Employment Litigation Associate

Ogletree Deakins; Clayton (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attorney training and development

Annual attorney retreat

Bar admission expense reimbursement

401(k) plan

Health and life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Employee assistance program

Back-up childcare

Parental leave on-ramping

Job summary

Ogletree Deakins is seeking an employment litigation associate for its St. Louis office to represent premier local and national employers in labor and employment matters.

The role involves legal research, drafting memoranda and pleadings, court appearances, and advising clients on employment-law issues within a collaborative, diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree required and must be licensed to practice law in Missouri.
• Illinois licensure not required but must obtain within one year of hire and maintain licensure.

Responsibilities

• Perform legal research, draft memoranda, motions, and pleadings.
• Attend court conferences and handle discovery-related activities and investigations.
• Draft position statements and dispositive motions and counsel clients on employment-law matters.

Skills

Litigation experience

Education

Juris Doctor

Job description

Position Summary

Our St. Louis office has an opportunity for an employment litigation associate to join the firm’s dynamic and long-established practice representing premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for associates who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant role in all aspects of labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and opposing counsel.

Duties include, but are not limited to, performing legal research, drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences, handling discovery-related activities and investigations, drafting of position statements and dispositive motions, and counseling clients on employment-law-related matters.

The right candidate will have a passion for employment law, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with sophisticated business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national employment law practice in a tight-knit, collegial and team-oriented environment.

Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We hold regular all-attorney in-person conferences throughout the country. We make attorney development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with the leading attorneys in this field.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in Missouri. Current Illinois licensure is not required, but candidates will be expected to obtain and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in Illinois within one year of hire. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
• Candidate must possess 1+ years of litigation experience.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.

Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position.

Benefits

Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.

Contact Information

If you have questions, please e-mail Emma Barnes at [e-mail] with “Employment Litigation Associate - St. Louis" in the subject line. Please note, applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.

Firm Overview

Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 14 consecutive years. In the 2025 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 60 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.

Equal Opportunity Employer.