Careers

Strong Community

Throughout its 100-year history, Duane Morris has sought to build a community of preeminent attorneys dedicated to the highest standards of professional practice. Duane Morris is a full-service firm of more than 800 lawyers. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines. With offices in major markets in the United States and internationally, Duane Morris represents clients across the U.S. and around the world. Duane Morris is ranked 73 in the Am Law 100, a ranking of the most profitable law firms in the United States, published by The American Lawyer.

Duane Morris recruits lawyers and summer associates who have exhibited superior academic performance, integrity and the ability to assume responsibility.

The firm seeks individuals who lead and work well with others. We believe that balanced judgment, common sense, initiative and the capacity to confront and resolve a variety of situations are essential traits of a successful lawyer. In making employment decisions, we seek individuals who will inspire the confidence of our present and future clients and who will work with us to build our practice. We also recruit individuals who are able to effectively balance their professional commitments with outside interests and community activities.

Diverse and Versatile

Duane Morris is engaged in national and local efforts to support equal opportunity. We are committed to hiring people of diverse backgrounds and fully utilizing their talents to provide legal services of the highest quality. The firm endeavors to recruit diverse attorneys and to support their success and advancement within the firm.

We strive to foster understanding, communication and respect among all people in the firm and believe that we should capitalize on the strength emanating from the different backgrounds and experiences people bring to the firm. Drawing on the talents of all of the firm's personnel helps to create an optimum workplace, allowing Duane Morris to enter and serve varying markets and approach services to its clients more creatively. To help accomplish these goals, the firm has established a Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which works to enhance our recruitment, retention and advancement of attorneys from diverse backgrounds.

A versatile group of lawyers employing the newest technologies, a strong administrative infrastructure and an entrepreneurial approach to the practice of law allow Duane Morris to function effectively and cohesively in today's business world.

Accelerate Your Professional Development

Duane Morris offers exciting practice opportunities in traditional and evolving areas of the law, including expanding interdisciplinary practices in intellectual property, information technologies and telecom law, domestic and international energy law, water resources and endangered species law, international trade law and healthcare law. The diversity of our services, which includes nationally recognized practices such as bankruptcy, insurance, trial and healthcare, helps to ensure that Duane Morris thrives in a variety of economic climates. At Duane Morris, you will have the chance to:

• Develop a varied and interesting practice
• Represent clients in cutting-edge cases
• Interact with a diverse group of dedicated professionals

We will accelerate your professional development by encouraging you to assume responsibility for client matters and client development early in your career. We also enhance your skills and broaden the range of your capabilities through a comprehensive training program.

Duane Morris, one of the 100 largest U.S. law firms, was called one of the fastest growing by The National Law Journal. The Firm has tripled in the past two decades, and 129 partners have chosen to join Duane Morris in the past five years alone. We consistently attract top lawyers because of our diverse practice areas, targeted industry focus, collegial culture and strategic vision. We understand that you - today's leading attorneys - have a myriad of options, with your impeccable credentials and in-depth experience, and we welcome the occasion to introduce you to the opportunities at our firm.

When you join Duane Morris, you enter into an environment of common values - collaboration, collegiality and professionalism. Partners and associates thrive in this culture by building strong relationships with each other and with clients. In addition, the sophistication of our infrastructure affords our lawyers the ability to focus on practice capabilities and nurture our strategic positioning - both at home and abroad - to enhance our platform of multidisciplinary industry practices in sectors such as financial markets, energy, automotive, pharmaceutical/biotech and high-technology and telecommunications. The strength of our firm stems from the knowledge we have of our clients' businesses, resulting in vibrant and expanding practice groups, connected closely to both established and emerging industries.

Lawyers who join the firm contribute to and benefit from Duane Morris' "Many Voices, One Vision" philosophy, which includes:

• Collaborative cross-selling among integrated practice groups
• Focused, effective leadership from a strong management team
• Entrepreneurial and risk-averse emphasis
• Clearly defined and rigorously pursued strategies
• Targeted industry focus
• Broad and diverse service platform
• Commitment to investing in the growth of the firm
• Leader in nonlegal services businesses
• Emphasis on pro bono activities
• Professional excellence and uncompromised ethical service to clients
• Innovative contingent fee strategy

Please contact a member of our recruiting staff for more information.

