multi-district litigation and/or victims rights, and in good standing to practice law in in NYS. As awesome as you are, we are not able to consider less experienced candidates, but will consider more experienced.

You are a personable individual who is interested in connecting and collaborating with allies in the movement. You are a lawyer with ingenuity and risk tolerance, a lawyer who is excited about filing a lawsuit one day and seeing it in the headlines the next. But on the flipside, can handle Law360 reporting on defeats (they do happen when pioneering cutting edge legal theories) in addition to the wins.

This is a full time role. We are ready for you to start ASAP.

• Brooklyn office. The position requires travel to conferences and to clients as necessary.
• The anticipated annual salary for this position is $100k-$140k base, commensurate with experience. Benefits included – we offer medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, PTO and paid holidays.
• We have: a clinical social worker that we check-in with, Pelotons with individual memberships for all staff to encourage physical and emotional wellbeing, a dog-friendly office with a sick view and an office punching bag; all the Diet Coke and Spindrift you could possibly drink and caffeinated Cliff Bars you could eat.

Core Values:

It is important that all members of our team share our five core values. Before applying, please read these and decide if you share our values.

Pursue radical justice. Fight for our client to right their wrong and restore fairness in the world. Be tenacious and trust your gut. Challenge the status quo. By the time our clients come to us, the worst happened; the legal system is ours to use boldly and courageously because it’s too late to erase the harm that already occurred.

Live to fight another day. We are nobody’s victim – model the power of transformation for our clients. The go-to in a crisis. Knocked down? We get back up and dust ourselves off. Unflappable, unflinching. Gutsy, gritty, and a little glitzy.

Do it with love. We are guided by the love for our clients and justice – not hate toward our adversary. We show our respect to our fellow team members and the law firm by being accessible to each other and the clients. Always striving to show we care through responsiveness and connectivity. Above all else, loving others first requires loving your self. Show yourself the grace you show others.

Purpose above all else Anchor to the purpose so you don’t get distracted by the shiny objects along the way. Strive for excellence. Finding the solution requires flexibility of mind and heart. Tell the truth – even if it’s ugly. Actually, especially if it’s ugly. Be accountable: if you own your own stuff, you can own your gold too.

No exceptions. Manufacturers and sellers owe a duty to not release dangerous products into the stream of commerce. Technology companies deserve no special treatments or legal immunities. We enjoy a strictly adversarial relationship with most major technology platforms. Everybody deserves the right to be left alone. This is true online and offline. Physically, emotionally, and sexually

Our firm is committed to workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion. And to fostering a safe, respectful, and fair workplace. We value individual experiences and know that these make us more creative and resilient as a team. We strongly encourage BIPOC, people of all gender expressions, people of all sexual orientations, people with disabilities, veterans, and formerly incarcerated people to apply. C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Brooklyn, NY: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person