Senior Litigator, Center for Litigation

Description:

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) seeks an innovative and experienced attorney to serve as the Senior Litigator with AFPI’s Center for Litigation (CFL). CFL is AFPI’s public interest law firm and seeks to blaze new paths to protect and defend constitutional freedoms and America First policy priorities against the egregious overreach of Big Tech, Big Media, and Big Government.

The qualified applicant should have at least seven (7) years of real-world litigation experience—preferably conducting depositions, motion practice, hearings, trials, and appeals—and possess a deep respect of American liberty and order. The applicant should be eager to challenge legal precedent and convention in the service of both.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Litigator will report to CFL's Senior Leadership and will be the principal attorney charged with executing AFPI’s legal mission. To this end, the Senior Litigator’s responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with other CFL attorneys to produce quality research, legal writing, editing, and analysis on legal matters that further AFPI’s mission.
• Providing guidance to junior attorneys, review their work, and chart the legal strategy that guides CFL litigation and AFPI’s mission generally.
• Working with the policy team to ensure proposed legislation or policies align with CFL lawsuits or other litigation matters in which CFL is involved.
• Coordinating with CFL's Senior Leadership and working with the communications team to place content, such as op-eds or talking points, in media that support new or ongoing litigation.
• Working with outside coalitions and stakeholders to pursue common litigation goals and building relationships with important outside groups to advance AFPI’s mission.

• Championing AFPI’s servant leadership culture with a leadership style that supports others, promotes a positive team culture, and encourages growth and success.
• Undertaking complex litigation and advocacy with little guidance.
• Identifying litigation opportunities and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to advance CFL's legal goals.
• Researching and drafting pleadings, briefs, and legal memoranda.
• Engaging in discovery and motion practice and conducting evidentiary hearings and oral arguments in both state and federal trial and appellate courts.
• Consulting with CFL's Senior Leadership and Policy Center Directors to propose new cases and identify litigation pathways that defend and preserve America First principles.
• Building strategic and effective relationships with local counsel across the country.
• Identifying key stakeholders and coordinating with AFPI leadership, including engagement and development teams, to ensure targeted, effective outreach and collaboration on key policy priorities to maximize impact.
• Supporting generally the needs of CFL and AFPI where necessary.

Qualifications:

• A self-starter. The Senior Litigator must be willing and able to conceive and develop innovative ideas independently and often and bring them into fruition.
• An excellent writer. The Senior Litigator must possess an aptitude for graceful prose that conveys complicated concepts convincingly and lead and coordinate editing processes.
• A strategic thinker. The Senior Litigator must be a strategic legal thinker, able to grasp constitutional law principles sufficient for handling complex litigation matters and authoring amicus briefs that advance the strategic vision of AFPI.
• An advocate. The Senior Litigator must bring litigation experience in trial and appellate courts, administrative law, policymaking, legislation, and/or media, and a proven record of accomplishment.
• A leader. The Senior Litigator must be willing to work with tact and persuasion to assist in assembling a coalition of activists, thinkers, and citizens in several states to challenge Washington, D.C., overreach on several fronts.
• A researcher. The Senior Litigator must be able to apply rigorous research and analysis to demonstrate the merits of alternative approaches to litigation.
• Bar Admission. The Senior Litigator must be licensed to practice law in at least one state, with at least seven (7) years of litigation experience.
• A servant leader. The Senior Litigator must be able to work collaboratively and have flexibility, prepared to multitask in a fast-paced environment; he or she must be passionate about AFPI and CFL's mission and uphold the public reputation of the Institute.

The position’s salary will be commensurate with the experience, expertise, and skills of the candidate who accepts the position. Please apply with a cover letter, resume, salary requirement, and references.

AFPI is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute offering competitive salaries and benefits to qualified candidates.