Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC is one of the country’s premier class action firms. With more than 100 attorneys and eight offices, we are involved in groundbreaking and high-stakes litigation concerning Antitrust, Civil Rights and Employment, Consumer Protection, Securities Fraud and Investor Protection, Employee Benefits, Qui Tam/False Claims Act, International Human Rights, and matters representing state attorneys general in civil law enforcement investigations and litigation.
Cohen Milstein’s Washington, D.C. office has an opening for a Law Fellow in its Public Client Practice group. The Public Client Practice group represents its state Attorney General clients on high-stakes and large-scale matters as they pursue their mission to protect consumers, patients, workers, and public funds from false claims and deceptive practices. We have assisted public clients in litigating landmark consumer fraud cases against many of the largest financial services, healthcare, and other companies in the United States. The Fellowship is one year in duration for a recent law-school graduate with a start date in September 2023.
Location
The Public Client Law Fellow will be based in our Washington, D.C. office.
Qualifications
We seek recent law graduates and judicial clerks who share our commitment to performing the highest quality legal work to advance the public good.
Applicants should have strong academic credentials, superior analytical, research, writing, and verbal communication skills, and demonstrated experience working collaboratively. Applicants must be able to commit to one year of service to be considered. Applicants must be (1) admitted to the bar of a state, territory, or district of the United States; (2) awaiting exam results or admission after taking a bar exam; or (3) preparing to sit for the next available bar exam.
Compensation and Benefits
The Public Client Law Fellow will receive a salary of $85,000 annually and will be eligible to participate in the Firm’s full benefits package.
Application Process
To apply please submit a cover letter containing a statement of interest, resume, law school transcript, and writing sample. Please advise us of your bar-admission status in your cover letter.
Application materials should be submitted in the order outlined above, and as a single PDF document.
Cohen Milstein is committed to recruiting, promoting, and retaining a diverse workplace within our firm. We view diversity as an inclusive concept that encompasses, without limitation, race, color, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, age, disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation. We believe that diversity enhances the quality of service we provide to clients and makes the Firm a more vibrant and fulfilling place to work, and we strongly encourage women, people of color, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
For the safety of our employees and clients, Cohen Milstein requires employees working in its offices (subject to certain exceptions) to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