Amee R. McKim
Director of Legal Recruitment
Email: armckim@duanemorris.com

Natalie M. Dorazio
Manager of Lateral Partner Recruitment
Email: ndorazio@duanemorris.com

Duane Morris is one of the leading places to work in the legal industry for associates to advance their legal careers. The firm was ranked in top 40 nationally in the most recent American Lawyer Associate Satisfaction Surveys. Over the past century, Duane Morris has earned a reputation for being innovative, creative and forward-thinking in both the practice and business of law. Our expansion within the last decade from a regional to a global law firm has strengthened this reputation, and we understand that our success lies in hiring new attorneys and promoting their professional growth.

The lawyers who excel at Duane Morris are talented, energetic attorneys with an entrepreneurial spirit who work together to support our unique culture of inclusiveness, congeniality and consensus. We consider our associates an investment in our future and, as such, are committed to providing them with the necessary tools to develop the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to the firm's continued success.

We invite you to explore what Duane Morris offers its associates, from comprehensive professional development programs to industry-leading support systems.

Please contact a member of our recruiting staff for more information.

Peggy Simoncini Pasquay
Assistant Director of Legal Recruitment and Relations
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
simoncini@duanemorris.com

If you are a candidate and would like to apply to any of these openings, please complete our online application. 

Search firm and agency submissions for active and open positions should be sent directly to Peggy Simoncini Pasquay at simoncini@duanemorris.com.

Benefits

Duane Morris places a strong emphasis on helping our attorneys manage both their professional and personal lives, regardless of their tenure with the firm. Duane Morris' health and leave benefits program is unilateral - as an associate you will enjoy the same treatment as the most senior partner. Additionally, Duane Morris has distinguished itself from other major firms by its philosophy on the importance of the quality and integrity of relationships among the people of the firm, a philosophy highlighted in a Harvard Business School case study.

"Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm"

The firm's business practices and culture were the subject of a Harvard Business School case study in 2006. The first such study on a major law firm in more than a decade and one of only a handful of law firm case studies in the Harvard Business School curriculum, the study details how we maintained our culture in the face of dramatic change - no matter how much we grow, we continue to place a high value on the diverse viewpoints of our colleagues, and maintain our consensus-based management style.

Duane Morris also understands the importance of developing and maintaining a healthy and productive work environment that balances professional responsibilities with personal obligations. We recognize that providing our attorneys the flexibility and assistance in their personal commitments translates into greater success in their careers and for the firm. We have formal, nationally recognized policies that help to ensure this balance. Duane Morris has been recognized both locally and nationally as a top firm for women and diverse attorneys. Philadelphia Magazine included Duane Morris as the only law firm in its list of the top 20 companies for professional women, and Working Mother recognized Duane Morris as one of the top 50 law firms for women. Our efforts at improving the recruitment of diverse attorneys were noted in the "2005 Vault/MCCA Guide to Law Firm Diversity Programs."

Professional Development

Duane Morris offers associates training, mentoring and practice opportunities that allow them to immediately begin advancing their careers.

Training

Incoming associates participate in an extensive orientation program specifically geared to their needs. Training sessions focus on both substantive and practical skills, and facilitate each associate's transition from an academic environment to the professional workplace. The orientation program also enables new lawyers to meet and learn from more experienced attorneys practicing throughout the firm.

The firm offers a training program that emphasizes the practical application of legal skills while developing core skills. Classes and sessions offered include:

• emerging developments in corporate, real estate, bankruptcy, tax, environmental, employment and labor law, and the impact of those developments on our clients,
• trial advocacy,
• the art of negotiation,
• professional responsibility,
• interviewing and listening skills,
• use of technology in the legal profession,
• effective writing and research skills,
• public speaking, and
• media relations.

Additionally, Duane Morris provides an in-depth strategic business development program for all associate levels, education that few law firms provide. Both partners and associates participate in the professional development program, enabling them to exchange ideas and to enhance their legal and interpersonal skills. Our lawyers also have the opportunity to attend and participate in educational conferences sponsored by bar and other trade associations across the country.

