Employment Litigation Associate Attorney

Pay:$145000.00 - $175000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a highly respected collaborative law firm where attorneys are trusted to handle sophisticated employment matters and make a meaningful impact for clients.
• Work across the full spectrum of management-side employment litigation including wage and hour discrimination harassment retaliation wrongful termination ADA FMLA and trade secret matters.
• Gain exposure to both litigation and counseling with opportunities to handle workplace investigations employment agreements severance policies and compliance matters.
• Work directly with businesses nonprofits healthcare organizations and government entities on challenging and high-value legal issues.
• Enjoy strong professional development opportunities bonus opportunities profit sharing and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Build your practice alongside experienced attorneys in a team-oriented environment that values excellent legal work responsiveness and professional growth.

Location:Seattle WA with a flexible hybrid work arrangement designed to provide the benefits of both meaningful in-office collaboration and remote flexibility.

Note:Must have a Washington State bar license and 4 years of directly relevant employment litigation experience. Strong candidates will have management-side experience handling wage and hour class actions state and federal litigation administrative matters and alternative dispute resolution.

About Us

We are a well-established multispecialty law firm serving businesses public entities nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the Pacific Northwest. Our team is known for practical high-quality legal counsel responsive client service and a collaborative approach to solving complex legal challenges. We believe attorneys do their best work in an environment that is professional inclusive supportive and genuinely enjoyable. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Represent management-side clients in a broad range of employment and labor disputes.
• Handle employment litigation matters in Washington state and federal courts from case assessment through resolution.
• Draft and argue motions manage discovery and take and defend depositions.
• Represent clients before administrative agencies including the EEOC and Washington Human Rights Commission.
• Handle wage and hour class actions and other complex employment litigation.
• Advise clients regarding wrongful termination discrimination harassment retaliation ADA FMLA non-compete trade secret and related employment matters.
• Conduct workplace investigations involving issues such as harassment discrimination ethics violations and other sensitive workplace concerns.
• Provide practical employment counseling involving employment agreements severance packages workplace policies and compliance.
• Conduct sophisticated legal research and prepare persuasive briefs pleadings and other legal documents.
• Collaborate closely with attorneys and clients to develop efficient practical strategies for resolving employment disputes.

Qualifications

• Washington State bar license required.
• 4 years of employment litigation experience required.
• Management-side employment law experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with state and federal court proceedings administrative agency matters and alternative dispute resolution.
• Strong legal research writing oral advocacy and communication skills.
• Ability to manage litigation matters independently while collaborating effectively with a team.
• Excellent judgment dependability emotional intelligence and empathy.
• Experience with wage and hour class actions is highly valued.
• Existing client relationships or a portable book of business is welcome but not required.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will join a team that takes its legal work seriously without taking itself too seriously. We value collaboration inclusion professional development and meaningful client relationships while giving attorneys opportunities to work on sophisticated matters and grow their practices. Our benefits include medical dental and vision coverage 401(k) and profit sharing paid time off paid family leave life insurance long-term disability coverage paid holidays professional development programs and bonus opportunities.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-have: WA bar license 4 yrs of employment litigation exp

Required Years as Associate: 4

Additional context:

Relocation- No.

Packages - No.

Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):

• 4 to 5 years: $145000 to $155000

• 6 to 8 years: $155000 to $165000

• 9 years: $165000 to $175000

• Salary bands are client/job-ad provided based on the stated $145000 to $175000 base range.

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