Labor & Employment Counsel or Partner - Remote - California Litigation

About the role

Remote Labor & Employment Counsel or Partner (Wage and Hour) focused on California litigation, advising management‑side clients on wage‑hour, meal/rest break, PAGA compliance and representing them in state and federal court and arbitration, while also supporting the firm’s nationwide commercial litigation practice.

Responsibilities

• Advise and represent management‑side clients on California labor and employment matters, serving as first‑ or second‑chair in California state and federal litigation and arbitration.
• Advise on California‑specific employment law, including wage‑and‑hour, meal and rest break, and PAGA compliance.
• Defend EEO, discrimination, sexual harassment, restrictive covenant, and retaliation claims in individual and class action settings.
• Support the firm’s nationwide commercial litigation practice (commercial contract, government contract, construction, white‑collar civil disputes).
• Share travel responsibilities with DC‑based L&E and Litigation partners as needed (travel occasional).
• Own and build the California L&E seat in‑house, handling both advice‑and‑counsel work and litigation when needed.

Requirements

• California Bar admission.
• Willingness to submit a DC Bar waiver application before start date (admission can follow after hire).
• 5+ years of substantive labor and employment litigation experience, with specific California wage‑and‑hour experience.
• For partnership consideration: portable book of business of $250k+.

Skills

• Wage‑and‑hour and meal/rest break class actions.
• PAGA representative actions.
• EEO, discrimination, and sexual harassment defense.
• Restrictive covenant and retaliation matters.
• Government contracts or commercial litigation experience (a plus, not required).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and life insurance.