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 who can manage a broad range of employment matters from a fully remote base in California. This position offers a high compensation range and the chance to appear in state and federal court across California.

Two years of employment litigation and counseling experience, a California Bar admission, and the ability to work with colleagues across offices are key.

Qualifications

• Requires at least two years of employment litigation and counseling experience.
• California Bar admission required.

Responsibilities

• Handle wage-and-hour class actions and single plaintiff discrimination and retaliation cases in state and federal court.
• Draft employment agreements, handbooks and policies from scratch.
• Advise employers on layoffs, investigations, or terminations before filings.
• Engage in trial work when opportunities arise.

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.

If you're already the world's leading expert on one company's rounding policy, we should talk before year five turns up.