Employment Law Partner

Key Responsibilities

• Advise corporate clients, HR leaders, and Boards of Directors on high-level risk mitigation, workforce governance, and organizational structure.
• Conduct workforce-related due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, structuring executive compensation, incentive equity plans, and restrictive covenants.
• Guide multi-state and international enterprises through complex ADA, FMLA, Title VII, FLSA, OSHA, and PEO compliance strategies.
• Author and negotiate complex employment agreements, separation packages, trade secret protections, and non-competition/non-solicitation covenants.
• Oversee administrative proceedings and employment litigation before the EEOC, DOL, OSHA, state/federal courts, and FINRA arbitrations.
• Leverage a supportive cross-referral platform to expand client relationships across key sectors like technology, healthcare, life sciences, and financial services.

Qualifications

• Experience: 15+ years of dedicated management-side labor and employment law experience within a law firm or senior in-house corporate legal department.
• Portable Practice: A reasonable, portable book of business or a demonstrable track record of sustainable client development.
• Jurisdiction: Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school; active license in good standing with the North Carolina State Bar (or immediate eligibility to waive in).
• Core Competencies: Comprehensive mastery of multi-state employment counseling, transactional risk management, and administrative defense.