Employment Litigation and Counseling Associate

Distinct | North America; California; Remote; USD 235,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking an Employment Litigation and Counseling Associate for fully remote work in California. You will handle wage-and-hour class actions, discrimination and retaliation cases, and draft employment policies.

With at least two years of employment experience and California Bar admission, you will advise clients on layoffs and investigations, and you may participate in trials as needed. The firm offers a full big-firm benefits package.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of employment litigation and counseling experience.
• Active California Bar admission.
• Strong written and oral advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Handle wage-and-hour class actions and certification motions.
• Manage single-plaintiff discrimination and retaliation cases.
• Draft employment policies and handbooks from scratch.
• Advise on layoffs, investigations, and terminations.
• Participate in trial work when required.

Skills

Litigation experience

Employment law

Education

California Bar

Job description

Employment Litigation and Counseling Associate | Fully Remote, California | $235,000 to $365,000

This is an employment associate job in California for someone two years in or more, fully remote, paying $235,000 to $365,000.

It's a big firm with offices around the state, and you'd use whichever one's nearest when a hearing or a client meeting needs you in a building.

The mix is why I'd look at it. Plenty of second and third years pick a lane by accident, usually whichever case had the most hours going when they arrived, and they get to year five knowing one retailer's rounding policy better than its finance director does. This desk keeps you broad.

• Wage and hour class actions, including the certification fight
• Single plaintiff discrimination and retaliation cases in state and federal court
• Employment agreements, handbooks and policies drafted from a blank page
• Advising a business on a layoff, an investigation or an awkward termination before anyone's filed anything
• Trial work, and they'd like it if you've got some

You'd need at least two years of employment work, litigating and advising both, and the California Bar. Benefits are the full big firm package.