Mentoring

At Duane Morris, we believe a formal training and development program is complemented by a strong commitment on the part of senior lawyers to act as mentors to less experienced attorneys. Each associate is assigned a mentor in his or her practice area soon after arriving at the firm. Together, mentors and associates:

• prepare professional development plans outlining professional, client development and community involvement goals,
• review and schedule available Duane Morris training and activities,
• meet formally and informally on an ongoing basis, and
• once a year, jointly evaluate the associates' progress, revising and setting new goals for the coming year.

Our associates work with lawyers of diverse backgrounds, levels of experience, talents and interests. As they work together, associates naturally develop close relationships with their mentors and other senior lawyers who are able to guide them on work-related matters, professional activities, community service projects, pro bono opportunities and other extra-curricular activities. Associates have the opportunity to interact with exceptional individuals who have contributed significantly to the firm and the community at large. Many of these individuals are members of the firm's governing board and serve as role models to associates who aspire to their own positions of leadership and service.

Practice Opportunities

At Duane Morris, new associates are assigned to cases and work directly under the supervision of the partners involved. The Duane Morris Pro Bono program, designed to provide free legal services to those least able to afford them, gives associates the opportunity to manage cases early in their careers. Since its inception, associates have gained valuable corporate counseling, immigration and trial experience assisting low-income entrepreneurs, asylum applicants and children. In its inaugural year, an associate received the Duane Morris Pro Bono Award.

Additionally, associates are encouraged to collaborate with partners on articles for legal journals and other publications. Writing articles enhances our lawyers' understanding of the law and helps to advance their stature in the legal and business communities. Our attorneys contribute to a broad range of print and online publications. Our lawyers also participate in seminars and panel presentations for current and prospective clients as well as professional organizations and community groups. Many associates take the opportunity to enhance their public speaking skills by working with communications professionals before their presentations. These activities build confidence and skills critical to our associates' development as effective lawyers.

Diversity & Inclusion Committee/Women's Impact Network for Success (WINS)

Understanding the unique attributes diverse attorneys bring to the practice of law, Duane Morris is committed to recruiting, retaining, mentoring and promoting diverse attorneys. Also understanding there are unique issues that affect diverse attorneys, Duane Morris formed the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Women's Impact Network for Success (WINS) in order to provide forums and activities designed to bring together women and diverse attorneys throughout the firm and a place where experienced attorneys can mentor and enhance new attorneys' development through the exchange of ideas and experiences.

Administrative Support

The firm's primary goal in practice support is to enable the legal staff to quickly shift their efforts and valuable time from case administration and document and evidence management to substantive legal analysis, legal strategies and fact finding. Duane Morris garners national recognition for its commitment to practice support. Our Marketing and Business Development Department consistently has been named among the top-marketed firms by American Lawyer Media - taking top honors in 2006. Our season marketing professionals provide marketing and media strategies, client research and analysis, proposal and presentation support, writing services, multimedia and printed collateral development, and client relationship management services.

The firm's Information Services Department of more than 50 professionals is led by the firm's Chief Technology Officer, who was named 2007 IT Director of the Year by Law Technology News. Duane Morris' use of technology has been spotlighted in case studies on the websites of HP, Microsoft and AT&T, and has been written about in various business and technical publications. Additionally, ALM's 2007 Associate Technology Survey ranked Duane Morris in the top 17% of participating firms in terms of the overall quality of the firm's technology, how well associates felt they were trained, their estimation of the firm's technical support and how successfully they thought the firm deployed technology on behalf of its clients.

Please visit the links below to learn more about each position and apply.

For More Information

Please contact our recruiting staff for more information.

If you are a prospective lateral associate or counsel candidate and would like to apply to any of these active openings, please complete our online application. For non-posted attorney positions, please complete our online application to apply.

Law student applicants are encouraged to visit Law School Recruiting.

Search firm and agency submissions for active and open positions should be sent directly to Peggy Simoncini Pasquay at simoncini@duanemorris.com.

Peggy Simoncini Pasquay
Assistant Director of Legal Recruitment and Relations
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
Email: simoncini@duanemorris.com
+1 215 979 1161

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Duane Morris strives to attract the best law students and to offer the ideal environment for lawyers at the beginning of their professional lives. We endeavor to improve our Summer Associate Program each year to make Duane Morris a meaningful and valuable destination for summer associates. According to The American Lawyer’s annual Summer Associate Satisfaction Survey, Duane Morris is consistently ranked among the top firms in the nation for summer associate satisfaction.

