Associates

We are continuously seeking experienced lateral associates with excellent academic records. If you are an attorney with proven academic success and you feel you can make a positive impact at our firm, please reach out to us.

Associates receive formal evaluations on a semi-annual basis and are eligible for year-end merit bonuses. Generally, associates are eligible for consideration for partnership after the seventh year of practice.

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Benefits

Nutter offers the following benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability benefit
• Life insurance
• Travel and accident insurance
• Supplemental life and disability insurance plans
• 401 (k)
• In-center and in-home back-up child care
• In-home adult/elder care
• Eleven paid holidays 
• Medical, family and parental leaves of absence
• Paid Massachusetts bar review course, exam fee, registration fee and association dues
• Mentoring program
• MCLE training
• After-hours support services
• 4 weeks of vacation per year
• Dry Cleaning services
• Discount programs
• After hours dine-in service

Training & Mentoring

Our many in-house training programs encourage participation in practice groups to further professional growth. Each of the firm’s departments conducts formal training programs that combine lectures, informal discussions, and role-playing exercises. For example, the litigation associates attend an annual two-week program that includes workshops on negotiations, depositions and oral arguments and new associates receive instruction on basic litigation skills.

Contacts and Open Positions

Nutter is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to religion, color, race, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression or genetic information.

All lateral associate candidates are required to submit an application through the links below:

Search firms:  We require our written agreement be in place with search firms prior to interviewing candidates. Please fill out the search firm candidate submission form.

Donna Yergeau
Director of Legal Recruiting
DYergeau@nutter.com