Labor & Employment Associate Attorney - Midlevel

About the role

Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP is a leading international law firm and has been listed on Fortune’s Best Places to Work for 24 consecutive years. We have created a dynamic firm culture that is based on collaboration, dedication to serving our clients, and mutual respect. We are regularly recognized for a workplace culture in which all employees have the opportunity to grow and reach their full potential.

Responsibilities

• Build a practice and work creatively with clients to find solutions
• Handle employment litigation, including court appearances and depositions
• Manage federal clerkship experience and experience in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits
• Handle wage and hour matters, and provide client counseling
• Advising and counseling clients on employment law compliance, including policies, handbooks, leaves and accommodations, employee performance and discipline, hiring and terminations
• Conduct labor due diligence on M&A deals

Requirements

• Strong academic credentials
• Excellent legal writing skills
• Two to five years of employment law experience
• Experience in drafting summary judgment motions and other dispositive briefing, motions to compel arbitration, discovery requests and responses, oppositions to motions for class certification, long-form settlement agreements in wage and hour class/collective actions, separation agreements, offer letters, arbitration agreements, and PIIAs

Qualifications

• Federal clerkship experience
• Experience in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits
• Experience in wage and hour matters
• Client counseling experience
• Experience with employment law compliance, including policies, handbooks, leaves and accommodations, employee performance and discipline, hiring and terminations
• Experience with labor due diligence on M&A deals

Skills

• Strong academic credentials
• Excellent legal writing skills
• Experience in employment litigation
• Experience in drafting legal documents
• Experience in employment law compliance
• Experience with labor due diligence on M&A deals

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Personal medical and parental leave
• Up to ten paid holidays
• Family care benefits

Pay

$235,000 to $365,000 annually. Compensation depends on qualifications and experience.

Schedule

N/A