Duane Morris offers interesting challenges to law students who participate in our summer program. We believe the program offers a realistic picture of our practice to aspiring attorneys who have an interest in sharing our goals and serving our clients. Our program balances challenging work assignments with constructive feedback, work-related activities outside the office and enjoyable social events.

Interesting Work Assignments

To introduce our summer associates to the breadth of our practice, each summer associate works on matters in many practice areas of the firm. Summer associates actively assist lawyers in current matters of importance to the firm, our clients and the community. Our summer associates learn how our lawyers work together to address client concerns and how their own work product contributes to the representation. They also have numerous opportunities to observe depositions, hearings, trials, client and board of directors meetings, negotiating sessions and closings.

A sampling of the work experiences of former summer associates includes:

• Preparing a draft of a patent application for a satellite technology product used in household situations
• Researching and drafting a memorandum on admissibility of photographs derived from concealed video surveillance equipment
• Attending client meetings and assisting in the preparation of the client's application to the SEC for authorization to conduct an initial public offering
• Researching corporate voting dispute issues and attending public stockholder meetings during which the research results were applied
• Assisting in preparation of briefs for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and attending the oral arguments

Special Training Programs

Our summer associates participate in an orientation program, ethics discussions, training sessions on intranet research systems, courses on legal theory skills, writing and taking depositions. Forms and other samples of written work product are provided to summer associates for their reference.

In the deposition training sessions, summer associates prepare by reviewing a videotape on taking a deposition, study the facts of a mock case and depose a witness who, along with the opposing counsel, is played by an associate of the firm. A court reporter records the proceedings and provides summer associates with a written transcript of the deposition. The summer associates also participate in a mock negotiation session. In this session, summer associates work in teams and negotiate a deal together and meet as a group for a lecture about negotiation skills.

Mentors

Each summer associate is assigned two mentors. An associate mentor oversees the pro bono project undertaken by the summer associate; a senior associate/senior partner mentor is responsible for closely involving the summer associate in a case or transaction. The summer associates also attend hearings, depositions, client meetings, client development activities and/or closings with their mentors and other Duane Morris attorneys.

Aside from these specific responsibilities, the mentors help introduce the summer associates to other lawyers in the firm and provide general guidance on any matter, whether or not related to particular work assignments.

Feedback

Summer associates receive informal feedback and evaluations of their work throughout the summer from the lawyers who assign them projects. In addition, to ensure that clear and helpful evaluations are communicated on a regular basis, the lawyers administering the summer program review the evaluations as they are submitted and periodically discuss with individual summer associates their work on particular projects as well as their progress generally. At the midpoint of the summer program, the hiring partner conducts individual reviews with each summer associate.

Duane Morris LLP appreciates your interest in our Firm and our 2025 Summer Program. 

We are committed to achieving yet another successful recruiting season for a fulfilling summer program as we have in all our past years.

Duane Morris offices hosting a 2025 Summer Program

Chicago: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

Dallas/Fort Worth: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

Miami/Boca Raton: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

New York: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

Philadelphia: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

San Diego: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

San Francisco: Recruiting for 2025 is completed for this location.

2024/2025 Law School Recruiting Schedule

NALP Forms

The National Association for Law Placement, Inc. (NALP) serves as the premier source of information for legal career planning and recruitment. The NALP Form provides job seekers with basic information about our firm and hiring practices.

Duane Morris is pleased to provide the Philadelphia and multi-office NALP statistics for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Duane Morris’ dedicated professional and administrative support staff provides the technological and administrative infrastructure for the firm. The day-to-day activities of our staff are at the foundation of the firm’s success. The underlying values of teamwork, commitment and service demonstrated every day are not only shared by our entire staff, but they also mirror the seamless, high-quality legal services that our lawyers deliver to the firm’s clients.

More than 650 professional and administrative employees at Duane Morris focus on a variety of disciplines, including accounting, facilities, human resources, information services, legal recruiting, library services, marketing and communications, and office and secretarial services.

Current Opportunities

Please visit the links below to learn more about each position and apply.

We encourage you to contact us if you are interested in contributing to the success of Duane Morris.

