Legal Careers
Because we understand that our success is driven by every action and interaction we have with our clients, we devote significant resources to finding the right people to join our team and even more time and attention to supporting our team members through their professional development. We pride ourselves on an environment where our professionals share the same core values of respect, dedication, service, and integrity.
We invite inquiries from attorneys, business professionals, and law students who demonstrate initiative and a willingness to deliver high quality work while building lasting relationships with clients and colleagues.
Our Commitment to Inclusion in the Workplace
At Bailey Cavalieri, we are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Not only because it is the right thing to do, but because we and our clients all benefit from working with professionals of differing backgrounds and a broad range of perspectives.
Our firm fosters an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed, where every voice is valued, and where we make it a priority to continually educate ourselves to better support one another. Through our commitment to the Columbus Bar Association’s Minority Clerkship Program, as the founding sponsor of Moritz College of Law’s Identity, Diversity and Justice program, and through active recruitment efforts, we strive to hire and retain talented, diverse professionals to join our team.
Lateral Attorneys
While we have never been a Firm that seeks to grow for “growth’s sake” alone, we are always receptive to hearing from lateral attorney candidates, at varying experience levels, looking to grow their practice and professional development with us. If you are an attorney looking to make a positive career move, we welcome you to submit your information to Becky Hartman at bhartman@baileycav.com.
From time to time, we are looking for high-quality lateral candidates to join our Firm in practice areas that fit within or supplement our existing practice profile. Please check below to see any currently available positions (or check back here soon if none currently listed).
Bailey Cavalieri LLC is seeking an associate to join its Corporate practice group. This associate will have the opportunity to work on traditional corporate and business projects as well as post-closing M&A disputes nationwide and pre-transaction underwriting and risk assessment with respect to transaction risk insurance. The ideal candidate will have 2-4+ years of experience handling complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, business formation, corporate governance, and contract matters.
Essential Qualifications:
- Strong academic credentials with an undergraduate degree in finance or accounting
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Additional Valuable Credentials or Experience
Work experience in accounting or finance
- CPA, CFA, or other accounting/valuation credentials
- Experience with post-M&A legal matters involving purchase price adjustments or valuation of damages
- Compensation is competitive and will account for relevant experience and credentials.
Submit resume with cover letter to Becky Hartman bhartman@baileycav.com
Bailey Cavalieri’s nationally recognized Directors and Officers Liability (D&O) Group is looking for a junior to mid-level associate to join our team in Columbus, Ohio. This practice represents domestic and international insurers that issue director and officer and other sophisticated professional lines insurance products. The ideal candidate need not have prior related experience, but must be bright, an excellent writer, and adept learner. Successful members of our group have come from various backgrounds including but not limited to commercial litigation, corporate work, private practice or the public sector.
Associate will interact directly with partners and clients with the goal of taking on increasing responsibility and building the skills necessary to manage complex cases independently.
Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Analyzing third-party insurance policies, drafting coverage opinions and providing coverage advice to insurance company clients;
- Corresponding with clients, opposing counsel, and other interested parties;
- Monitoring and evaluating claims, including securities class action, derivative and other litigation against insureds;
- Conducting complex legal research and analysis, and drafting memoranda;
- Assisting periodically in federal and state litigation, including declaratory judgment actions brought by insurer clients and defending insurer clients in litigation filed by policyholders;
- Attending mediations as required.
Education and Skills required:
- Admitted to practice in Ohio (or with plans to become admitted in Ohio);
- Excellent academic credentials;
- Exceptional legal writing and communication skills;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Strong work ethic and a sense of ownership over work;
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.
Qualified candidates should submit resumes to:
Becky Hartman bhartman@baileycav.com
Bailey Cavalieri is seeking an attorney to join its Estate Planning and Tax practice group. The ideal candidate will have 3-5+ years of experience drafting estate plan documents, including trusts, wills, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and funding related documents, as well as advanced planning tools including IDGTs, QPRTs, ILITs, SLATs, and LLCs. The right candidate should be hard-working, goal oriented, motivated to learn, and become a valuable collaborator who recognizes the potential for growth within our Firm.
