Midlevel Litigation & Environmental Law Associate—Long Beach, California We are a full-service law firm hiring for our Long Beach, California office. Our firm has a strong commitment to providing comprehensive legal solutions to our clients. We pride ourselves on our expertise, integrity, teamwork, and dedication to achieving successful outcomes. We are seeking a motivated midlevel associate to join our dynamic team and support our Litigation and Environmental Law practice groups. The successful candidate will assist in pre-litigation investigations, environmental and business litigation matters from inception through trial, and litigation management, particularly focusing on contaminated properties, product liabilities, contractual and other business disputes, and related areas. Responsibilities: Representing clients in litigation matters from the inception of the case through pre-trial with minimal oversight. Conducting pre-litigation case intake, analysis, and evaluations. Analyzing complex fact patterns and devising technical and legal arguments and defenses. Engaging in legal research and analysis. Drafting pleadings, discovery, and motions. Complying with state and federal court rules and procedures. Providing support to senior attorneys on various legal matters. Necessary experience includes knowledge of multi-party or complex litigation matters and/or environmental law and a willingness and ability to learn and work with complex fact sets, scientific and technical disciplines, and our clients’ businesses. Only candidates who have received their Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school with a California bar license should apply. To apply, please upload your cover letter, resume, writing sample and law school transcript (unofficial is acceptable) here. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Compensation: Annual Compensation Range: Associate Level: $155,000 - $182,500 Bonus potential based on billed hours or discretion. Benefits: To view benefits information, please visit the attorneys page. Who We Are Miller Nash is an established firm with both strong traditions and modern sensibilities. Although our roots in the Pacific Northwest go back more than a century, we are creative thinkers committed to serving our clients, our community, and each other in smart and innovative ways. Our attorneys and staff enjoy collaborating with one another, and it shows. Candidates and new members of our team often tell us that they are most impressed by the genuine collegiality and caring at our firm. The clients we serve are a diverse group of businesses, non-profits, public entities, and individuals. We have organized our firm around the industries of our clients and invest our time to understand our clients’ businesses so we can better meet their needs. Our firm vision centers around delivering great client service, driven by our passion for devoting ourselves to our clients’ legal needs as if they were our own. Community involvement is a way of life at Miller Nash, as is our deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This involvement extends beyond our own offices to the clients we serve and to the communities where we live and work. As part of our commitment, we have developed a women and minority business enterprise program that affords all attorneys the ability to attract and represent, at a reduced fee, small and emerging women and minority business enterprises. Miller Nash is also proud to participate in Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule Certification program which measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30 percent women, attorneys of color, LGBTQ+, and attorneys with disabilities for, among other things, senior lateral positions. In 2023, we successfully completed Diversity Lab’s Mansfield 6.0 program and achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status. We continue to support and promote diversity within our firm and will continue to participate in Mansfield 2023-2024.