For More Information

Please contact our recruiting staff for more information.

Chanel Bell
Director of Human Resources
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
Email: cnbell@duanemorris.com

Prospective candidates, please complete our employment application. 

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The Tax Accounting Group (TAG) was the first ancillary practice of Duane Morris LLP and is one of the largest tax, accounting and litigation consulting groups affiliated with any law firm in the United States. TAG has an active and diverse practice with over 60 service lines in more than 45 industries, and serves clients in every U.S. state and 25 foreign countries. TAG's certified public accountants, certified fraud examiners, chartered financial analysts, financial consultants and advisors provide a broad range of cost-effective tax preparation, planning and consulting services as well as accounting, financial and management advisory services to individuals, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts and nonprofit organizations.

CPAs, please visit the TAG website to learn more about careers with TAG.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of this firm as a responsible member of the business and legal community to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion and other conditions of employment without regard to person's sex/gender, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, familial status, civil union or domestic partner status, nationality or national origin, ancestry, citizenship, immigrant status, military status, veteran status, handicap, physical or mental disability, use of a trained service animal, medical condition, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, victim of domestic violence crime, sexual assault or stalking or membership in any "protected group" under federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all conditions of employment including but not limited to recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, promotion, training, compensation, benefits and termination. A more detailed statement of our firm's policy is set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity and Harassment Prevention Policy.

All decisions regarding conditions of employment must be based on the individual's overall qualifications and his or her ability to meet the requirements of the position. Employees with disabilities will be provided with reasonable accommodation, except where such accommodation would cause the firm undue hardship. We invite employees with disabilities which require reasonable accommodation to inform the Director of Legal Recruitment and Development or Human Resources of their need for such reasonable accommodation and to make suggestions as to possible accommodation. The firm will use its utmost discretion in keeping such information confidential and shall disseminate such information on a "need to know" basis only.

California Job Applicant Privacy Notice

What is the purpose of this document?

This California Job Applicant Privacy Notice (the "Notice";) for Duane Morris LLP ("Duane Morris";"we"; or "our";), describes how Duane Morris may collect, use and disclose Personal Information about job applicants ("Covered Individuals" or "you"). This Notice only applies to Covered Individuals who are residents of California. This Notice supplements any other privacy notices and is not intended to override them.

For the purposes of this Notice, "Personal Information"; means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to any individual or a household. Any other terms used not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the "CCPA").

This Notice Describes:

• Personal Information We Collect
• How and From Whom We Collect Your Personal Information
• How We Use Your Personal Information
• How We Disclose Your Personal Information
• Retention of Your Personal Information
• Third Party Websites and Features
• Your Privacy Rights
• Changes to the Notice
• Questions About This Notice

Personal Information We Collect

Duane Morris collects (and may have collected in the past twelve (12) months) the following categories of Personal Information that identifies, relates to or is capable of being associated with you, your household or your device(s) during the application process with Duane Morris:

• Identifiers and contact information, such as your name, signature, alias, postal address, email address, phone number, emergency contact information, date of birth, nationality, Social Security number or equivalent national identification number, driver's license, California state identification card, passport number or other government issued identification card, tax identification number, online or device identifiers (such as your Internet Protocol address, device ID, browser type, internet service provider, operating system and platform) and other similar identifiers.
• Personal Information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)), such as signature, physical characteristics or description, state identification number, education information, bank account number, and other financial information.
• Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as age (40 years or older), race, sex/gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran information, citizenship, or health condition.
• Professional or employment-related information:

• Talent management and recruitment information, such as your resume, education details and qualifications, professional certifications, prior work experience, historical compensation details, career interests, and other information provided in your job application; and
• Post-offer criminal background information, such as any criminal history, revealing felony, misdemeanor, sex offender, probation, and other federal, state and county criminal offense records.

