Labor & Employment Associate New York, New York $230,000 – $265,000 + bonus The Opportunity A leading national law firm is seeking a Mid-Level Labor & Employment Associate to join its New
The Opportunity
Labor & Employment Associate
New York, New York
$230,000 – $265,000 + bonus
The Opportunity
A leading national law firm is seeking a Mid-Level Labor & Employment Associate to join its New York office.
The successful attorney will join an established employer-side practice representing businesses across sophisticated employment litigation, wage-and-hour disputes, class and collective actions, restrictive covenant matters and workplace issues.
This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney with a solid employment litigation foundation who is looking to take greater ownership of matters while working directly with experienced partners and national clients.
The Role
The attorney will advise and represent employers across matters including:
- Employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims.
- Wage-and-hour disputes.
- Class and collective actions.
- Restrictive covenant and non-compete matters.
- Trade secret and employee-mobility disputes.
- Wrongful termination and employment-related contract claims.
- Drafting pleadings and substantive motions.
- Managing written and electronic discovery.
- Taking and defending depositions.
- Preparing matters for hearings, arbitration and trial.
- Representing employers before administrative agencies.
- Advising clients on litigation strategy.
- Providing practical employment counseling.
- Working directly with HR teams, management and in-house counsel.
The Candidate
Candidates should have:
- 3–5 years of substantive Labor & Employment experience.
- Employer-side experience strongly preferred.
- Significant employment litigation experience.
- Experience drafting substantive motions and briefs.
- Experience managing discovery.
- Deposition experience.
- Exposure to wage-and-hour or class/collective actions would be advantageous.
- Strong legal research and writing skills.
- Excellent client-facing communication skills.
- Ability to manage matters with increasing independence.
- A JD from an accredited US law school.
- Active New York Bar admission.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- $230,000 – $265,000 base salary.
- Bonus opportunity.
- Established national Labor & Employment platform.
- Sophisticated employer-side client base.
- Exposure to individual and class/collective litigation.
- Significant substantive drafting responsibility.
- Direct client interaction.
- Strong professional development and lateral integration.
- Opportunity to develop a long-term specialist employment practice.