Los Angeles Opportunities
Labor & Employment Associates
Labor & Employment Associates
Our clients are looking for top corporate associates with 2 to 7+ years of experience with management-side practices that focus on at least one of these areas: employment litigation and counseling, wage and hour class actions, trade secrets, single plaintiff, wrongful termination, harassment, or traditional labor.
Associates who want to relocate to California will be considered as long as they are with prestigious firms currently, even if they need to take the California bar.
Representative Opportunities for Labor & Employment Associates
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Join the growing Los Angeles office of one of California’s premier AmLaw 100 firms. Ideal associate candidates will have 4+ years of experience, and Counsel candidates will have 8+ years of experience. You will be advising employers (including and especially early and mid-stage start-up companies) on a wide variety of employment law issues, including, but not limited to, wage/hour, terminations, reductions in force, leaves of absence, workplace investigations and worker classification assessments, and preparation or review of employment agreements and policies, including offer letters, handbooks, compensation plans and separation agreements. Strong litigation skills, including experience managing single plaintiff as well as complex cases, are required. Contact us
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One of Los Angeles’ top law firms, known for its entertainment clients, is seeking a 3-5 year associate with experience and/or interest in both employment litigation and counseling. Prior experience and emphasis exclusively or predominantly in the area of civil employment law (as opposed to union work or employment with governmental entities) is desired. Contact us
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National labor and employment law firm seeks associates with 2+ years of traditional labor law experience, including client counseling on labor relations and law, research and writing projects, grievance arbitration, collective bargaining and union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the National Labor Relations Board. Employment litigation experience is a plus. Contact us
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The ideal candidate will have top academic credentials with 5 - 8 years of experience in: Advising on employment aspects of M&A transactions. Providing high-level counsel to clients on employment law compliance issues. Litigating Trade secret/employee mobility, whistleblower (SOX, Dodd Frank), and high stakes single plaintiff employment actions. Defending against complex employment actions in state and federal court, including pay equity class actions. Contact us
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Our client is a group of dynamic advocates for employees and civil rights plaintiffs. The firm is comprised primarily of former BigLaw attorneys who pivoted from defense-side litigation practices. Our client is looking to add an associate and they will consider litigators with all levels of litigation experience-- junior to senior level. While they would prefer candidates with prior employment experience, including defense-side experience, they will consider candidates who are finishing a judicial clerkship, or who gained employment litigation experience during a law school clinic. You can work mostly remote, depending on your level of litigation experience. The firm has offices in Northern and Southern California. More than half of their lawyers are women, people of color, and/or members of the LGBTQ community. CA bar required. Contact us
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The list above is a representative list of select opportunities, it’s by no means exhaustive. Our clients are comprised of Am Law 100 and 200 law firms, corporations, regional, midsize, and boutique law firms. We place partners, counsels, associates, and groups of attorneys. Although the majority of our placements are in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and Sacramento, many of our clients are adding associates across the country. The pandemic has been a door-opener! Get in touch to find your dream job.
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