• Education information, such as your education and training background and information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99). 
• Internet and other electronic network activity information, such as information regarding your interaction with our websites (e.g., browsing history, search history and your usage information, including information such as account name, access times, and content viewed) and information about your use of our network, including your IP address and device identifiers, if you use our network while visiting Duane Morris' offices.
• Geolocation data, such as the approximate location of the device you are using to interact with us online.
• Sensory information, such as electronic, audio and visual information, including photographs for identification or security purposes, video and call recordings and security camera footage.
• Inferences drawn from any of the information above to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

Sensitive Personal Information

We collect certain Personal Information that may be considered "Sensitive Personal Information" under the CCPA, such as driver's license, state identification card, passport, or other government issued identification card, social security numbers, race or ethnic origin, and health information. We do not use or disclose (and have not used or disclosed in the past twelve (12) months) Sensitive Personal Information for any purposes other than the purposes permitted under the CCPA. We use and disclose Sensitive Personal Information only as necessary and for the following purposes: (i) to process your application for employment, (ii) to comply with the law, and (iii) for business purposes reasonably expected within the scope of your relationship with us, including, without limitation, to comply with applicable rules of professional conduct, regulations and other obligations and practices in connection with Duane Morris' provision of services to clients. Duane Morris does not collect or use Sensitive Personal Information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.

How and From Whom We Collect Your Personal Information

We collect (and may have collected in the past twelve (12) months) the categories of Personal Information above from a variety of sources and methods. This includes:

Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us

We collect Personal Information from you that you voluntarily provide to us as an applicant. 

Information We Create in Connection with Your Relationship with Us

We create certain Personal Information during the course of your relationship with us such as evaluations of your job application and interviews and documentation of our evaluations and interactions.

Information We May Collect When You Use Our Network

We may collect Personal Information about your use of our network if you use our network while visiting Duane Morris' offices. 

Information We Collect Automatically When You Use Our Website or Communicate with Us

Automated technologies or interactions. If you are a job applicant applying for a position through one of our websites or other digital platforms, we collect and store certain Personal Information about you by automated means, using tracking technologies, such as cookies. Cookies are small data files that websites send to your computer or device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. We use tracking technologies on our websites to better understand how users use our websites. We or our service providers may receive certain device and usage information when you interact with our websites, such as your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data (information regarding your interactions with our websites, such as how long you use our websites, the pages or content you see or click during your visit, any search terms you may enter, etc.). We may also use tracking technologies to enhance and customize your experience (such as storing your username so you can log in easily or keeping you logged in after you provided your password). If you prefer, you can choose to have your browser warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off cookies by adjusting your browser settings. If you turn off your cookies, some of the features of our websites may not function properly. When you access and use our websites from your mobile devices, we receive data from that mobile device.  This may include your device ID, location data, IP address and device type.  You may manage how your mobile device and mobile browser share location information with us, as well as how your mobile browser handles cookies and related technologies by adjusting your mobile device privacy and security settings.  Please refer to instructions provided by your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of your device to learn how to adjust your settings.

Google Analytics is one of the tracking technologies we use to better understand our website visitors.  These cookies collect certain Personal Information about you, such as the device and usage information described above. Based on this information, Google Analytics compiles data about website traffic and interactions, which we use to offer better user experiences and tools in the future.  For more information on Google Analytics, visit https://support.google.com/analytics.

Your "Do Not Track" Browser Setting.  Some web browsers incorporate a "Do Not Track"; feature (DNT) that signals to the websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. For more information about DNT signals, please visit http://allaboutdnt.com.  Our websites do not currently respond to web browser DNT signals.

Information We Collect From Third Parties

Service Providers.  We collect certain Personal Information about you from service providers who provide services on our behalf, including where we operate accounts on third-party platforms, such as human capital management (HCM) platforms, communications and video conference providers, and other software and technology providers.

We may also collect certain Personal Information about you from service providers who provide services to Duane Morris, such as our data analytics provider, Google Analytics as described above.  We also may collect Personal Information from service providers that provide background check services or employee eligibility verification providers.

Publicly Available Information. We may collect certain Personal Information about you from publicly available sources, such as your social media posts, comments, content, and any information that accompanies those posts, such as your name, username, your likes or preferences or profile picture, subject to your privacy settings on these platforms and/or websites.

Other Third Parties. We may collect certain Personal Information from other third parties, such as when you direct us to reach out to your employment references or previous employers.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Duane Morris uses (and may have used in the past twelve (12) months) Personal Information we collect about you, for purposes of carrying out and supporting human resources functions and activities, as described below, and other purposes related to Duane Morris' ongoing business operations. These purposes include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Talent management and recruiting purposes:

• Making a decision about your recruitment or appointment;
• To assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for the work or role for which you are applying;
• To carry out background and reference checks, where applicable;
• To communicate with you about the recruitment process;
• Determining the terms on which you work for us; and
• Confirming you are legally entitled to work in the United States.

