Labor & Employment Attorney

Lewis & Associates; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing firm is seeking a highly-qualified labor and employment associate with 4 to 6 years of experience. The successful candidate will have strong academic credentials and expertise in wage and hour law. The firm promotes a collegial environment with excellent opportunities for growth. This is a key role requiring high-level analytical, verbal, and written communication skills to effectively counsel clients across various legal matters.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of experience as a labor and employment associate.
• Excellent academic credentials from a top law school.
• Wage and hour experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal counsel to clients in labor and employment matters.
• Work collaboratively with legal teams to address client needs.

Skills

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Labor and employment law expertise

Education

J.D. from a top law school

Job description

LEW I S & ASSOCIATES is a leader in providing Legal and Administrative staffing services. We are a sole source staffing firm giving you convenient ways of working with us. We make every effort to ensure the highest degree of professionalism and integrity in the staffing process. We understand the demanding role of recruiting to source the highest level of legal professionals while incorporating proven, innovative, and successful recruiting techniques.

Job Description

Great opportunity to work for an international law firm that provides thoughtful, strategic, practical legal counsel to client companies and legal teams of all sizes. With more than 800 attorneys in the U.S., London, Shanghai, Melbourne and Sydney, the firm offers a national platform and an international gateway to serve your changing business and legal needs in litigation, employment, corporate, real estate and employee benefits.

The firm has gained acclaim for our innovative Lean client service model, which incorporates the core principles of Lean Six Sigma to the delivery of legal services, and they continue to develop new reporting and project management tools for greater transparency and collaboration with their clients.

The firm’s efforts have contributed to their recognition by in-house counsel as ‘Best of the Best’ for client service within the 2014 BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service A-Team and being named by the Financial Times U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report among the most innovative law firms.

Qualifications

We are seeking a highly-qualified labor and employment associate with 4 to 6 years of experience. We require excellent academic credentials from a top law school, as well as high-level analytical, verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate will have meaningful wage and hour experience and a background working for a comparable law firm. The firm offers a collegial environment and excellent opportunity to grow with a national firm.