Employment Defense Attorney — Hybrid Remote / Memphis — Nationally Recognized Regional Firm

Job Details

You'll handle substantive labor and employment matters for employer clients, advising on risk, defending claims, and managing matters from assessment through resolution across state and federal venues.

Looking for:

• Experience in any of the following areas welcomed:
• - Advise employers on workplace decisions, compliance, and risk mitigation strategies
• - Defend clients in employment-related claims, disputes, and litigation
• - Counsel on federal and state labor and employment laws and regulations
• - Draft motions, pleadings, legal memoranda, and employment-related documents
• - Handle or support wage and hour matters, including class action work where applicable
• - Partner with clients to develop practical legal strategies aligned with business objectives

Looking for:

• Tennessee Bar Admission
• 2-15 years of labor and employment experience

Experience in any of the following areas welcomed:

• Employment Litigation
• Employer-Side Counseling
• Labor Law / Traditional Labor
• Wage & Hour / PAGA
• Class Action Defense
• Workplace Compliance & Risk

About the role

A bit about us:
Founded over five decades ago and based across 27 offices nationwide, we are a nearly 300-attorney firm recognized as one of the country's leading defense-side labor and employment practices. Recognized as one of the country's leading employer-side practices, with a platform spanning litigation, counseling, business immigration, employee benefits, and executive compensation. If you represent employers, this is where your practice grows.

Why join us?

• 10% origination bonus + production bonus starting at $20k for the first 100 hours over the annual billable minimum, increasing by $5k for every additional 50 hours
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• Generous PTO, sick leave, and paid holidays
• Hybrid — 2 days in office
• Work exclusively on the employer side — no plaintiff-side work, ever
• Access to a national client base with deep institutional relationships across industries
• Full-service labor and employment platform — litigation, counseling, traditional labor, benefits, exec comp, and immigration all under one roof