• To manage our business operations and ensure business continuity:

• Business management, development, and planning, including accounting and auditing;
• To facilitate administrative functions, including, but not limited to, risk management and insurance functions, budgeting, financial management and reporting, strategic planning, and the maintenance of licenses, permits and authorizations applicable to the Duane Morris' business operations;
• Complying with health and safety obligations;
• To detect and prevent fraud or attempted theft or fraud; and
• To perform services, including maintaining or servicing accounts, processing transactions, verifying Covered Individuals’ information, providing analytic services, storage services, technical support and other similar services

• To protect our interest and/or comply with our legal obligations:

• Equal opportunities monitoring;
• Auditing, including auditing compliance;
• To exercise Duane Morris' rights and obligations under applicable law, regulation or applicable rules of professional conduct and to support any claim, defense, or declaration in a case, claim or threatened claim or before a legal and/or administrative authority (including regarding compliance with subpoenas, discovery requests and other legal process), arbitration, or mediation panel; and
• To meet legal and regulatory requirements including discovery in litigation involving Duane Morris or affiliated companies.

• To operate, manage, and ensure the security and integrity of our systems:

• To monitor your use of and activities on our network (if you visit Duane Morris' offices and use our network) to ensure compliance with our policies and with our obligations under applicable law, rules of professional conduct and other regulations or practices applicable to our business;
• To ensure network and information security, including preventing unauthorised access to our computer and electronic communications systems and preventing malicious software distribution; and
• We may at times conduct surveys or test features of our systems and services to analyze the collected information to develop, maintain, measure and improve our systems and services.

How We Disclose Your Personal Information

We may disclose (and may have disclosed in the past twelve (12) months) the categories of Personal Information we list in this Notice to the following categories of recipients for Business Purposes:

• Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We may share Personal Information with our subsidiaries and other companies affiliated with, owned by or controlled by Duane Morris, who may use the Personal Information for the purposes described in this Notice.
• Service Providers. We may use third-party service providers to perform certain business services for us or on our behalf and may disclose Personal Information to such service providers as needed for them to perform these business services. These service providers are only allowed to use, disclose or retain the Personal Information to provide these services and are prohibited from using such information for other purposes. Examples of such service providers include, but are not limited to, human capital management (HCM) platforms, employment, background check and employee eligibility providers, communications and video conference providers, communications and systems management service providers, data monitoring and information gathering/processing and other software and technology providers. 
• Professional Services Providers. We engage third parties who provide professional services for us such as attorneys, auditors and consultants with whom we may need to share your Personal Information in connection with such services.
• Government Authorities. Subject to applicable law, we may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process, such as a subpoena; (ii) in response to requests by government entities, such as law enforcement authorities; (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical, financial or other harm, injury or loss; or (iv) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual unlawful activity.
• Other Third Parties. We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties at your direction. We also may disclose your Personal Information to third parties in the event we sell or transfer (or contemplate the sale or transfer of) all or portions of our business or assets or in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization, divestiture, dissolution or liquidation of our business ("Business Transactions"). In the event of such Business Transactions, such third parties may use your Personal Information in the same way as set out in this Notice.

We may aggregate and/or de-identify your Personal Information such that it is no longer able to be linked to you or your device(s).  This Notice does not limit our ability to use or disclose such aggregated or de-identified information, which we may disclose in our sole discretion. To the extent we process any aggregated and/or de-identified information, we will maintain and use such information in aggregated and/or de-identified form and will not attempt to re-identify the information, unless permitted by applicable law.

Personal Information Sold or Shared

We do not Sell or Share and have not Sold or Shared any Personal Information in the past twelve (12) months.  We do not have any actual knowledge of Selling or Sharing Personal Information of minors under 16 years of age.

