About the Role:

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is seeking a dedicated Staff Attorney to join our Technology, Communications, Privacy & Security (TCPS) group. This role is focused on supporting our cybersecurity incident response work, including for a global technology provider. The successful candidate will work closely with our team and our clients to manage ongoing client needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handle routine incident response work.
• Assist in managing cybersecurity incident matters, ensuring timely and effective responses to incidents.
• Work directly with clients, including both legal and technical personnel, to address their cybersecurity concerns, providing clear and concise legal guidance.
• Collaborate with associates and partners to ensure seamless service delivery while allowing associates to develop in other areas.
• Participate in training to develop expertise in privacy and cybersecurity, ensuring high-quality service delivery.

Qualifications:

• Preferred candidates will have experience in cybersecurity law.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Ability to work proactively and independently, including the ability to identify and prioritize the most pressing issues and tasks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex legal concepts to clients.
• A commitment to providing consistent and stable support to our clients, with a focus on long-term engagement.

Why Join Us?

• Engage in meaningful work that directly impacts our clients' privacy and security strategies.
• Opportunity to develop expertise in a growing field with the support of experienced professionals.
• Work within a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation.

Application Process:

Interested candidates should submit their resume, cover letter addressed to Beka Anardi, Senior Recruiter; copy of law school transcript; and a brief writing sample (10 pages max). We are excited to find a dedicated professional to join our team and contribute to our clients' success.

We are not accepting third party submissions.

We are relentlessly committed to client service and look for candidates who share that commitment. At DWT, client service means having empathy for each client’s and each lawyer’s work and personal pressures, business objectives, and legal needs; anticipating their needs; and having the capabilities and commitment to deliver what matters most to them. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are part of the fabric of Davis Wright Tremaine - central to who we are and what we do. Our vision is to foster a culture where all talented individuals - including those who are from traditionally underrepresented communities in the legal profession - can have, and can see, a path to success. We embed DEI throughout our law firm with our four-pillar framework: Community, Growth, Education, and Engagement. We invite you to learn more about our commitment to DEI at https://www.dwt.com/about/diversity-equity-and-inclusion. Davis Wright Tremaine provides reasonable accommodations for those who need them to complete the application or recruiting process and for employees who need reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their positions due to a disability or for religious reasons. If you need to request accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email humanresources_confidential@dwt.com.

The annualized salary range for this position in Washington, D.C.is $147,000 to $166,000 and in New York City is $168,000 to $194,000. Actual pay will be adjusted based on the candidate’s education, training, experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. Full time employees may be eligible for a bonus and health insurance with an optional HSA, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401(k), vacation, sick time, 10 paid holidays each year and an employee assistance program. For full-time employees, the initial sick leave benefit is80 hours of sick leave per year. Attorneys generally take approximately three weeks of vacation from work each year, and it may vary depending on the needs of the clients and the firm. Additional voluntary benefits programs include:  voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long-term care, and pet insurance. Commuter and Transit programs are also available.

About Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

What does success look like for you? At Davis Wright Tremaine, we never lose sight of that question.The answer will be different for every client and every matter and will change with your business circumstances. You may need a merger completed under extraordinary time constraints. You may want an employment issue resolved before it generates publicity. You may want to pursue an IP infringement claim as aggressively as possible or achieve a restructuring that creatively maximizes tax advantages.Our lawyers work with you to determine the goals that best support your strategic business objectives. Then we deploy the leanest, most effective team possible to achieve that outcome.Across our nine offices in the U.S. and Shanghai, we deliver value that includes not just best-in-class legal service but also business insight, user-friendliness and flawless support. A full-service firm, we supplement depth and strength in the core legal functions of litigation, business transactions, intellectual property, and employment with nationally ranked, broadly based teams focused on a number of highly regulated industries—including communications, media, financial services, health care, energy, food... and beverage, and restaurants. Our First Amendment litigation group is particularly renowned for its leading role in many of the country’s most important and cutting-edge cases.As technology transforms every sector of the global economy, our experience serving the world’s leading technology companies, combined with our industry-specific knowledge, enables us to provide high-value tactical advice to clients navigating disrupted industries. We’ve also become a sought-after firm in many practice areas that have emerged from the ongoing digital transformation, including FinTech, AgTech, Digital Health, Blockchain, and Privacy and Security.We understand that what business requires of the legal profession has changed, irrevocably. In-house counsel need more than just legal answers; they need a partner who helps identify and resolve pain-points and who can communicate the legal function’s value in a language business understands. Our success in supporting this evolution has earned us international recognition:In 2016 we were named Innovative Law Firm of the Year for an unprecedented second straight year by the International Legal Technology Association.We were honored by FT Innovative Lawyers Awards North America 2016 as a Standout for "Redesigning the service and delivery model."Our innovation initiatives are led by DWT De Novo, a cross-functional team that combines systems design, process improvement, technology, data analytics, and alternative staffing models to help make the legal function more strategic and to improve the client experience. Davis Wright Tremaine lawyers partner closely with the DWT De Novo team to deliver service that is modern, tech-savvy and customized to each client’s needs and preferences.We focus on what we do extremely well. This means we will not be all things to all clients. The clients that partner with us place a high value on their relationship with us, and we are honored to have the opportunity to collaborate on their success.

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