Deadline for Application: 1/15/2006

Post Title and Level: Summer Associate

Duration: Summer Semester

Compensation: Unpaid

Description of functions

Miner, Barnhill & Galland is accepting applications for 2006 summer associate positions with the firm. We are a small, collegial, high-quality law firm with 15 lawyers in offices in Chicago, Illinois and Madison, Wisconsin. Our litigation practice is known for representing plaintiffs in large-scale, high-profile class actions and multi-plaintiff cases brought under the federal employment laws. We also represent individual consumers and organizational plaintiffs in class action lawsuits challenging predatory lending practices. We currently represent a number of states in litigation asserting fraud and consumer protection claims against most of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers. In recent years, we have developed an expertise in representing whistleblowers in the litigation of "qui tam" cases under the federal False Claims Act. We have an active docket of wage and hour cases in California, particularly representing migrant farm workers and packinghouse employees. In addition, we have a significant medical malpractice defense practice, representing major Chicago hospitals and clinics. Our transactional group has a wide and varied practice focused on community development and affordable housing, including providing legal services in the areas of real estate, financing, corporations, and partnerships to non-profit organizations, community development corporations, neighborhood health centers, and for-profit clients.

Requirements

For more information about our practice and our attorneys, visit our website at www.lawmbg.com. Please send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, 3 references, and a list of courses and grades by email to hiring@lawmbg.com by January 13, 2006. Please put “2006 Summer Associate Application” in the subject line of your e-mail. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Preference will be given to 2L candidates, but 1L candidates will be considered. Miner, Barnhill & Galland is an equal opportunity employer.

Send resume or CV to:

Robert Libman
14 W. Erie St
Chicago, IL
United States
hiring@lawmbg.com
Website: http://www.lawmbg.com