Retention of Your Personal Information

We retain your Personal Information as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and to comply with applicable laws and regulations.  We consider the following criteria when determining how long to retain Personal Information: why we collected the Personal Information, the nature of the Personal Information, the sensitivity of the Personal Information, our legal obligations related to the Personal Information (including any applicable statutes of limitations and records retention requirements), and the risks associated with retaining the Personal Information.

Third Party Websites and Features.

Duane Morris may include links to other websites, widgets, or other third-party features on our websites, and we may also contract with third party service providers that operate their own websites and online platforms on which you may need to create an account ("Third-Party Sites"). Duane Morris does not control any Third-Party Sites and is not responsible for any information they may collect. The information collection practices of a Third-Party Site are governed by its privacy policy. It is your choice to enter any Third-Party Site. We recommend that you read its privacy policy if you choose to do so.

Your Privacy Rights

The CCPA, subject to certain exceptions, provides California residents with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

• Access Right: You have the right to request, no more than twice in any 12-month period, disclosure of the following information:

• Categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
• Categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information about you.
• Our Business or commercial purpose for collecting, disclosing, Selling or Sharing your Personal Information.
• Categories of Personal Information we have Sold, Shared or disclosed to third parties.
• Categories of third parties with whom such Personal Information was Sold, Shared or disclosed.
• Specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you.

• Correction Right: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information about you.
• Deletion Right: You have the right to request that we delete the Personal Information we collected from you.
• Opt-out of Sale or Share: You have the right to opt-out the Selling or Sharing of your Personal Information with third parties. As noted above, we do not Sell or Share your Personal Information.
• Right to Limit the Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to request that we limit the use and disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information for any purpose other than the permitted purposes set forth in the CCPA if such Sensitive Personal Information is used to makes inferences about you. Our use and disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information is limited to the permitted purposes set forth in the CCPA, and we do not use any Sensitive Personal Information to make inferences about you. 

Access, Correction, Deletion Requests: Requests to exercise your access, correction or deletion rights can be submitted by emailing privacy@duanemorris.com, calling our toll-free number (844) 951-2348 or by contacting the Human Resources department if you are a current employee.  Only you, or a person authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your Personal Information. Except where you have provided an agent with a Power of Attorney pursuant to Sections 4000 – 4465 of the California Probate Code, when using an authorized agent you must: (1) provide the agent with signed permission clearly describing their authority to make a request on your behalf; (2) verify your own identity; and (2) directly confirm that you have provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request. That agent must also be able to verify their identity with us and provide us with their authority to act on your behalf.

The request initiated by you or your authorized agent must:

• Include your full legal name, email, and phone number, which we will need to contact you in order to verify that you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative.
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you. Making a verifiable request does not require you to create an account with us. One of our representatives will contact you in order to verify your identity. You may need to provide additional information in order to verify your request. Depending on the nature of the request, we may require additional verification actions be taken, including but not limited to providing a signed declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the person whose Personal Information is the subject of the request. We will only use this information to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.

Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will review your request to see if an exception applies. For example, we may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

• Engage in employment or recruitment related activities and take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our relationship with you.
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
• Exercise a right provided for by law.
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.).
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with expectations based on your relationship with us.
• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded.

The CCPA provides the right to be free from discrimination if you choose to exercise your rights under the statute, and we will not retaliate against you for the exercise of your rights.

Changes to the Notice

We may modify or update this Notice from time to time. We encourage you to revisit this page often to remain fully informed of our Notice or you can contact us at any time to obtain the latest copy of this Notice.

Questions About This Notice

If you have any questions or concerns about this Notice, please contact Chanel Bell, Director of Human Resources, 215.979.1226, CNBell@duanemorris.com.

Last Updated: November 20, 2024

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Partners

Amee R. McKim
Director of Legal Recruitment
Email: armckim@duanemorris.com

Natalie M. Dorazio
Manager of Lateral Partner Recruitment
Email: ndorazio@duanemorris.com

Lateral Associates

Peggy Simoncini Pasquay
Assistant Director of Legal Recruitment and Relations
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
+1 215 979 1161
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Law School Recruiting

Marianna Del Raso
Legal Recruitment Specialist
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
+1 215 979 1216

Meagan K. McGovern
Legal Recruitment Specialist
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
+1 215 979 1234

Professional Staff Positions

Chanel Bell
Director of Human Resources
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
+1 215 979 1226