Overview As an Employment + Labor Associate, you support clients on complex compliance and litigation matters, working within a top-tier team that handles high-stakes disputes and investigations. You will collaborate with cross-functional colleagues on due diligence, executive agreements, and significant employment actions across state and federal courts. The role offers growth through structured programs like MyMoFo, MoFo Navigate, and MoFo NEXT, fostering career advancement and mentorship. You will shape workplace policy, investigations, and litigation strategy while contributing to an inclusive, service-driven culture.
Compensation / Benefits- medical, dental, vision coverage
- parenteral leave and family benefits including adoption and fertility options
- HSA and FSA
- 401(k) or Roth 401(k)
- global wellness program including Talkspace and Calm
- flex time away and reduced schedule arrangements
Responsibilities- Provide high-level employment law advice on compliance issues to clients on a day-to-day basis
- Litigate issues such as trade secret/employee mobility, whistleblower (SOX, Dodd-Frank), wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, and pay disputes
- Defend companies in complex state and federal employment actions including wage-hour and pay equity class actions
- Conduct workplace investigations involving C-suite and other leaders
- Perform due diligence on employment law issues in mergers, acquisitions, financings, and other transactions
- Negotiate executive employment, separation, and related agreements
Key requirements- 4-6 years of experience with litigation at the core
- Strong writing and client-relations skills; able to manage litigation with limited supervision
- Ability to draft and argue substantive briefs and motions; depose witnesses
- Trial experience is preferred but not required
- Bar admission in the practicing state or eligibility to waive
- strong written and verbal communication
- client-relations and relationship management
- team collaboration and cross-functional interaction
- employment law expertise
- litigation strategy and case management
- depositions, briefs, and motions
