Employment Attorney

Employers Council; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Employers Council in Phoenix, AZ seeks an Employment Attorney to counsel employers on diverse employment law issues, including discrimination, wage-hour matters, and accommodations. The role emphasizes practical, client-focused problem solving with a hybrid work arrangement and regular member engagement.

The attorney should handle sensitive matters, draft legal documents, and provide training and policy guidance to members while aligning with employment law practice standards.

Qualifications

• JD degree and AZ Bar admission required.
• 1–3 years of employment law experience preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail; ability to work independently and prioritize multiple responsibilities.
• Ability to gain client confidence and provide practical solutions considering member needs.
• Experience handling state & federal agency charges, audits and investigations preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and public speaking skills; team-oriented.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Must reside in AZ within commuting distance of Phoenix.

Responsibilities

• Advise and counsel employers on complex legal issues and compliance.
• Build strong relationships with members via phone and virtual communications.
• Meet members in person to engage them in membership benefits and law expertise.
• Provide independent, competent legal counseling to management and business leaders.
• Advise on state and federal wage-hour, discrimination, ADA, FMLA issues.
• Prepare and deliver live and virtual trainings on employment law topics.
• Review handbooks and policies from a legal perspective.
• Represent employers in administrative proceedings and hearings.

Skills

Employment law experience

Client relationship management

Public speaking

Research skills

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

AZ Bar admission

Multistate licensure willingness

Tools

Westlaw

Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint)

Job description

Employers Council is seeking an Employment Attorney to join our team. The Employment Attorney should have a practical, solution-driven counseling ability with a client service-oriented approach. This includes the capability of multi-tasking and dealing with ambiguity in the law, process & procedure. The attorney should be able to adequately demonstrate a solid understanding of various substantive areas of employment law including, but not limited to, discrimination and harassment, disability and accommodations, employee policies, and wage and hour matters (e.g. Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, OSHA and related state laws).

This is a hybrid position.

Salary - $133,900

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Advise and counsel employers regarding multiple and complex legal issues, recognizing and addressing potential risks with situations including performance documentation, discipline, termination, layoffs, employment agreements, waiver and release agreements, non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.
• Ability to create and maintain strong relationships with members through regular phone and virtual communication.
• Ability to meet with members in-person to orient and engage them in the benefits of membership, while ensuring member confidence in Employers Council’s employment law expertise.
• Demonstrate independence, competence, and confidence when advising management and business leaders on complex employment law matters.
• An ability to understand legal and business priorities and help build consensus among multiple stakeholders (e.g. HR professionals and management teams).
• Evaluate and analyze EEO/ Civil Rights claims, draft position statements and represent employers in state and federal agency proceedings.
• Advise employers on compliance with related or conflicting state and federal laws including wage and hour, Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Workers Compensation, and state anti-discrimination statutes.
• Support current member engagement by conducting assessments and strategy/priorities meetings throughout their membership year to bolster member engagement and awareness of fee-based services.
• Manage assigned members work and participate in identifying usage patterns, low utilization of hours, or recent changes to business that could indicate potential opportunities for use of Employers Council services or cancellation of membership.
• Represent employers in administrative hearing processes including unemployment hearings and wage claims.
• Create and update various member resources including white papers, sample policies, agreements, template webinars, and website blog articles.
• Prepare & deliver live and virtual training to organizations in various practice areas including harassment, equal employment opportunity law, termination, wage and hour, FMLA, disability law, performance documentation, etc.
• Prepare multi-media training materials and conduct interactive training classes at Employers Council offices or at member locations on a wide variety of HR related topics via both in-classroom and e-learning methodologies.
• Review employee handbooks, manuals, policies and procedures from a legal perspective.
• Propose and deliver presentations/speeches to community/industry groups on employment law related topics to audiences ranging in size from a handful to a hundred or more.
• Advise organizations concerning employee relations matters, risk management, policies, procedures and employment law and HR issues.
• Strong legal research capability and a solid understanding of Westlaw or other similar research platform.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Education

Listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and ability required.

• Law degree (JD) and AZ Bar admission is required. Multistate licensure (or the willingness to seek admission), is a plus.
• 1-3 years of employment law experience preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail; ability to work independently and execute plans to meet employers’ needs; ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities; ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to quickly gain the confidence of clients and exercise judgment to analyze problems, propose resolutions, and provide advice considering the needs of the member organization.
• Experience in representation and responding to state & federal agency charges, audits and investigations is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to foster relationships.
• Training and/or public speaking experience highly preferred. Courtroom experience can meet this expectation.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi-functional team.
• Proficient with word-processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and database software (E.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point)
• Must reside in AZ within commuting distance of the Phoenix office.
• This role requires effective verbal communication, including regular phone conversations and active participation in both in-person and virtual meetings. To support engagement, collaboration, and meaningful team interaction, employees are expected to participate in a camera-on meeting culture during virtual meetings.
• Regular and reliable attendance is required.
• A passion for providing top notch customer service and supporting members.
• Occasional travel.