Labor & Employment Associate

Bar Association of Erie County; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclay Damon LLP, a leading regional law firm with offices in Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, and Syracuse, seeks an Labor & Employment Associate to join its practice in Buffalo, Rochester, or Syracuse. Candidates should have a minimum of five years of experience counseling public, private, union, or non-union clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters.

Salary range: $120,000 to $155,000. Bar admission in New York State or eligible to waive into NY Bar required; strong writing

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience counseling public, private, union, or non-union clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters.
• Experience handling employment compliance, workplace investigations, misconduct and discipline, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour claims, and employment litigation.

Responsibilities

• Counsel clients on labor and employment matters.
• Draft, review and update employment-related documents including handbooks, employment agreements, severance agreements, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.
• Conduct workplace investigations and support employment litigation efforts.

Skills

Labor & Employment law

Client counseling

Employment documents drafting

Multi-client practice

Education

New York State Bar

Job description

Labor & Employment Associate (Buffalo, Rochester, or Syracuse)

Barclay Damon LLP, a leading regional law firm of approximately 300 attorneys that operates from a strategic platform of offices located in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, New Haven, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, Washington DC, and Toronto, is seeking an associate to join its Labor & Employment Practice Area.

Candidates should have a minimum of five years of experience counseling public, private, union, or non-union clients in matters involving a wide range of labor and employment matters, including employment compliance, workplace investigations into employee complaints, misconduct and discipline matters, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-and-hour claims, and employment litigation. Candidates must have experience in drafting, reviewing, and updating employment-related documents, including handbooks, employment agreements, severance agreements, and non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.

Candidates must be licensed to practice in New York State or eligible to waive into the New York State Bar, and they must have superior verbal, writing, and interpersonal skills and have demonstrated abilities to work directly with clients and develop and execute service strategies.

Salary range: $120,000 to $155,000.

This salary range represents the firm's good-faith and reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for the position and does not include performance-or-merit-based bonuses or other benefits offered by the firm. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to the candidate's years of experience, qualifications, skill set, and office location.

Barclay Damon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.