Associate Attorney, Labor & Employment

Employees First Labor Law | Employment & Workers Comp Lawyers; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off (PTO)

Bar dues and CLE

Job summary

Employees First Labor Law P.C. (EFLL) seeks an Associate Attorney to manage own caseloads in California wage-and-hour, FEHA discrimination, retaliation, and PAGA/class actions.

You’ll work with senior trial counsel on strategy, motions, depositions, mediation, and trial, handling individual, PAGA and class matters from intake to resolution. You will learn litigation strategy from trial attorney Jonathan LaCour and have opportunities for leadership as the firm grows, with compensation tied to

Qualifications

• Active California Bar member required.
• 3-7+ years of plaintiff-side employment litigation experience.
• Strong writing and research skills.
• Knowledge of Labor Code, FEHA, PAGA, and civil procedure.
• Spanish language bonus point and willingness to take depositions and trials.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own docket of employment cases in California state court and private arbitration.
• Draft pleadings, written discovery, and motion papers.
• Take and defend depositions and prepare clients and witnesses.
• Evaluate case value and draft mediation briefs and settlement demands.
• Prepare cases for trial and second-chair (and eventually first-chair) trials/arbitrations.
• Communicate regularly with clients and keep them informed on their cases.

Skills

Litigation

Legal Writing

Depositions

Case Management

Spanish

Education

Bar admission: California

Job description

Associate Attorney, Labor & Employment - Employees First Labor Law P.C. (EFLL)

About EFLL

Employees First Labor Law is a plaintiff-side California employment litigation firm that fights for workers. Over the past decade we've grown into a seven-office firm spanning Southern and Central California, with more than $200 million recovered for our clients. We handle wage-and-hour, FEHA discrimination and harassment, retaliation and whistleblower, wrongful termination, leave violations, PAGA representative actions, and class actions. We try cases, and our attorneys learn to try them too.

We're are growing fast, and that growth creates real opportunity. We add attorneys, offices, and practice areas every year, so our lawyers take on leadership roles, build teams, and move up based on results rather than years served. Our compensation reflects that. High-performing EFLL attorneys earn more than their Big Law counterparts, without the billable-hour grind and without spending years waiting for meaningful work. Here you'll handle your own cases, take depositions, argue motions, and stand in front of juries, and you'll be paid for the results you produce.

You will learn litigation strategy and how to try cases from trial attorney, Jonathan LaCour.

The Role

We're looking for an Associate Attorney who wants real responsibility early. You'll carry your own caseload of individual, PAGA, and class matters from intake through resolution, working directly with senior trial counsel on strategy, motion practice, depositions, mediation, and trial.

What You'll Do

• Manage a docket of employment cases in California state court and private arbitration
• Draft pleadings, written discovery, meet-and-confer correspondence, and law-and-motion papers
• Take and defend depositions and prepare clients and witnesses
• Evaluate case value and draft mediation briefs and settlement demands
• Prepare cases for trial and second-chair (and eventually first-chair) trials and arbitrations
• Communicate regularly with clients and keep them informed on their cases

What We're Looking For

• Active member in good standing of the State Bar of California
• 3-7+ years of litigation experience, ideally in plaintiff-side employment law
• Working knowledge of the Labor Code, FEHA, PAGA, and California civil procedure
• Strong legal writing and research skills
• Organized, self-directed, and comfortable managing deadlines across many cases
• Genuine commitment to representing workers

Bonus Points

• Fluency in Spanish
• Deposition, law-and-motion, or trial experience
• Class action or PAGA experience
• Salary range: $145,000.00 - $300,000+ per year, based on experience
• Meaningful performance bonuses and case-origination incentives
• Health, dental, vision / 401(k) / PTO / bar dues and CLE
• Clear path to advancement within a growing firm

Employees First Labor Law P.C. is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the Fair Chance Act.