Senior Associate
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ABOUT THE ROLE: Parker Poe is seeking a attorney with 5 to 7 years of experience to join our Business Litigation practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ideal candidate will have substantiate experience in internal investigations, white collar criminal defense and/or a variety of commercial disputes, including those involving breaches of contract, fraud, trade secret misappropriate, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a close-knit team that has a national practice and appears before state and federal courts throughout the firm's southeastern footprint. The Business Litigation team also has a robust data privacy and security practice. The applicant must possess exceptional communication skills, research and writing skills, and must be ready and willing to handle matters both independently and as part of a litigation team. ABOUT THE PRACTICE: Parker Poe's Business Litigation team has extensive experience representing clients before state and federal courts, governmental agencies, and national and international arbitration panels in the Southeast and around the world. Our trial attorneys have decades of first-chair experience and a proven track record of resolving disputes across a broad array of industries, including energy, financial services, health care, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology. National organizations have recognized Parker Poe attorneys as pre-eminent litigators. Members of our team are among: Less than half a percent of all American lawyers invited into the Litigation Counsel of America. Less than 1 percent of lawyers invited into the American College of Trial Lawyers in each state. Leading litigators in Benchmark Litigation and The Best Lawyers in America based on extensive interviews with in-house counsel and peer review surveys. Clients told Benchmark Litigation that Parker Poe offers top quality but not for top prices and that the firm has an excellent reputation and a proven track record of providing sound legal advice and guidance. Our team has successfully handled appeals in all levels of federal and state court systems. We draw on the extensive trial experience our attorneys have gained, as well as the lessons they have learned as law clerks with federal circuit courts and state appellate courts. We handle appeals involving not only cases we have tried but also cases referred to us from other lawyers who seek our level of proficiency. Our attorneys also are skilled in resolving disputes outside the courtroom. We regularly appear before arbitration panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), JAMS, International Chamber of Commerce, and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR). In addition, our attorneys have participated in hundreds of mediations on behalf of clients and are able to draw on the insights of our team members who are themselves trained and experienced mediators. ABOUT PARKER POE: For more than a century, Parker Poe has represented many of the Southeast's largest companies and local governments in transactions, regulatory issues, and complex litigation. Our attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in the education, energy, financial services, government, health care, life sciences, manufacturing, and real estate industries. Parker Poe has more than 275 attorneys serving clients from eight offices in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Spartanburg, South Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Washington, DC. Lawyers in each of our offices are rated among the highest quality attorneys across their respective states, recognized for effective and efficient service. The Best Lawyers in America lists nearly 80 of our attorneys in its rankings, and we are also well-recognized by U.S. News & World Report, Super Lawyers, Chambers USA, and other ratings publications. NOT OPEN TO SEARCH FIRMS AT THIS TIME. It is Parker Poe's policy that all resumes and other information regarding candidates must be directed to the Recruiting Contact and a current executed fee agreement must be in place. There are no exceptions to this policy and a placement fee will not be paid or special priority assigned to any resume sent to Parker Poe in any other manner. Parker Poe is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes recruitment, employment, promotional and all other personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.