Bush Seyferth PLLC, a litigation boutique with offices in Michigan and Texas, seeks associates for its growing product liability team. Though smaller than “big law” firms, BSP punches well above its weight class, providing nationwide litigation services with trial skills second to none. Some of America’s best-known companies look to BSP for successful results in complex business litigation and appeals.

Many of our attorneys have returned to working mostly in-office, but BSP has embraced a forward-looking hybrid in-person/remote environment. Depending on qualifications and role—and after initial on-boarding—we will consider remote-first candidates.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Outstanding interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and communication (both written and oral) skills;
• Strong attention to detail and highly responsive and efficient work habits;
• A desire to produce top-quality work and continually improve;
• Leadership and ownership on cases; and
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience in civil litigation, including drafting pleadings, taking depositions, and arguing motions;
• Deep thinker; efficient researcher; persuasive writer and speaker; and
• Michigan or Texas Bar License (or ability to waive in).

Job duties include:

• Identification and analysis of complex legal issues;
• Drafting and responding to discovery requests (which requires gathering, organizing, and indexing large volumes of paper and electronic materials);
• Drafting and responding to motions;
• Taking depositions and assisting with preparation of witnesses for depositions;
• Frequent communication with opposing counsel, experts, witnesses, and clients;
• Frequent analysis of technical issues;
• Analyzing engineering documents and various other file materials, and preparing these materials for electronic production; and
• Responding to deposition notices (which includes proper objections, scope analysis, and definition).

We provide a competitive compensation package, including the following benefits and other perks;

• Market-competitive salary
• Bonuses
• 401(k) program
• Health coverage
• Pet insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Remote work options
• Vacation stipend
• Professional development stipend
• In-suite, complimentary gym (in Michigan)

Bush Seyferth PLLC, a litigation boutique with offices in Michigan and Texas, seeks associates for our growing class actions and appeals team. This group focuses on litigation strategy, research, and writing, with many team members rounding out their dockets with end-to-end litigation. BSP may be small, but we punch above our weight class, regularly working (and sometimes competing) with other leading firms around the country.  

Many of our attorneys have returned to working mostly in-office, but BSP has embraced a hybrid in-person/remote environment moving forward. Depending on qualifications and role, we will consider remote-first and non-full-time candidates.  

Job Duties Include:

• Spotting and analyzing complex legal issues across topics; 
• Drafting and editing trial-related filings, including motions: on critical discovery issues, to dismiss, for summary judgment/disposition, relating to class certification, to exclude experts, in limine, for directed verdict, new trial, and/or JNOV;  
• Supporting trial teams, largely for legal issues, sometimes in person. This role includes drafting portions of pre-trial briefs and objections, jury instructions, verdict forms, bench briefs; (see Teaming Up: Appellate and Trial Counsel Partnering to Win); 
• Drafting appellate briefs and petitions/applications; 
• Editing legal arguments written by others for accuracy and persuasion, sometimes on short deadlines; 
• Arguing motions and appeals; 
• Strategizing and conducting fact discovery (including written discovery and depositions); and 
• Investigating and working with experts, including depositions. 

Skills & Qualifications: 

• Enjoys challenging, complex legal issues;  
• Experience with brief-writing (or equivalent);  
• Excellent research and writing skills; 
• Deep thinker; efficient researcher; persuasive writer and speaker;  
• Michigan Bar License (or ability to waive in); and 
• Class action experience is a positive. 

Benefits & Other Perks:

• Competitive compensation package 
• Bonuses 
• 401(k) program 
• Health coverage 
• Paid parental leave 
• Remote work options 
• In-suite, complimentary gym (in Michigan)