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Recently I conducted a survey at some of the top firms around the country to find out who is actively hiring.  The vast majority of BIGLAW firms did not want to go on record as actually hiring.  Most of the human resource managers made no comment and immediately transferred my call to the PR department.  Unfortunately, most of the PR departments did not know whether their firms were hiring and offered to call me back with specifics.  After several attempts to contact and re-contact hiring personnel and public relations personnel without success I gave up.  Out of the thirty top firms I contacted none of them wanted to publicly admit they were hiring.  That should not be much of a surprise consider the current economic conditions and the seemingly constant flow of layoffs.  However, there is at least one glimmer of hope. McKenna Long & Aldridge is actively hiring.

On their website you will find the following description: “McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is an international law firm with 475 attorneys and public policy advisors. The firm provides business solutions in the areas of environmental regulation, international law, public policy and regulatory affairs, corporate law, government contracts, intellectual property and technology, complex litigation, real estate, energy and finance. MLA’s diverse range of services fall into three broad categories: transactional, litigation and government/regulatory.”

In my search, I have found that MLA is hiring in Colorado, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC. They appear to be looking for attorneys with experience in appellate brief writing, government contracting and toxic tort litigation. You can see these jobs listing on their website or through the various online legal job databases.