Dallas - Senior Associate - Wage and Hour Litigation

Fisher Phillips; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Generous paid time off

Paid parental leave

401(k) with company matching

Profit sharing

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Employee assistance program

Critical care coverage

Accident and hospital indemnity

Student loan refinancing program

Life insurance for dependents

Pet insurance

Job summary

Fisher Phillips’ Dallas office seeks a Senior Associate to join our Wage and Hour Litigation team. This role targets attorneys with 5+ years of experience to handle significant client-facing work and grow the practice. The ideal candidate will be versed in wage-and-hour class/collective actions under the FLSA and in interpreting DOL guidance, with strong writing and analytical skills.

Compensation will be commensurate with experience. We welcome resumes from search firms for this position.

Qualifications

• Extensive wage-and-hour litigation experience under FLSA.
• Experience drafting and responding to pleadings and discovery.
• Drafting and arguing motions, including decertification, and taking depositions.
• Submit writing samples demonstrating proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Litigate wage-and-hour class and/or collective actions.
• Draft and respond to initial pleadings and discovery.
• Draft and argue motions, including decertification.
• Take and defend depositions.

Skills

Wage and hour litigation

Class and collective actions

FLSA interpretation

Pleadings drafting

Motions drafting and arguing

Depositions

Strong writing

Multitasking

Job description

The rapidly growing Dallas office of Fisher Phillips seeks to hire a Senior Associate to join our Wage and Hour Litigation team. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney with 5 or more years of experience to take on significant client-facing work and play an important role in a growing practice.

The ideal candidate must have extensive experience litigating wage and hour class and/or collective action claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, along with experience interpreting U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division regulations, rules, and interpretative guidance materials. Qualified candidates must demonstrate experience and proficiency drafting and responding to initial pleadings and discovery, drafting and arguing motions, including motions to decertify a conditional class, and taking and defending depositions. Candidates will be required to submit writing samples demonstrating this level of proficiency. Successful candidates must have excellent academic credentials, strong writing and analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

We are accepting resumes from search firms for this position.

Benefits:

Fisher Phillips offers a comprehensive benefits package for attorneys that includes

• medical benefits
• dental benefits
• vision benefits
• generous paid time off
• paid parental leave
• 401(k) and carve out election
• profit sharing
• life insurance
• long-term disability
• employee assistance program

We also offer optional benefits such as

• critical care
• accident and hospital indemnity insurance
• student loan refinancing program
• life insurance for dependents
• pet insurance