Mid-Level Litigation Associate

MID-LEVEL LITIGATION ASSOCIATE

Employment Litigation & Counseling

Locations: San Francisco, CA Newport Beach, CA West Palm Beach, FL

Experience: 3–6 Years

Role Focus

This role is specifically focused on employment litigation and employment counseling. The attorney

may represent both employers and employees and should be comfortable with litigation as well as

employment-related advice.

Key Practice Areas

• Employment discrimination

• Retaliation

• Wrongful termination

• Harassment

• Wage and hour litigation

• Class and representative actions

• Executive disputes

• Compensation and equity disputes

• Separation agreements

• Restrictive covenants

• Trade secrets

• Unfair competition

• Employment arbitration

• Administrative proceedings

• Employer and employee counseling

Key Responsibilities

• Manage employment litigation matters.

• Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, discovery, and briefs.

• Conduct and defend depositions.

• Appear at hearings, mediations, and settlement conferences.

• Provide litigation and pre-litigation advice.

• Conduct workplace investigations.

• Advise on compliance, discipline, termination, wage practices, and policies.

• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel, and agencies.

Must-Have

• 3–6 years employment litigation experience.

• State and/or federal court experience.

• Dispositive motion experience.

• Discovery management experience.

• Knowledge of California employment law and civil procedure.

• California Bar admission or ability to obtain admission promptly.

Preferred

• Both plaintiff-side and defense-side experience.

• Wage & hour experience.

• Employment arbitration.

• Workplace investigations.

• Employer counseling.