Associate (Financial and Regulatory Litigation Group)

The Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP seeks an Associate to join the Financial and Regulatory Litigation Group. Candidates should have five to eight (5-8) years of regulatory/SEC litigation experience. Our Financial and Regulatory litigators routinely represent futures commission merchants, broker-dealers, investment advisers, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators and other industry members in private litigation, arbitrations and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. Whether it involves defending a broker-dealer in a three-month jury trial of a securities fraud class action, representing an underwriter in a class action under the federal securities laws, or defending an SRO disciplinary hearing, Barnes & Thornburg LLP trial attorneys have wide-ranging experience defending securities industry members against allegations of all types. Such allegations include claims of securities or commodities fraud, state racketeering violations, net capital violations, ERISA violations, failure to register, churning/reverse churning, unauthorized trading, anti-money laundering violations, U-5 defamation, selling away, misuse of customer funds, improper accounting, failure to supervise, and a host of other regulatory violations. Candidates should also demonstrate outstanding writing, research, and analytical skills as well as strong academic credentials. Candidates should be admitted in Illinois or be eligible to waive into the state bar. Barnes & Thornburg LLP is an AmLaw 100 national, full-service law firm with 23 offices. The firm and our litigation group have an exceptional reputation for having an inclusive, collegial and supportive atmosphere, where members of the firm can thrive, learn, and advance in their career. We will not consider resumes submitted by external agencies or recruiters for this position. We will not consider submissions from any third party containing resumes or other information identifying specific candidates in any way unless the Firm directly requests assistance and has a signed contract in place with the submitting party for the applicable position. No third party may become entitled to compensation for assisting Barnes & Thornburg LLP in recruiting for ANY position (posted or otherwise), regardless whether such party has a contract in place with us, unless the Firm directly requests assistance.