Attorney

Mission Recruiting, LLC; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical coverage

100% employer-paid dental coverage

100% employer-paid vision coverage

401(k) with dollar-for-dollar employer

Profit sharing

Student loan assistance

Work-from-home subsidy

Job summary

Mission Recruiting, LLC is seeking a Labor & Employment Attorney in Sacramento, CA, with 2+ years of experience. The role is hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 days remote) and concentrates on unions, workers, and employee benefit plans across public- and private-sector matters.

Compensation ranges from $103,000–$136,000+ with a discretionary bonus, profit sharing, and student loan assistance. Prior union-side experience is preferred, but transferable backgrounds are welcome.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of labor and employment or relevant legal experience.
• Active membership in the California Bar.
• J.D. from an ABA-approved law school.
• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Prior union representation experience or a demonstrated commitment to labor and workers' rights.

Responsibilities

• Manage an independent labor and employment caseload.
• Represent unions and workers in labor-related matters.
• Handle arbitrations and administrative hearings.
• Participate in negotiations and other advocacy proceedings.
• Conduct substantive legal research.
• Draft briefs, motions, pleadings, and other legal documents.
• Develop legal strategy for assigned matters.
• Communicate directly with union clients and workers.
• Collaborate with attorneys and firm leadership.
• Support labor and employment matters across public- and private-sector practice areas.

Skills

Labor & Employment experience

Legal research

Legal writing

Union representation

Education

California Bar

J.D. from ABA-approved law school

Job description

Mission Recruiting is representing a mission-driven labor and employment practice seeking a Labor & Employment Attorney with 2+ years of experience to join its Sacramento, California office.

This hybrid position (3 days onsite / 2 days remote) focuses on representing unions, workers, and employee benefit plans across public- and private-sector labor and employment matters. Compensation ranges from $103,000–$136,000+ under a transparent salary scale, with an additional discretionary bonus, profit sharing, and student loan assistance.

Union-side labor experience is strongly preferred, but attorneys from plaintiff-side employment, public interest, general litigation, or arbitration backgrounds with a demonstrated commitment to workers' rights are encouraged to apply.

Compensation

• $103,000–$136,000+ base compensation under a transparent salary scale
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Profit sharing
• Student loan assistance up to $5,250

Location & Work Arrangement

Hybrid: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote

Additional commute and work-from-home subsidies are provided.

About the Opportunity

Mission Recruiting's client maintains a labor and employment practice representing unions, workers, and employee benefit plans in matters across the public and private sectors.

Attorneys receive meaningful responsibility and manage an independent caseload while handling arbitrations, administrative proceedings, negotiations, legal research, briefing, and other advocacy.

The practice is particularly interested in attorneys with union-side labor experience but will consider candidates with transferable litigation, employment, arbitration, or public-interest backgrounds who can demonstrate a genuine commitment to representing workers.

Responsibilities

• Manage an independent labor and employment caseload
• Represent unions and workers in labor-related matters
• Handle arbitrations and administrative hearings
• Participate in negotiations and other advocacy proceedings
• Conduct substantive legal research
• Draft briefs, motions, pleadings, and other legal documents
• Develop legal strategy for assigned matters
• Communicate directly with union clients and workers
• Collaborate with attorneys and firm leadership
• Support labor and employment matters across public- and private-sector practice areas

Recommended Qualifications

• 2+ years of labor and employment or relevant legal experience
• Active membership in the California Bar
• J.D. from an ABA-approved law school
• Strong legal research and writing skills
• Prior union representation experience or a demonstrated commitment to labor and workers' rights

Preferred Qualifications

• Plaintiff-side employment law experience
• Administrative hearing experience
• Public-interest advocacy experience
• General litigation experience involving transferable advocacy skills
• Experience representing workers, unions, or employee organizations
• 100% employer-paid medical coverage for eligible employees and dependents
• 100% employer-paid dental coverage for eligible employees and dependents
• 100% employer-paid vision coverage for eligible employees and dependents
• 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar employer match on the first $5,000
• Profit sharing
• Student loan assistance up to $5,250
• Work-from-home subsidy

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Mission-driven practice representing unions and workers
• Transparent $103,000–$136,000+ salary scale
• Discretionary bonus and profit sharing
• Student loan assistance
• Meaningful arbitration, hearing, negotiation, and advocacy experience
• Opportunity to develop a specialized union-side labor practice
• Long-term professional development and partnership-track opportunity