Careers

Build Your Career With HeplerBroom

Join a team of exceptional legal professionals committed to excellence, collaboration, and making a meaningful impact for our clients and communities.

Find Your Path

Career Opportunities

Our success stems from employees who work together to deliver exceptional service, creative problem-solving, and sound judgment for our clients. We offer competitive benefits and professional development opportunities while maintaining our commitment to Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Diversity, Equality & Inclusion.

Attorney Opportunities

HeplerBroom seeks talented attorneys passionate about litigation and client service. We offer mentoring, continuing education, and diverse practice opportunities. Our associates gain hands-on experience early—including court appearances, depositions, and trial work—while working toward a 1,900-hour annual target with generous bonus incentives.

Professional & Support Staff

We believe our firm’s success is due in large part to our dedicated and talented support staff, including paralegals, legal secretaries, business support, and IT staff. We offer a variety of work opportunities in each of our locations, additional training to hone new skills and sharpen existing skills, and a team-oriented atmosphere.

Summer Associate Program

Looking for real-world legal experience between your 2nd and 3rd years of law school?

HeplerBroom’s Summer Associate Program is typically a 12-week experience introducing select law students to our practice, business model, and firm culture. Participants gain working knowledge of our firm, clients, and expectations while we evaluate them for associate attorney positions. We currently offer positions in St. Louis, Chicago, Edwardsville, and Springfield.

Where Excellence Meets Community

Our Culture & Values

At HeplerBroom, we’ve built a culture that values integrity, innovation, and inclusivity. Our attorneys and staff work in an environment that encourages collaboration, supports professional growth, and recognizes individual contributions.

Excellence

Delivering exceptional legal services and exceeding client expectations through rigorous analysis and strategic thinking.

Collaboration

Our team-oriented culture fosters knowledge sharing, mentorship, and collective problem-solving across all practice areas.

Continuous Learning

We invest in professional development and encourage everyone to stay at the forefront of legal developments.

Community

Giving back through pro bono work, community service, and supporting local organizations in our communities.

Compensation

HeplerBroom offers a competitive base salary, which is reviewed annually. The firm also has an associates’ bonus program, which pays bonuses throughout the year (based on billable goals) as well as a year-end discretionary bonus to reward non-billable contributions (such as extraordinary work quality, pro bono work, professional development, speaking engagements, and networking efforts).​

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Competitive Benefits

We believe in supporting our attorneys’ overall well-being and professional success. HeplerBroom provides a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance, ensuring you have the resources needed to thrive both personally and professionally.

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Skill-building Opportunities

HeplerBroom is committed to your continuous professional development and career advancement. We provide robust training programs, mentorship opportunities, and skill-building initiatives that help our attorneys develop expertise, expand their capabilities, and reach their full potential throughout their careers with the firm.

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Compensation

HeplerBroom offers a competitive base salary, which is reviewed annually. Professional and support staff are eligible for discretionary annual bonuses based on the employee’s contributions to the firm and the employee’s team.

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Competitive Benefits

Our professional and support staff are the backbone of our firm’s success. HeplerBroom offers a comprehensive benefits package that demonstrates our commitment to your well-being and recognizes the vital role you play in delivering exceptional service to our clients.

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How to Apply

HeplerBroom works closely with law school career centers to recruit for our Summer Associate Program. The firm participants in On-Campus Interview (OCI) days and posts openings through the schools’ student job boards.

How to Apply:

Check with your career center regarding OCI deadlines. Then,

Email questions to [email protected]
OR

Send your resume to [email protected]

Substantive Legal Experience

More than just a work experience, our Summer Associates have an intellectually stimulating and professionally rewarding summer. They rotate through several of our practice areas, giving them a chance to work with a variety of attorneys and fully explore the opportunities available at our firm. They attend trials, hearings, and depositions, and they write motions, briefs, pleadings, and deposition summaries. By the end of the summer, they’ve enjoyed a unique opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of our client base and the work environment they’d experience as full-time associates. (It’s also exciting to see our Summer Associates’ work put to real use with our clients!)

How to Apply:

Check with your career center regarding OCI deadlines. Then,

Email questions to [email protected]
OR

Send your resume to [email protected]

Attorney Mentors

Program participants are each assigned an attorney mentor, who is chosen after considering the Summer Associate’s skills, goals, experiences, and interests. The mentor provides the Summer Associate with general guidance and support, as well as advice on how to manage and complete work assignments. Mentors also provide information on many aspects of the firm.

How to Apply:

Check with your career center regarding OCI deadlines. Then,

Email questions to [email protected]
OR

Send your resume to [email protected]

Performance Evaluations

As Summer Associates rotate through practice areas, supervising partners within those practice areas manage each program participant’s work flow. Together, mentors, supervising partners, and the program coordinator introduce Summer Associates to HeplerBroom’s attorneys and staff, assign them substantive legal work, and make sure program participants receive diverse, interesting, and challenging assignments.

 

Summer associates receive both formal and informal feedback on their work performance. Formal evaluations are given at the end of each practice area rotation. These reviews are based on written evaluations by the attorneys for whom summer associates have worked. We also encourage our attorneys to give Summer Associates regular informal feedback as the program participants work on completing their assignments.

How to Apply:

Check with your career center regarding OCI deadlines. Then,

Email questions to [email protected]
OR

Send your resume to [email protected]

Social Activities

Throughout the summer, program participants have the opportunity to take part in social activities that allow them to meet our attorneys and staff in a more informal atmosphere. They also help support our pro bono and community service efforts. In addition, we coordinate activities for program participants to get together on their own.

How to Apply:

Check with your career center regarding OCI deadlines. Then,

Email questions to [email protected]
OR

Send your resume to [email protected]