Junior Associate Attorney — Transportation & Infrastructure Law

What we're looking for

We're looking for a junior associate with 1–4 years of relevant experience — in transactional, administrative law, or litigation work — or a recently-completed judicial clerkship, who's ready to join Kaplan Kirsch's Transportation & Infrastructure practice in New York or Washington, D.C. You should bring exceptional legal writing and analytical skills, a genuine interest in public-sector transportation and infrastructure work, and the kind of cross-practice curiosity that lets you move comfortably between transportation, environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate matters. Bonus points if you've worked on matters before federal transportation regulators (STB, FRA, FTA, FAA, or FHWA), represented public transportation agencies, or handled transactional matters involving federal grant funding.

What you'll do

• Serve as a key member of the firm's Transportation practice, with cross-practice work on related environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate matters as needed
• Draft pleadings in judicial and administrative litigation proceedings before federal and state courts and agencies
• Conduct legal research and write memoranda of law on regulatory, transportation, and infrastructure matters
• Draft and negotiate contracts and operating agreements, particularly on federally-funded infrastructure transactions
• Work directly with partners, counsel, senior associates, and clients — including public transportation agencies, airports, transit authorities, state and local governments, tribal governments, and non-profits
• Contribute to firm pro bono matters and business development initiatives — unlimited approved pro bono hours count toward your 1,600-hour billable target
• Build cross-practice expertise from day one in a collaborative, non-siloed environment

Key requirements

• JD from an accredited law school with academic excellence and leadership