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About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Labor & Employment Associate with 3-6 years of experience providing advice and counsel to employers and handling single-plaintiff, complex, collective, and/or class action litigation and proceedings on their behalf.

Responsibilities

• Work on interesting, challenging, and groundbreaking cases in collaboration with senior attorneys.
• Represent employers in various types of labor and employment matters.
• Handle employment law litigation, with an emphasis on single-plaintiff, complex and/or class and collective action matters.
• Handle court conferences, depositions, mediations, dispositive motions, and trials.
• Advise employers on traditional labor, restrictive covenants, wage and hour law, leaves and accommodations, Title III, and other general employment law topics.
• Provide recommendations and practical business solutions to clients.
• Manage multiple matters simultaneously.

Requirements

• 3-6 years’ high-caliber experience representing employers in various types of labor and employment matters
• Experience handling employment law litigation, with an emphasis on single-plaintiff, complex and/or class and collective action matters
• Preference for those who have handled court conferences, depositions, mediations, dispositive motions, and trials or who have wage and hour experience.
• Experience advising employers on traditional labor, restrictive covenants, wage and hour law, leaves and accommodations, Title III, and other general—but sophisticated—employment law topics
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• A desire to work hard for discerning clients and with exceptional colleagues
• Intellectual curiosity and high emotional intelligence
• Excellent academic credentials and solid work ethic
• Stellar analytical skills and good judgment
• Experience providing recommendations and practical business solutions to clients
• Judicial clerkship experience is a plus
• The ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
• Admission to the New York bar is required
• New Jersey, Pennsylvania and/or Connecticut bar admission is a plus
• Submit a cover letter, resume, law school and undergraduate transcripts, and two writing samples.

Skills

• Writing skills
• Communication skills
• Intellectual curiosity
• High emotional intelligence
• Analytical skills
• Good judgment
• Ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously

Location

• New York, NY 10018

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 3-6 years

Education Level

• Law school transcripts
• Undergraduate transcripts

Salary/Compensations

• $305,000 to $350,000

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Comprehensive training through mentoring programs
• CLE initiatives
• Seyfarth University
• Industry credentialing
• Hands-on learning by working side-by-side with partners
• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)

About the Company

• Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide.
• With more than 1000 lawyers across 19 offices.

Equal Opportunity

• At this time, Seyfarth Shaw LLP will not be accepting applications submitted through search firms for this position. All qualified candidates must submit their own applications to be considered for this position.