Labor and Employment Senior Associate

Buchalter; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Buchalter seeks a 7th–9th year senior associate for its San Diego and Los Angeles offices in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in employment law, CA licensure, strong writing, and experience drafting handbooks and employment-related agreements.

Compensation ranges from $225k to $280k, with eligibility for annual performance bonuses. The firm emphasizes diversity and provides a collaborative, collegial environment across offices nationwide.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in California.
• 5+ years of employment law experience.
• Experience drafting employee handbooks and employment-related agreements.
• Strong writing skills and excellent academic credentials.

Responsibilities

• Litigate employment matters and provide counsel in compliance with California law.
• Draft and revise employee handbooks and employment-related agreements.
• Advise clients on personnel matters, wage-and-hour issues, and union relations.

Skills

Employment law

Litigation

Transactional experience

Handbooks

Employment agreements

California licensure

Job description

We are currently seeking 7th to 9th year senior associate candidates to support our San Diego and Los Angeles Office’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of solid, recent experience with employment law. In addition to litigation, we’d ideally want a candidate who also has transactional experience, such as drafting handbooks and employment-related agreements. Candidates should be licensed to practice in California, have strong writing skills and excellent academic credentials.

Buchalter attorneys partner closely with clients to provide broad, protective counsel that minimizes riskexposure. Our critical risk-management solutions allow clients to focus on managing their businesses while wemanage the details of their employment problems. We work closely with business management to ensureworkplace compliance and an immediate response when conflict arises. We prepare and implement employeehandbooks, advise on personnel matters and union relations, negotiate employment and severance agreementsand defend lawsuits. We also represent Taft-Hartley benefit plans. Our clients vary from closely-held companies tomajor financial institutions, restaurant chains, manufacturers, and retailers, with offices and locations nationwide.

Compensation: The reasonably expected pay scale for this position is $225 – 280k. This is an employer estimate and the salary offered within that range will depend on the candidate’s years of practice and relevant experience and performance. Additionally, this position is eligible for annual performance bonuses based on productivity.

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.