Hogan Lovells U.S. Careers

Our work

Practice areas

• Antitrust, competition, and economic regulation
• Business and finance, with particular emphasis on venture capital finance, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic transactions for media and entertainment companies
• Consumer class action litigation
• Corporate governance
• Entertainment
• Labor and employment
• Litigation
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Mortgage banking litigation
• Motor vehicle franchise law
• Privacy
• Real estate
• Regulatory, including FDA, environmental, employment, and antitrust
• Renewable energy
• Securities
• Telecommunications, media, and entertainment

Significant clients

• Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
• AEG
• DineEquity, Inc.
• Dow Jones
• Encore Capital Group, Inc.
• Fox Networks Group
• Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
• NDS Group
• News Corporation
• Provident Funding Associates, L.P.
• The Walt Disney Company

Read more about our work in Los Angeles

Summer program

Size and program duration

We expect to have 2-3 summer associates in 2012. While there is some flexibility in the summer associates' start and end dates, most summer associates will generally join the Los Angeles office in May and finish in late July.

Assignments and training

Summer associates will have exposure to a wide range of assignments and direct involvement in cases. They attend monthly training seminars with the lawyers and have the opportunity to attend hearings, depositions, and closings.

Social events

Los Angeles has a rich, diverse mixture of all types of cultural and sporting events, from tours of the world famous Getty Museum to Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball. Our Los Angeles office offers a mix of social events to provide summer associates with the opportunity to get to know our lawyers (as well as other summer associates) outside of the work environment and to get to know Los Angeles. Social events include a Santa Barbara wine trip, progressive dinner, Sushi Making class, Hiking Yoga, dinner at a partner’s home, and happy hours.

Billable hours

The number of minimum billable hours is 1950. Credit is given for up to 100 pro bono hours.

Pro bono commitment

All Hogan Lovells lawyers and summer associates are encouraged to become involved in legal representation in the public interest. The firm's Pro Bono practice has handled hundreds of matters in recent years, including high-profile “impact cases” of national importance.

Lawyers in the Los Angeles office have worked on national projects as well as on more local projects with organizations such as Public Counsel and Bet Tzedek. Examples of recent pro bono projects handled by lawyers in the Los Angeles office include:

• The Los Angeles office is very involved with the Special Education Program at the Alliance for Children’s Rights. We joined with the Alliance to help children with disabilities access appropriate educational placements and support services. A number of attorneys in the office have had the opportunity to represent children in obtaining Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
• We are working with a local, volunteer child literacy organization in connection with corporate formation, governance, and nonprofit qualification matters. Our client partners with local schools where volunteers supervise after school programs in which students are paired together and develop reading skills in a team-based format.
• Los Angeles attorneys secured a victory for a pro bono client who was seeking asylum. Our client sought asylum after speaking out against the government in the Central African Republic. The USCIS initially notified the firm of its intent to deny the request for asylum. After the firm was given a chance to provide rebuttal argument to the notice of intent to deny, the rebuttal was successful and our client was allowed to remain in the United States.
• In working with Public Counsel on their Early Care & Education Project, we filed suit against the City of Vista, California, challenging an ordinance relating to large family day care homes. The ordinance made it difficult and expensive for a child care provider to open and operate a family day care home, depriving working families in Vista of the option of having their children cared for in a home setting. In order to settle the suit, the City Council of Vista adopted a revised ordinance and paid attorney’s fees to Public Counsel.
• We are working with LAFLA’s Domestic Violence Clinic to provide legal assistance and direct representation to victims of spousal abuse, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking to help them obtain restraining orders, child paternity and custody, child support, and dissolution of marriage.  As advocates, our lawyers collaborate with shelters, community-based and faith-based organizations, and law enforcement to help victims achieve economic viability and positive long-term outcomes.

Community outreach

The Los Angeles office has a strong commitment to community service. Our lawyers and staff actively volunteer for a spectrum of community and charitable organizations including Public Counsel, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Chrysalis, and the American Heart Association.