Class Action Counsel, Case Evaluation (Remote)

Responsibilities

• Partner with the local trial team to conduct the fact investigation, damages analysis, and case assessment for class, collective, and representative actions, including PAGA matters.
• Drafting answers, corporate disclosures, and initial disclosures in various jurisdictions.
• Analyzing potential for removal, including damages calculation under the Class Action Fairness Act and preparing removal documents.
• Preparing a full evaluation of the case based on the needs of the client and trial team, including an assessment of the client’s wage and hour and/or other employment policies and practices, analysis of the claims at issue in the case, analysis of data to support the case evaluation and exposure analysis, and the defenses in the matter.
• Providing sufficient information and analysis of their matters to allow remaining members of the case teams to transition efficiently into discovery, preparation for mediation, brief writing, and/or subsequent phases of the case.
• Participating in remaining litigation as needed, including providing support related to class certification and settlement.

Qualifications

• The ability to discern practical and well-founded options for the effective defense of class, collective, and representative actions in wage and hour litigation, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California Labor Code (including PAGA actions), and/or other applicable state laws.
• California wage and hour experience strongly preferred.
• The ability to work with the data analytics team to develop damages modeling and an exposure assessment for class, collective, and representative actions, including experience with Excel.
• A minimum of 6 years of legal experience in wage and hour and class, collective, and/or representative actions and issues, including hands-on experience being responsible for cases through their entire life cycle.
• The ability to focus on the most relevant and important aspects of a case and to develop work product while simultaneously conducting the investigation and analysis of the case.
• An active bar license in the candidate's state of residence. California bar license preferred.

About Littler

Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice in the world exclusively devoted to representing management. With more than 1,900 attorneys in over 100 offices worldwide, Littler serves as the single source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 75 years. Littler’s unparalleled commitment to labor and employment law helps clients navigate a complex business world with nuanced legal issues—building better solutions for clients’ toughest challenges. With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, Littler is fully focused on its clients. With a diverse team of the brightest minds, Littler fosters a culture that celebrates original thinking. And with powerful proprietary technology, Littler disrupts the status quo—delivering bold, groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers not just for what’s happening today, but for what’s likely to happen tomorrow.

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working at least a 50% schedule. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program. For more information about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

Contact Information

For more information about our firm visit: www.littler.com.
For inquiries regarding this opportunity, please e-mail Jonathan Arnold at joarnold@littler.com with the job title in the subject line.
Littler Mendelson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Counsel in this role are entrusted with the protection of highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial and/or proprietary information related to our clients and the Firm's internal operations, in strict compliance with Firm policies and ethical standards. Given the nature of this role, Counsel will engage regularly with clients, other attorneys, firm staff, and third parties, often in situations requiring a high degree of trust, professionalism, discretion and integrity. To maintain our Firm's commitment to these standards and to ensure the security of the sensitive information and relationships we manage, we conduct thorough background checks, including criminal records, as part of our hiring process.