Jobs at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Oversee day-to-day human resources operations for the Washington, DC office. Partner with office leadership and HR centers of excellence on talent strategy, employee relations, performance, development, compliance, engagement, wellness, and policy adoption. Advise business services managers, support the employee lifecycle, monitor HR trends, and lead special projects while ensuring high-quality service delivery and compliance with employment laws.

The Senior Paralegal, Tax supports tax attorneys and the Practice Support Lawyer through tax legislation monitoring, IRS form preparation and submissions, EIN assistance, legislative and regulatory research, IRS communications, legal database searches, authority retrieval, citation checking, shepardizing, proofreading, and binder preparation.

Provides administrative, secretarial, technical, and organizational support to attorneys and managers. Responsibilities include managing assignments, calendars, meetings, correspondence, legal documents, travel, time entry, expenses, billing, collections, and client communications. The role requires professionalism, discretion, strong organization, attention to detail, technical proficiency, and the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities in a collaborative law firm environment.

Leads Level 3 desktop support, administration, and engineering for Windows systems and end-user applications. Responsibilities include MECM and Intune deployment, patching, application packaging, OS imaging, Microsoft 365 administration, Entra ID and identity management, PowerShell automation, Azure Virtual Desktop support, device compliance, troubleshooting, and documentation. The role also contributes to desktop infrastructure design, image development, QA testing, and strategic improvements while working directly with end users and cross-functional teams.

Supports litigation case teams through case maintenance, legal research, court filings, document review, discovery production, deposition and trial preparation, transcript management, cite-checking, and case project coordination. Works with attorneys and support departments, arranges deposition services, maintains case records, and may train entry-level paralegals. Overtime and travel may be required.

Leads security operations and incident response, serving as incident commander, managing detection engineering, exposure remediation, threat intelligence, tabletop exercises, and managed detection provider governance. Builds and develops a senior security team, coordinates with counsel and leadership during incidents, drives post-incident remediation, and reports on detection effectiveness, risk, and compliance.

Designs, implements, maintains, and optimizes enterprise IT infrastructure across on-premises and Microsoft cloud environments. Manages iManage Work and document management integrations, enterprise applications, SaaS platforms, networking services, web servers, and automation scripts. Troubleshoots complex technical issues, coordinates vendors and support escalations, maintains system documentation, and collaborates with operations and networking teams. Participates quarterly in a weekly 24/7 on-call rotation.

Provides confidential administrative, technical, and organizational support to the COO, Director of Strategic Initiatives, and team. Responsibilities include calendar and meeting management, phone support, domestic and international travel arrangements, expense reporting, invoice processing, communications, leadership events, logistics, research, and special projects. The role requires strong organization, communication, discretion, judgment, adaptability, proofreading, and Microsoft Office proficiency.

Provides secretarial, technical, and organizational support to lawyers and managerial staff. Responsibilities include managing assignments, calendars, meetings, correspondence, legal documents, travel arrangements, time and expense entry, billing support, collections, client communication, and practice-group coordination. The role requires professionalism, discretion, strong organization, attention to detail, technical proficiency, and effective collaboration with attorneys, clients, and internal teams.

Leads business development and marketing initiatives for financial institutions, national security, fintech, and crypto practices. Responsibilities include managing pitches and RFPs, sponsorships, events, legal directory submissions, marketing materials, databases, mailing lists, market research, and attorney visibility initiatives. The role collaborates with attorneys and teams across PR, communications, finance, business intelligence, and graphics while improving internal processes and client development efforts.

Drives adoption of generative AI and legal technology across transactional practices. Identifies workflow opportunities, configures and tests AI tools, develops prompts, trains attorneys, creates playbooks, supports responsible AI governance, and converts transactional precedents into structured knowledge resources. Requires a J.D., 3–5 years of substantive transactional law-firm experience, and practical experience with legal AI tools and AI/ML concepts.

The Innovation Attorney, Litigation will help integrate generative AI and legal technology into litigation workflows. Responsibilities include configuring and testing AI tools, developing prompts, training attorneys and staff, creating playbooks and knowledge resources, supporting responsible AI governance, gathering user feedback, evaluating vendors, and advancing firm-wide innovation initiatives. The role requires substantive litigation experience, legal technology proficiency, strong communication and project management skills, and the ability to build credibility with senior litigators.

Administer health and welfare benefits, including open enrollment, ACA compliance, Form 5500 reporting, life insurance trust processes, reconciliations, vendor coordination, and employee support. Partner with HRIS on Workday configuration and collaborate with Payroll, Finance, carriers, brokers, and auditors. Maintain accurate benefits data, documentation, controls, and compliance processes while identifying workflow improvements and supporting benefits projects.

Provides administrative, secretarial, technical, and organizational support to attorneys and managers. Responsibilities include preparing legal documents, managing calls, correspondence, calendars, meetings, travel arrangements, attorney time, expenses, client billing, payment tracking, reception coverage, and special projects. Requires strong communication, proofreading, typing, confidentiality, teamwork, reliability, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Provides administrative, secretarial, technical, and organizational support to lawyers and managers. Responsibilities include preparing legal documents, managing calls, correspondence, calendars, appointments, travel, files, meetings, attorney time, expenses, client billing, payment tracking, reception coverage, and special projects. Requires strong communication, proofreading, typing, confidentiality, organization, reliability, teamwork, and proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Conducts conflict-of-interest searches for new matters and lateral attorneys across all firm offices using iManage Conflicts Management. Reviews and clarifies matter requests, researches corporate relationships, prepares conflict reports, applies standardized search procedures, and maintains database records and shared documents. Collaborates with Conflicts, Recruiting, Human Resources, and General Counsel teams, supports special projects, and provides assigned on-call coverage.

Engineer and support identity management, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, servers, core network services, and secure technology systems. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, platform deployments and upgrades, automation through scripting, system documentation, cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Networking, and InfoSec, and participation in a weekly 24/7 on-call rotation.

Support attorneys on corporate transactions by drafting and proofreading documents, managing due diligence and virtual data rooms, coordinating signatures and filings, preparing closing materials, conducting factual research, and maintaining precedents and capital markets tables.

Leads AI enablement and adoption for eDiscovery and litigation workflows. Designs and implements AI solutions, evaluates tools, manages testing and vendor coordination, analyzes user feedback and adoption metrics, develops workflow recommendations, and creates training and best-practice resources. Serves as a subject-matter expert for AI-enabled eDiscovery tools and partners with attorneys, project managers, IT, knowledge teams, and vendors to deploy scalable solutions.

Lead word processing workflow during supervisor absence; manage, prioritize, and complete document requests; monitor equipment, supplies, and temps; perform conflict searches and troubleshoot technical issues; prepare shift reports and maintain confidentiality while supporting lawyers and business services professionals across varied shifts.