Associate Counsel/ Counsel, Affirmative Litigation

Everytown Law seeks a creative, thoughtful, and talented litigator to serve as Associate Counsel or Counsel, depending on experience.

Everytown Law is part of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, the education, research, and litigation arm of the nation’s leading gun violence prevention organization. We are the largest and most experienced team of impact litigators in the country dedicated to advocating in the courts for gun violence prevention—one of the most pressing issues of our time.

We believe every person has the right to live free from gun violence. It’s our mission to make this belief a reality. We are looking for attorneys who want to use their litigation skills and public-spirited ambitions to join us in advocating on behalf of survivors and others directly affected by gun violence, including marginalized communities. Our clients include students, parents, civil rights organizations, domestic violence coalitions, and cities and counties.

Everytown Law engages in two primary areas of litigation:

1) Affirmative litigation to (a) seek accountability for and reform of the gun industry’s dangerous business practices, (b) take on dangerous gun lobby-backed laws that conflict with constitutional protections, and (c) enforce gun violence prevention laws.
2) Defense of common-sense, life-saving gun laws against Second Amendment challenges in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen, under the umbrella of the
Everytown Center for the Defense of Gun Safety

*This position will work primarily on Affirmative Litigation*

Recent cases and successes in our affirmative litigation work include: suing a major gun manufacturer on behalf of the City of Chicago due to the easy convertibility of its pistols to fully automatic machine guns; obtaining a $5 million settlement against the largest ghost gun manufacturer in the country; and representing survivors of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; Highland Park, Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; and Boulder, Colorado, in cases against manufacturers and retailers of firearms and firearms accessories.

You can learn more about our work and our team at https://everytownlaw.org/.

SCOPE OF WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Associate Counsel/Counsel will have a high level of responsibility and self-direction. The primary responsibilities of the Associate Counsel/Counsel will be to work with our Affirmative Litigation team as follows:

- Developing and implementing Everytown Law’s nationwide federal and state court affirmative litigation practice including through legal research, factual development, and strategic analysis.
- Litigating affirmative cases in conjunction with national and local co-counsel, including case management and strategy.
- Drafting and editing memos, complaints, pleadings, and briefs.
- Undertaking all aspects of pre-trial litigation, including fact development, discovery, motion practice, depositions, and expert testimony.
- Working directly with clients, including survivors of gun violence and governmental entities.
- Preparing cases for trial and potentially trying cases.
- Working closely with teams across the organization to advance sensible gun regulation.
- Participating in some interviewing and supervising of legal interns (depending on experience) and some public speaking, including presentations to law school students and at other public interest events.
- Participating in team and professional development, including retreats, trainings, and other events.

This is a full-time, hybrid remote/in-office position that can be based in either New York City or Washington, D.C. The salary range for this position is $105,000 to $125,000 per year, depending on experience. Everytown offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision, PTO, 401K match, education assistance, and more.

OUR CULTURE

Our team culture values kindness, positive interpersonal skills, collaboration, communication, feedback, professionalism, social consciousness, a continuous-learning mindset, a strong work ethic, readiness to take action, balance, and self-care. Our team provides a supportive environment for attorneys training to become great litigators.

HIRING PROCESS

Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume.
Candidates will be required to submit a legal writing sample and law school transcript, and may be required to complete a legal writing exercise.
Applications will be reviewed and candidates will be contacted on a rolling basis.
As part of our standard hiring process, employment with Everytown Law will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

About Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (the “Everytown Support Fund”) is the education, research and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly ten million supporters. The Everytown Support Fund seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and help to reduce it by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, communicating this knowledge to the American public, and advancing gun safety and gun violence prevention in communities and the courts. Learn more at www.everytownsupportfund.org.

DIVERSE WORKFORCE AND OPEN CULTURE

Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply to Everytown. A diverse workforce and open culture are at the heart of our organization and vital to our success.

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

You can learn about the framework that guides our work by viewing Everytown's Organizations Values.