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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. is seeking an experienced litigation attorney to serve as a Practice Enhancement Attorney within its Client Solutions and Innovation Group ("CSIG"). This role will support the Firm’s Practice Enhancement ("PE") initiative to embed artificial intelligence into our litigation practice groups in a responsible, intentional, and scalable way. The ideal candidate would have at least five (5) years of substantive litigation and trial experience, who will draw on that hands-on experience to leverage the power of AI to drive efficiency, consistency, better outcomes, and demonstrable client value. Some technical and AI experience is strongly preferred, including exposure to legal AI tools and legal workflows in actual implementation, as well as experience with process evaluation and change management. We are seeking a self-directed professional with a genuine desire to change how legal work gets done. This is an exceptional opportunity to help lead one of the Firm’s key strategic initiatives and to shape the future of legal service delivery.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. is seeking an experienced transactional attorney to serve as a Practice Enhancement Attorney within its Client Solutions and Innovation Group ("CSIG"). This role will support the Firm’s Practice Enhancement ("PE") initiative to embed artificial intelligence into our transactional practice groups in a responsible, intentional, and scalable way. The ideal candidate would have at least five (5) years of substantive corporate, finance, or transactional experience, who will draw on that hands-on experience to leverage the power of AI to drive efficiency, consistency, better outcomes, and demonstrable client value. Some technical and AI experience is strongly preferred, including exposure to legal AI tools and legal workflows in actual implementation, as well as experience with process evaluation and change management. We are seeking a self-directed professional with a genuine desire to change how legal work gets done. This is an exceptional opportunity to help lead one of the Firm’s key strategic initiatives and to shape the future of legal service delivery.

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The Atlanta office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks a second- to third-year associate to join its nationally recognized corporate and transactional practice. The ideal candidates are hardworking individuals with excellent writing and analytical abilities, sound judgment, strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and experience drafting complex transactional agreements. Candidates should have meaningful exposure to M&A transactions, cross border matters, and general corporate work. This is a unique opportunity to become a key contributor within a nationally recognized team while gaining hands-on experience across a wide range of buy and sell side M&A deals, corporate governance matters, and other business transactions. A Georgia law license is required. German language capability is not required but would be a helpful qualification given our growing volume of cross-border matters.

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The Atlanta office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks a litigation associate with at least three years of experience to join our Logistics, Energy, and Manufacturing Litigation Group. A background in transportation litigation is strongly preferred, and experience in tort matters, defending motor carrier clients, and handling insurance coverage disputes will be considered a significant plus. We are looking for academically strong candidates who possess excellent writing and analytical skills, as well as practical experience with depositions, discovery, and motion practice. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, exercise sound judgment, and demonstrate the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. This position offers the opportunity to take on meaningful responsibility in an active and varied federal and state court practice, with cases that extend on a national scale. Applicants must already be admitted to the Georgia Bar (no exceptions).

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an associate with 3-5 years of corporate law experience to join its Corporate Practice Group in Baltimore. The candidate will have experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, and advising on corporate governance and entity management matters. This position offers the opportunity to work on sophisticated transactions and collaborate closely with clients and attorneys across the Firm. The ideal candidate will have meaningful experience handling M&A transactions, including due diligence, drafting transaction documents, preparing disclosure schedules and ancillary agreements, and coordinating signing and closing activities. Experience supporting both buy-side and sell-side transactions is preferred. The candidate should also be comfortable drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, including master services agreements, consulting agreements, independent contractor agreements, nondisclosure agreements, and vendor agreements. In addition, the candidate will assist clients with entity formation and maintenance matters and will prepare and review corporate governance documents, including operating agreements, shareholder agreements, bylaws, consents, resolutions, amendments, and related organizational documents. Qualified candidates will possess strong drafting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, sound legal judgment, and the ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines effectively. The candidate will be able to work independently while collaborating closely with clients and colleagues in a team-oriented environment. Admission to the Maryland Bar, or eligibility for admission in Maryland, is required. The salary range for this position is $205,000 - $235,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

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The Baltimore office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks a dynamic associate, with 1-3 years of experience representing banks or non-bank lenders and lessors in financing transactions, to join its Financial Services Transactions practice group. The successful candidate will assist with structuring, drafting, negotiating, and closing loan agreements, lease agreements, security documents, and other related transactional documents. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and hardworking with strong organizational skills. This is a unique opportunity for the right individual to grow into a key member of a nationally recognized and established team. A Maryland law license is required, or the ability to sit for the Maryland Bar and obtain licensure promptly. Candidates currently located outside the Baltimore area who are interested in relocating to Baltimore are encouraged to apply. The salary range for this position is $205,000 - $235,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

