Employment Litigation Associate

Ogletree Deakins; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ogletree Deakins is seeking an experienced employment litigation attorney in Phoenix to support premier employers in managing FEHA and PAGA matters. The role involves extensive client contact, government agency coordination, and opposing counsel interaction.

Core responsibilities include performing legal research, drafting memoranda and motions, handling discovery, and counseling clients on employment law issues.

Qualifications

• Experience in Labor and Employment litigation, specifically FEHA and/or PAGA, is required.
• Extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies, and opposing counsel.
• Core duties include performing legal research, drafting legal memoranda, motions, pleadings, position statements, and dispositive motions, attending court conferences, handling discovery activities and investigations, and counseling clients on employment law matters.

Responsibilities

• Perform legal research and draft memoranda, motions, pleadings, and dispositive motions.
• Attend court conferences and manage discovery and investigations.
• Counsel clients on employment law matters and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Employment law knowledge

Litigation experience

Client communications

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Arizona bar admission or transferable license

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Job description

Overview

• The practice represents premier local and national employers. The firm generally focuses on representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters and serves a diverse range of clients, including many Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.
• The role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies, and opposing counsel.
• Core duties include performing legal research, drafting legal memoranda, motions, pleadings, position statements, and dispositive motions, attending court conferences, handling discovery activities and investigations, and counseling clients on employment law matters.
• Experience in Labor and Employment litigation, specifically FEHA and/or PAGA, is required.
• Ogletree has Phoenix-based California PAGA/class/collective litigation teams and California single-plaintiff litigation teams.