Junior to Mid-Level Labor and Employment Associate

Buchalter; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Basic life insurance

401k plan

Job summary

Buchalter's Nashville office is seeking a junior to mid-level associate (2–5 years) to join our Labor and Employment Practice Group. The ideal candidate is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and a strong communicator with excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills.

The role involves advising employers on a broad range of workplace matters, managing all phases of litigation, and drafting employment agreements, handbooks, and policies to ensure compliance with laws at federal,

Qualifications

• Candidate must be licensed to practice law in Tennessee.
• 2-5 years of experience in labor and employment law.
• Strong communication skills with excellent research, writing and analytical abilities.
• Experience counseling clients on complex employment law issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation.
• Draft and review employment agreements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
• Counsel employers on workplace matters, investigations, and policies within a team-based environment.

Skills

Strong communication

Legal research

Legal writing

Analytical skills

Employment law experience

Education

Licensed to practice law in Tennessee

Job description

Overview

• The Labor and Employment practice advises employers on a wide range of workplace matters, including employment policies, wage and hour compliance, discrimination claims, leave laws, employee relations, and workplace investigations.
• Associates typically manage all phases of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation.
• The role involves drafting and reviewing employment agreements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

Posting details

We are looking for a junior to mid-level associate (approx. 2-5 years) to join our Labor and Employment Practice Group in our Nashville office. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator with excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills, and has experience counseling clients on complex employment law issues. The candidate must be currently licensed to practice law in Tennessee.

Labor and Employment associates advise employers on a wide range of workplace matters, including employment policies, wage and hour compliance, discrimination claims, leave laws, employee relations, and workplace investigations. Associates typically manage all phases of litigation including discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation. This role also involves drafting and reviewing employment agreements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws. The Labor and Employment group has a strong team-based approach to clients and cases so teamwork and collaboration skills are a must.

A career at Buchalter is an opportunity to do exciting work with a dynamic and rapidly growing law firm. We value an energizing and supportive environment that promotes success for our clients and each other.

Benefits:

• Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in Buchalter’s 401k plan.

Buchalter was founded based on principles of inclusivity.

Our firm’s commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities we serve is more than eight decades strong.

Buchalter’s diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater breadth of creative talent and alternative approaches, and enriches our firm’s collaborative, entrepreneurial and collegial environment, benefiting all.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

In recruiting, we welcome the unique contributions that all candidates can bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.