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The Charleston office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an associate with two or more years of complex litigation experience to become an integral part of our Advocacy Department. Experience in commercial litigation and employment and/or health care law is preferred. Academically distinguished applicants who have excellent written and oral advocacy skills, and analytical aptitude with deposition, discovery, motion practice, and courtroom experience are sought to assume responsibility in an active and diverse federal and state court litigation practice. We seek a bright, hardworking, and responsive attorney with good judgment and attention to detail. The associate will work closely with senior litigators who will provide active mentoring and client contact. South Carolina law license required.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks to hire an attorney with at 5+ years of litigation experience, preferably experience in consumer finance and mortgage servicing litigation, for a non-shareholder track position. General experience in financial services and/or property or general experience would also be helpful. Applicants who have excellent analytical and writing skills, as well as discovery and motion practice experience, are sought to participate as part of a team of attorneys and paralegals representing banks, mortgage lenders, and servicers in financial services litigation matters. We will consider a partial remote work situation and flexible and/or reduced hours requirement. The billable hour expectation is between 1,650 and 1,750 with limited nonbillable administrative time. Texas license required.

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The Houston office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an associate with 3-5 years of bankruptcy, workout, and/or relevant commercial litigation experience to join its Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy practice group. The position involves representing lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, and businesses in a variety of commercial loan restructuring and insolvency matters with default resolutions, collections, loan workouts, and bankruptcy-related matters in federal and state court. Knowledge of CMBS (including special servicing), commercial lending, real estate, maritime, and/or energy law are a plus. This is a terrific opportunity to gain sophisticated hands-on experience as part of a multi-office team of collaborative and goal-oriented professionals in a thriving commercial loan restructuring and workout practice with significant client contact. Academically distinguished applicants who have excellent writing, analytical, and organizational skills are sought to assume responsibility in this active and diverse practice. We seek a bright, hardworking attorney with good judgment and attention to detail who is ready to be part of a team. Texas license required.

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The Houston office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks a litigation attorney with four to six years of litigation experience, ideally tort litigation and insurance defense, for a non-shareholder track position. Academically distinguished applicants who have excellent written and oral advocacy skills, exceptional research and writing skills, and experience drafting and arguing motions; taking and defending depositions; evaluating, interviewing, and deposing experts; and running files autonomously are sought to assume responsibility in an active litigation practice. Trial experience in state and federal court is preferred. Texas law license required.

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The Johnson City office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz. P.C. seeks an associate with one to three years of litigation experience, with material employment experience preferred, to join its Labor & Employment Practice Group. Ideal applicants will have experience with preparing position statements in response to charges before the EEOC, drafting policies and handbooks, conducting policy trainings, and handling internal investigations, as well as engaging in discovery and motions practice in state and federal court. Academically distinguished applicants who have the ability to work independently with excellent writing and analytical skills are encouraged to apply. We seek a hardworking person with good judgement and attention to detail.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an Intellectual Property Associate with three to six years of experience to join its growing Intellectual Property Practice Group, which serves clients across a broad range of technologies, including manufacturing, healthcare, and emerging AI-adjacent industries. The successful candidate may be resident in either the Memphis or Nashville office. This is a full-spectrum position spanning prosecution, litigation, and counseling, and it offers the successful candidate meaningful ownership of matters and direct client contact from the outset. On the prosecution side, the associate will work before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices — interviewing inventors and evaluating invention disclosures, conducting patentability and prior art searches, preparing written assessments of the prospects for protection, drafting and filing U.S. and foreign applications, coordinating foreign filings with associates abroad, and developing arguments for patentability through office action responses, examiner interviews, and appeal briefs. Strong patent litigation skills and experience are required. The associate will actively participate on patent litigation teams with other patent litigators in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, with responsibilities that include briefing, motion practice, discovery, infringement and validity analyses, claim charts, and claim construction. The associate will also support trademark, trade secret, and copyright litigation in courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The associate will handle freedom-to-operate and portfolio counseling, clearance and opinion work, and intellectual property due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and licensing transactions. Candidates must be registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and hold a degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or physics, or a comparable technical background. Ideal candidates will have superior academic credentials, very strong writing and oral communication skills, a strong work ethic, and the creativity, maturity, and attention to detail to work effectively with business leaders, attorneys, scientists, engineers, inventors, and patent examiners. A Tennessee law license is required, or the ability to sit for the Tennessee Bar and obtain licensure promptly.

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The Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an experienced associate or of counsel attorney with an LL.M. in tax to join its thriving Trusts and Estates/Family Office/Tax practice. The candidate must have more than three years of relevant experience in estate planning. The position should involve participation in building the existing practice, significant client contact and moving into a leadership role in the long term. Academically distinguished applicants who have excellent writing and analytical skills are sought to assume responsibility in this very active practice. We seek a bright, hardworking individual with good judgment and attention to detail.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an associate with four to six years of complex litigation experience to join its Nashville construction law practice. We are looking for academically distinguished applicants who have excellent written and oral advocacy skills with deposition, discovery, motion practice, and trial experience. The successful candidate will assume responsibility in an active and diverse construction practice involving complex litigation and transactions. Specific experience in construction law and litigation is preferred, and engineering, architecture or construction management experience is a plus. The associate will work closely with construction litigation shareholders who will provide active mentoring and client contact. We seek a bright, hard working person with good judgment, attention to detail, and the desire to advance.

