Dallas - Senior Associate - Wage and Hour Litigation

Fisher Phillips LLP; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

401(k) and profit sharing

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Employee assistance program

Critical care insurance

Accident insurance

Hospital indemnity insurance

Student loan refinancing

Dependent life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Fisher Phillips LLP in Dallas seeks a Senior Associate to join our Wage and Hour Litigation team. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience handling wage and hour class/collective actions under the FLSA and related regulations. Strong drafting, deposition, and motion skills are essential for success in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in wage and hour litigation
• Experience with FLSA class/collective actions essential
• Ability to draft pleadings, motions, and discovery requests
• Experience taking and defending depositions and motion practice
• Writing samples demonstrating proficiency required

Responsibilities

• Litigate wage and hour class/collective actions under FLSA
• Draft and argue motions including decertification, and respond to pleadings
• Manage multiple client matters in a fast-paced environment and coordinate discovery

Skills

Wage Hour Litigation

Class/Collective Actions

Pleadings & Discovery

Depositions

Motions & Decertification

Tools

Legal Research

Job description

Dallas - Senior Associate - Wage and Hour Litigation

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.

Benefits: Fisher Phillips offers a comprehensive benefits package for attorneys that includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, 401(k) and carve out election, profit sharing, life insurance, long-term disability, and an employee assistance program. We also offer optional benefits such as critical care, accident and hospital indemnity insurance, a student loan refinancing program, life insurance for dependents, and pet insurance.