Attorney - Employment Litigation - Austin - $225K

We Are Legal Revolution; Texas; Remote; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $175,000 base salary

No firm-wide billable-hour requirement

Job summary

We Are Legal Revolution in Austin (remote) is seeking an Employment Litigation Associate with 4–5 years of experience to handle high-stakes matters for both plaintiffs and defendants. You will gain direct client exposure and meaningful responsibility on lean teams, with no firm-wide billable-hour requirement.

You will draft pleadings, manage discovery, conduct depositions, and advise on employment disputes, compliance, investigations, and risk.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of litigation experience in state and/or federal court.
• Experience with dispositive motions and discovery management.
• Strong research, writing and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of Texas employment law and civil procedure.
• Strong credentials and attendance at a good law school.
• Comfortable handling complex employment disputes and counseling matters.
• Interest in building a long-term career and developing a practice.
• Familiarity with legal AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage employment litigation matters with increasing independence.
• Handle single-plaintiff disputes, wage-and-hour class and representative actions, executive disputes, restrictive covenant matters and employment-related trade secret issues.
• Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, discovery and substantive briefs.
• Conduct and defend depositions and support hearings, mediations and settlement conferences.
• Advise employers and employees on employment disputes, compliance and risk.
• Conduct workplace investigations and support internal employment assessments.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel and agency representatives.
• Take ownership of key workstreams and contribute to case strategy.

Skills

Litigation experience

Legal research

Legal writing

Texas employment law

Civil procedure

Legal AI tools

Job description

NEW IN – Employment Litigation Associate | 4–5 Years | High-Stakes Matters | Plaintiff + Defense | No Billable Requirement | Austin - Fully Remote

I'm currently working with a nationally recognised litigation practice that is looking to add an Employment Litigation Associate to its Austin team. This is a strong opportunity for an attorney who wants high-stakes employment litigation, direct client exposure and meaningful responsibility on lean teams, while also developing the counseling side of their practice.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Both Sides of the V – Handle employment litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants, giving you a genuinely varied practice rather than being locked into one side.
• High-Stakes Matters – Work on complex employment disputes involving significant financial and reputational exposure, including executive disputes, wage-and-hour actions and sensitive workplace matters.
• No Firm-Wide Billable Requirement – Focus on producing high-quality legal work and developing your practice without a set annual billable-hour target.
• Lean Teams, Real Responsibility – Take ownership of key workstreams and play a visible role on significant matters rather than being buried within large case teams.
• Litigation + Counseling – Build experience across employment litigation, compliance, investigations, risk mitigation and strategic personnel decisions.
• Direct Partner & Client Exposure – Work closely with experienced partners and communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel and agency representatives.

The Role

• Manage employment litigation matters with increasing independence.
• Handle single-plaintiff disputes, wage-and-hour class and representative actions, executive disputes, restrictive covenant matters and employment-related trade secret issues.
• Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, discovery and substantive briefs.
• Conduct and defend depositions and support hearings, mediations and settlement conferences.
• Advise employers and employees on employment disputes, compliance and risk.
• Conduct workplace investigations and support internal employment assessments.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel and agency representatives.
• Take ownership of key workstreams and contribute to case strategy.

About You

• 4–5 years of litigation experience in state and/or federal court.
• Experience with dispositive motions and discovery management.
• Strong research, writing and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of Texas employment law and civil procedure.
• Strong credentials and attendance at a good law school.
• Comfortable handling complex employment disputes and counseling matters.
• Interest in building a long-term career and developing a practice.
• Familiarity with legal AI tools is a plus.

Location

• Austin, Texas - Fully Remote

Package

• Up to $175,000 base salary, depending on experience and qualifications
• No firm-wide billable-hour requirement