Senior Employment Associate
Boston, MA - USA
Job Summary
Pay: $150000.00 - $250000.00 per year
Why This Is a Great Opportunity
- Join a highly respected collaborative legal team with sophisticated employer-side employment matters
- Enjoy significant client interaction and the opportunity to become a trusted advisor to businesses
- Work on a mix of counseling policy development contracts and employment litigation matters
- Benefit from a healthy work-life balance with no rigid billable hour requirement and typical annual billing between 1500-1800 hours
- Earn performance-based bonuses and build a long-term career with excellent growth potential
- Work alongside experienced attorneys in a collegial supportive environment
- Relocation candidates are welcome
Location: Boston Massachusetts Hybrid schedule with the flexibility to work from home up to two days per week offering the ideal blend of collaboration and flexibility.
Note: Candidates must have 4 years of management-side employment law experience including counseling employers and litigating employment matters. Admission to practice in Massachusetts or ability to obtain admission is required.
About Us
We are a collaborative client-focused law firm serving sophisticated businesses and organizations across a broad range of industries. Our attorneys work closely together to deliver practical solutions and exceptional client service while fostering a collegial environment that supports professional growth. Confidential Employer.
Job Description
- Advise and represent employers on a wide range of employment law matters
- Draft and review employment agreements policies and related documents
- Provide strategic counseling regarding compliance with federal and state employment laws
- Handle employment litigation in court and before administrative agencies including MCAD and DOL proceedings
- Develop creative solutions for clients facing complex workplace issues
- Work directly with clients and build long-term trusted relationships
- Collaborate with colleagues across practice areas on sophisticated matters
- Contribute to business development and practice growth opportunities
Qualifications
- 4 years of employment law experience representing employers
- Experience litigating employment matters in court and before administrative agencies
- Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws and regulations
- Experience drafting policies employment agreements and related documents
- Excellent legal writing analytical and communication skills
- Ability to manage client relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues
- Labor law experience or workplace investigations experience is a plus
- Massachusetts bar admission or eligibility for admission preferred
Why You Will Love Working Here
You will join a supportive highly collaborative team that values excellent client service professional development and work-life balance. This is an opportunity to build meaningful client relationships handle sophisticated matters and grow your career in a thriving employment practice without the pressure of excessive billable hour expectations.
JPC-1295
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Requirements: Must haves: MA bar license 4 yrs of employment law exp
Nice to haves:
Preferred Years as Associate: 4
Additional context: Relocation- yes. Packages - no
Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):
4-6 years: $175K-$200K
7-9 years: $200K-$225K
10 years: $225K-$250K
Performance bonuses available
Submission Email: Name / Katy and Bev - ;
Quick Recruiter Reference
Regional full-service law firm seeking a Senior Employment Attorney for its Boston office. Role focuses on management-side counseling employment agreements and employment litigation. Hybrid schedule strong culture and significant client interaction.
Recruiters Submission: To submit cancel - Senior Employment Associate -Pierce Atwood - JPC 1295 - Source
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Client job title: Senior Employment Associate
Location: Boston MA
On-site hybrid remote: Hybrid
Experience: 4
Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Senior Employment Attorney Labor & Employment Attorney Employment Litigation Attorney Management Side Employment Counsel Employment Associate Labor and Employment Associate Workplace Investigations Attorney Employment Law Counsel.
# of hires needed: 1
Open or not to recruiters on TE: No
Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): L&E atty Boston 4 years exp