Why Join Dykema?
Dykema has joined the ABA’s Well-Being Pledge, designed to support lawyer well-being and address the profession’s troubling rates of alcohol and other substance-use disorders, as well as mental health issues.
As a signatory of the ABA’s Well-Being Pledge, Dykema is committed to the overall health and well-being of our members and employees. We invest in programs and resources that support our members and employees, and their families, in their whole life.
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We are focused on delivering outstanding results and we strive, at every level, to develop relationships with our clients built on trust and mutual respect. Unparalleled client service is at the heart of our approach to the practice of law. That focus has been a cornerstone of our success for the past 95 years.
We hire the best and the brightest talents and instill in all a commitment to our clients’ satisfaction and the achievement of their business and legal goals.
Partners and Senior Counsel
Dykema does not accept unsolicited submissions for lateral member or senior counsel candidates from search firms (even if we have a contract in place). Search firms may request approval for a submission by emailing a blind summary of candidate to the appropriate Legal Recruiting Department contacts listed below with a request to engage. Applications submitted to our online application system by search agencies will not be accepted.
Submissions by search firms to any person(s) other than to the indicated Legal Recruiting Department contacts, including hiring attorneys or other firm attorneys, will not constitute acceptance of candidate or contact.
For All Offices:
- Mary Beth Walsh, Senior Director, Legal Recruiting & Development
- April Booth, Manager Legal Recruiting & Paralegals
Member Hiring Attorneys:
- Christopher Kratovil, Lateral Recruiting Member
- Michael Wippler, Lateral Recruiting Member
Associates and Staff Attorneys
Dykema does not accept unsolicited submissions for associate or staff attorney candidates from search firms (even if we have a contract in place). Search firms may request approval for a submission by emailing a blind summary of candidate to the appropriate Legal Recruiting Department contacts listed below with a request to engage. Applications submitted to our online application system by search agencies will not be accepted. Our posted positions will also indicate if we are or are not accepting recruiter submissions.
Submissions by search firms to any person(s) other than to the indicated Legal Recruiting Department contacts, including hiring attorneys or other firm attorneys, will not constitute acceptance of candidate or contact.
For All Offices:
- April Booth, Manager, Legal Recruiting & Paralegals
- Nina Ivey, Lateral Recruiting Specialist
- Karina Portillo, Recruiting and Development Coordinator
Associate Hiring Attorneys:
- Lisa Brown, Firmwide Associate Hiring Member
- Sean Buckley, Dallas Hiring Member
- Denise Drake, San Antonio Hiring Member
- Todd Schebor, Michigan Hiring Member
- Anda Tatoiu, Chicago Hiring Member
Dykema’s summer associate program provides law students with the opportunity to experience the practice of law at our Firm through our summer associate program. Participants receive a detailed, realistic view of the firm, its practices, its clients, its lawyers and the social and cultural aspects of the communities in which our offices are located.
Paralegals
Submissions by search agencies to any person(s) other than Legal Recruiting Department staff, including hiring attorneys or other firm attorneys, will not constitute acceptance of candidate or contact.
- April Booth, Manager, Legal Recruiting & Paralegals
It is the Firm’s policy to provide employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis without regard to the individual’s age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, domestic partner relationship, physical characteristics, disability, or other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances.
Dykema will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the known disabilities of employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential functions of the jobs involved.
It is the responsibility of every individual concerned with personnel actions, including management, supervision, recruiting, compensation, benefits, promotions, work assignments and training, to ensure that these activities are administered consistent with the Firm’s goal of furthering the principle of equal employment opportunity.
Dykema complies with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required verification document upon hire.
