Job Location: Westport, CT
Job Type: Full Time
Company
Verrill
About The Company
Verrill is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
About The Position
Verrill is actively seeking a Litigation Associate to join our Litigation Practice Group in Westport, Connecticut. As one of New England’s top full-service law firms, we are interested in hiring talented individuals to join our team. Verrill offers a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as a flexible hybrid work environment (two (2) days in-office, additional days welcomed) in which our employees can grow and prosper both professionally and personally.
Our Litigation Practice Group is among the most experienced in New England handling a vast array of litigation cases. Our team has tried more than 600 jury and non-jury cases, in addition to several hundred arbitrations, and thousands of mediations and administrative proceedings. The attorneys in the group are devoted to working closely with clients throughout the litigation process to resolve complex legal issues while providing the highest quality of service.
Requirements / Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two (2) years of litigation experience. A judicial clerkship is a plus. The successful candidate must have excellent legal and academic credentials, as well as superb writing skills; superior verbal/interpersonal communication skills with colleagues and clients; and an interest in practicing in Connecticut with the opportunity and willingness to travel to our other offices. Admission (or ability to obtain admission) to the Connecticut Bar is required. New York Bar admission is a plus.
Education
Contact Person (or click apply below)
For more information and to apply, please visit Verrill’s Career Center on our website and search for the position under Current Openings. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received, and the position will remain open until filled. Need help applying? Please contact the Talent Acquisition Team at hiring@verrill-law.com.
Ginny Kim
LCD President
State of Connecticut-Office of The Treasurer
Dana Bucin
Partner at Murtha Cullina. Chair of its Immigration Practice Group and Chair of its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
Theresa Guertin
Partner
Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, P.C.
tag@sdvlaw.com
Phyllis Wallitt
Booking Holdings
Program Manager
Brittany N. James serves as Program Manager for LCD. Joining the LCD Team in 2018, Brittany has been an integral part in the expansion of our membership and mission through her facilitation of programming aimed at diversifying Connecticut’s legal profession. For more than a decade, Brittany has dedicated her career to work that benefits the citizens of Connecticut through the legal, business and environmental sectors. With a Master’s Degree in Communication and Information Management, she’s helped facilitate the growth and development of organizations like LCD, as well companies such as EverSource Energy, Connecticut Water and Power, Yankee Gas, and others.
Founder & Principal, ExecMommyGroup (EMG)
Joelle A. Murchison combines her passion and expertise in education, equity & inclusion and communications in her work as the Founder & Principal of ExecMommyGroup LLC (EMG), an inclusion and leadership strategic consulting practice.
A career diversity and inclusion champion, Murchison, a graduate of Brown University, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, also currently serves as the Executive Director of The Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity and as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut School of Business.
A native of Queens, and raised in Long Island, NY, Joelle takes her professional and leadership queues from her mother, a trailblazer in her own right, who was the first African American woman manager in the Social Security Administration in the 1970s. Joelle began her career in higher education followed by a stint in the non-profit sector; then transitioning to corporate America – first with United Technologies and then as the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer at Travelers Insurance. Murchison returned to higher education in 2016 as the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Connecticut where she served before launching EMG.
A recipient of numerous awards, Joelle serves as the chair of the board of RE-Center Race and Equity in Education and is a member of the board of directors and chair of the Human Capital and Diversity committee for College Possible, a national nonprofit focused on college access. In 2020, Joelle was elected to serve as a trustee of the Corporation of Brown University, the university’s decision-making body and currently serves as the chair of the Corporation’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion standing committee.
Additionally in her most demanding yet fulfilling role, Joelle is the mother of four children between the ages of 7 and 18 who are the wind beneath her wings. At her core, she is passionate about encouraging and inspiring all people to reach their highest potential and about creating space for open dialogue to enhance inclusion and understanding.
860.937.6271
Tyler I. Williams
George W. Crawford
Black Bar Association Representative
Associate
Berchem Moses, PC
Eboni S. Nelson
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Connecticut
School of Law
Andrea Lockenour
Partner
Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation
Sabrina Houlton
Executive Director,
Associate General Counsel
& Chief Privacy Officer
Raytheon Technologies
Dr. Bridgette Baldwin
Professor of Law
Western New England University
School of Law