Mid-Level Employment Litigation Associate

Ogletree Deakins; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ogletree Deakins in Tampa, FL is seeking an associate to perform legal research, draft memoranda, motions, and pleadings, and attend court conferences. The role includes handling discovery and investigations, drafting position statements, and counseling clients on employment-law matters.

Associates work with premier employers in a collegial, team-oriented office with national reach. The firm emphasizes development through writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities and provides extensive

Qualifications

• Extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies, and opposing counsel.
• Associates are proactive and passionate about high-level legal service.
• Office environment is collegial and team-oriented with regular all-attorney conferences.

Responsibilities

• Perform legal research, drafting legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings.
• Attend court conferences, handling discovery activities and investigations.
• Draft position statements and dispositive motions, counseling clients on employment-law matters.

Job description

Overview

• The role involves performing legal research, drafting legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences, handling discovery activities and investigations, drafting position statements and dispositive motions, and counseling clients on employment-law-related matters.
• The practice represents premier local and national employers. Ogletree Deakins represents management in all types of employment-related legal matters, including many Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.
• This position requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies, and opposing counsel.
• Associates are expected to be proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and to take a significant role in all aspects of labor and employment law.
• The firm prioritizes attorney development, providing ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities, as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with leading attorneys in the field. The office environment is collegial and team-oriented, with regular all-attorney in-person conferences held throughout the country.