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The Nashville office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks a Corporate Associate with three to six years of experience to join its Corporate Group. Qualified candidates will have experience advising clients on complex domestic and cross border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures, capital markets transactions, and general corporate matters. Experience with public and private company governance, securities law compliance, and related regulatory matters is strongly preferred. Candidates must demonstrate excellent academic credentials, strong drafting and analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple matters in a fast paced, team oriented environment. Successful applicants will have significant experience working directly with clients and senior deal teams on sophisticated transactions for private equity sponsors, public and private companies, and institutional investors. This position offers the opportunity to work on complex and high profile transactions alongside leading practitioners in a collaborative and demanding practice. Tennessee license required.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. is seeking a mid-to-senior level attorney with at least six years of experience in technology transactions to join its growing team. The attorney may reside in any Baker Donelson office, with a preference for Nashville.

The ideal candidate will have meaningful experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of technology-related contracts, including software, SaaS, licensing, vendor, data processing, data use, digital health, and other commercial technology agreements. Candidates should be comfortable managing sophisticated contract negotiations, advising clients on legal and business risk, and working collaboratively with attorneys across practice groups.

Experience with health care technology, digital health, health IT, or health care provider/vendor contracting is a plus but not required. Additional experience advising on state-level data privacy laws, HIPAA, data use and sharing arrangements, AI-related contracting considerations, or privacy and security issues in corporate transactions is also helpful, but secondary to core technology transactions experience.

Qualifications:

• Successful academic record and prior law firm experience.
• Active license to practice law in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction with the option to secure licensing in whatever jurisdiction they reside.
• 6+ years of relevant technology transactions experience. Strong contract drafting, negotiation, and client counseling skills.
• Ability to manage matters independently while working effectively as part of a broader team.
• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and attention to detail.
• Health care industry experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience with state privacy laws, HIPAA, data privacy/security compliance, AI governance, or data-related M&A diligence is a plus.

This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney who enjoys sophisticated technology contracting work and wants to help clients navigate the intersection of technology, data, privacy, health care, and emerging innovation within a collaborative, national platform.

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The Raleigh office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an associate with bankruptcy, workout, and/or relevant commercial litigation experience to join its Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy practice group. The position involves representing lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, and businesses in a variety of commercial loan restructuring and insolvency matters with default resolutions, collections, loan workouts, and bankruptcy-related matters in federal and state court. Knowledge of CMBS (including special servicing), commercial lending, real estate, maritime, and/or energy law are a plus. This is a terrific opportunity to gain sophisticated hands-on experience as part of a multi-office team of collaborative and goal-oriented professionals in a thriving commercial loan restructuring and workout practice with significant client contact. Academically distinguished applicants who have excellent writing, analytical, and organizational skills are sought to assume responsibility in this active and diverse practice. We seek a bright, hardworking attorney with good judgment and attention to detail who is ready to be part of a team. North Carolina law license required.

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an attorney looking to build a career in eDiscovery and litigation support. The ideal candidate must have two to five years of hands-on experience working in Relativity, including running searches, building saved search folders, and managing complex review workflows. Prior document review experience is required, along with demonstrated experience managing or supervising document reviews. The candidate must have familiarity with the electronic discovery lifecycle and litigation support best practices. Experience with analytics or technology-assisted review (TAR) tools within Relativity is a plus. Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) certification is desirable but not required. Experience with Everlaw and other non-Relativity eDiscovery platforms is also a plus. We seek hardworking individuals with excellent writing and analytical abilities, sound judgment, strong organizational skills, and attention to detail. This is a unique opportunity for the right individual to grow into a key member of a nationally recognized and established team.

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The Washington, D.C. office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, P.C. seeks an associate with two or more years of bankruptcy, workout, and/or relevant commercial litigation experience to join its Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy practice group. The position involves representing lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, and businesses in a variety of commercial loan restructuring and insolvency matters with default resolutions, collections, loan workouts, and bankruptcy-related matters in federal and state court. This is a terrific opportunity to gain sophisticated hands-on experience as part of a multi-office team of collaborative and goal-oriented professionals in a thriving commercial loan restructuring and workout practice with significant client contact. Academically distinguished applicants who have excellent writing, analytical, and organizational skills are sought to assume responsibility in this active and diverse practice. We seek a bright, hardworking attorney with good judgment and attention to detail who is ready to be part of a team. Virginia and/or Maryland bar preferred.

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