Employment & Labor Litigation Attorney

Cooley LLP; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 225 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical coverage

Health Savings Account

Dental

Vision

Commuter benefits

Life insurance

AD&D

Long-term care

Parental leave

Fertility benefits

Résumé du poste

Cooley LLP in New York is seeking an associate to join our Employment Law practice, focusing on employment litigation. The role involves case development, legal research and writing, discovery, witness interviews or investigations, and brief writing.

Ideal candidates have one to three years of employment litigation experience, strong academic credentials, exceptional written and verbal communication, and a high level of initiative and work ethic.

Qualifications

• One to three years of employment litigation experience.
• Strong academic credentials and exceptional legal writing skills.
• High level of motivation, initiative, and work ethic.

Responsabilités

• Case development and strategy for employment litigation matters.
• Legal research and writing to support filings and pleadings.
• Handling discovery and related investigations.
• Conducting witness interviews or investigations.
• Drafting briefs and related pleadings.

Connaissances

Legal research

Legal writing

Case development

Discovery

Witness interviews

Formation

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Description du poste

Overview

• The role focuses on employment litigation, encompassing experience in case development, legal research and writing, all aspects of discovery, witness interviews or investigations, and brief writing.

Posting details

Please note candidates with less than one full year of experience should apply directly. We are not accepting resumes from search agencies for those with less than a full year of experience for this position. Cooley LLP has an opportunity available to work with the employment law practice group in our New York office. Our ideal candidate will have one to three years of experience in employment litigation. Specifically, we are looking for candidates with experience in case development, legal research and writing, all aspects of discovery, witness interviews or investigations, and brief writing. Qualified candidates should have strong academic credentials, exceptional communication and legal writing skills, a high level of motivation and initiative, and a strong work ethic. EOE. The expected annual pay range for this position is $225,000-$260,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on applicable experience and skillset of the candidate. We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as accruing vacation time at the rate of four weeks per year and sick time at the rate of two weeks per year and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.