Essential Qualifications
- Strong academic credentials
- Sound working knowledge of estate planning, succession planning, and tax laws related to wealth transfer
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; capability to convey complex estate planning topics to clients and advisors.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Outstanding project management skills and capacity to work with multiple attorneys on a variety of assignments
- Organized, exceptional attention to detail, efficient, and collegial with a superb work ethic.
- Works to anticipate client needs; forward-thinking and solutions-oriented approach
- Robust legal research skills
- Desire to represent the Firm with integrity and professionalism
What is it like to work at Bailey Cavalieri?
Bailey Cavalieri values people and believes that your career should be meaningful. Our culture reflects the respect we have for each team member and the talent they bring to their position. We believe in education and advancement of our attorneys and the staff that support them. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package to help ensure that our team can focus on performing their best each day.
Qualified candidates should submit resumes to:
Becky Hartman bhartman@baileycav.com
Bailey Cavalieri is seeking an experienced attorney to join their Labor & Employment practice group.
Successful candidates will have at 6-9+ years of experience advising clients regarding employment
and labor law compliance, policies, best practices, contracts, administrative advocacy, and litigation.
Essential Qualifications
- Strong academic credentials
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Significant litigation experience including cases before the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Labor
- Experience representing employers with respect to enforcement and defense of restrictive covenants
- Sound working knowledge of broad labor and employment issues including employment discrimination (Title VII, ADEA, and ADA and equivalent state laws), FMLA, affirmative action compliance, OSHA, COBRA, breach of contract, traditional labor matters, whistleblower litigation, wage and hour issues, insurance claims, ERISA, and termination counseling
- Background preparing separation, employment, and restrictive covenant agreements, as well as drafting employment policies
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Outstanding project management skills and capacity to collaborate with multiple attorneys on a variety of assignments
- Organized, exceptional attention to detail, efficient, and collegial with a superb work ethic
- Works to anticipate client needs with a forward-thinking and solutions-oriented approach
- Robust legal research skills
- Desire to represent the Firm with integrity and professionalism
What is it like to work at Bailey Cavalieri?
Bailey Cavalieri values people and believes that your career should be meaningful. Our culture reflects the respect we have for each team member and the talent they bring to their position. We believe in education and advancement of our attorneys and the staff that support them. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package to help ensure that our team can focus on performing their best each day.
Qualified candidates should submit resumes to:
Becky Hartman bhartman@baileycav.com
Business Professionals
At Bailey Cavalieri, our business support professionals are central to the foundation of our success. We have a strong reputation for providing a respectful and supportive environment for our team members and, in turn, we have been rewarded with years of unwavering loyalty from our business professionals—many of whom have been with us for decades.
Our business professionals provide critical functions for attorneys and clients in the areas of accounting, marketing, information technology, office services, administrative services, and as paralegals and legal assistants, among other key roles.
Please check below to see any currently available positions (or check back here soon if none currently listed).
Summer Associate Program
Bailey Cavalieri’s summer associate program is designed to provide law students with a challenging and enjoyable experience. We give summer associates an opportunity to function as associate attorneys, work with attorneys in all substantive practice areas, and engage on meaningful projects. We provide dedicated mentorship and meaningful feedback to promote individual’s professional growth. And, because getting to know our summer associates is paramount, we set up many fun social events throughout the summer where we can engage with our summer associates beyond the workplace.
Because our Summer Associate program is our primary source for hiring new Associates, we are highly discerning during the recruitment process. We seek personable law students who excel academically and who have demonstrated a high level of personal achievement. If interested in a position for next summer, we welcome you to submit your resume with cover letter to Keith Little at klittle@baileycav.com.