Labor & Employment Associate

Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Seyfarth Shaw LLP is seeking an experienced employment litigator to advise employers and manage complex litigation, including single-plaintiff and class/collective actions. The role emphasizes counseling, policy review, and handling administrative charges.

The ideal candidate will have practical litigation experience, including court conferences, depositions, and dispositive motions, with wage-hour exposure considered a plus. Clerking experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Required experience includes employment law litigation, with emphasis on single-plaintiff, complex and/or class and collective action matters, along with work on advice and counsel, administrative charges, policy reviews, and investigations.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and counsel to employers on employment law matters.
• Handle single-plaintiff, complex, and/or class and/or collective action litigation and proceedings on behalf of employers.
• Engage in wage-hour matters, discovery, depositions, and court proceedings; assist with investigations as needed.

Job description

Overview

• The role involves providing advice and counsel to employers and handling single-plaintiff, complex, collective, and/or class action litigation and proceedings on their behalf.
• Required experience includes employment law litigation, with an emphasis on single-plaintiff, complex and/or class and collective action matters, alongside work on advice and counsel, administrative charges, policy reviews, and investigations.
• Practical litigation experience, including handling court conferences, depositions, mediations, dispositive motions, and trials, or wage and hour experience, is a plus.
• Judicial clerkship experience is a plus.