Labor & Employment Associate Attorney
About The Position
These are management-side labor & employment attorney roles focused on employment litigation, counseling, wage & hour defense, PAGA litigation, workplace compliance, and employer advisory work. We are working with multiple law firms seeking Labor & Employment Attorneys across California, Colorado, and Nebraska. These opportunities range from associate-level litigation and counseling positions to senior attorneys handling sophisticated PAGA, class action, and employer defense matters. Practices include litigation, compliance counseling, wage & hour defense, workplace investigations, and employer advisory services.
Requirements
- Licensed attorneys (JD required)
- Active bar admission required in applicable jurisdiction
- Substantive labor & employment experience or strong litigation foundations
- Experience with employment litigation, counseling, motion practice, or discovery
- Comfortable advising employers and handling employment disputes
- Management-side labor & employment experience
- Experience with FEHA, Title VII, wage & hour disputes, and PAGA class actions
- Experience with wrongful termination, discrimination, compliance counseling, policy drafting, and administrative proceedings
- Experience with litigation involving ERISA, disability, life, health, long-term care, fraud, and employer-plan benefit disputes
- Experience with PAGA litigation, wage & hour audits, compliance counseling, and employment defense strategy
- Experience with discrimination, retaliation, wage & hour, and wrongful termination matters
Nice To Haves
- Candidates without litigation or counseling experience are not suitable
- Plaintiff-side employment attorneys are not suitable for defense-only roles
- Transactional-only attorneys are not suitable
- Candidates seeking low-responsibility support-only positions are not suitable
Responsibilities
- Employment litigation
- Counseling employers
- Wage & hour defense
- PAGA litigation
- Workplace compliance
- Employer advisory work
- Motion practice
- Discovery
- Depositions
- Arbitrations
- Workplace investigations
- Handling employment disputes
- Supervising associates
- Managing cases
- Handling substantive litigation responsibilities including pleadings, motions, discovery, depositions, and trial preparation
- Advising employers on California labor compliance
- Managing sophisticated class and representative actions
- Handling motions, depositions, discovery, hearings, and direct employer advisory work
Benefits
- Monthly profit-sharing compensation structure
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
