New Jersey - Attorney

Lawyers for Justice, P.C.®; New Jersey; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

Lawyers for Justice, P.C. in New Jersey seeks a highly-qualified attorney to join its expanding team.

The ideal candidate will be licensed to practice in New Jersey with 8+ years of civil litigation experience, including discovery, oral advocacy, and court appearances, and a background in wage-and-hour and class actions. This is a full-time opportunity to work on high-stakes matters in state and federal courts, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in New Jersey.
• 8+ years of civil litigation experience.
• Experience with discovery, oral advocacy and depositions.
• Prior experience with wage-and-hour or class actions is a plus.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in wage-and-hour and class actions in state and federal courts.
• Manage all aspects of discovery, motion practice, and depositions.
• Collaborate with senior partners and support staff.

Skills

Oral advocacy

Depositions

Discovery

Court appearances

Wage-hour class actions

Civil litigation

Education

New Jersey Bar admission

Job description

Growing law firm in the Los Angeles area that is expanding into New Jersey, considered a powerhouse in the field of plaintiff's side wage-and-hour class action litigation, seeks a highly-qualified attorney to join its expanding team. The firm has a robust caseload, in federal and state courts, against regional, national, and Fortune 500 companies in multiple industries. Focusing on the prosecution of consumer and employment class and representative actions, involving wage-and-hour, unfair business practice, discrimination, and false advertising matters. The firm has recovered over one billion dollars on behalf of hundreds of thousands of employees and consumers in California. Lawyers for Justice was recently named a Global Recognition Awards “Best Workplaces” winner for 2026.

Our firm has a large number of active cases in both state and federal courts throughout California.

This is the perfect opportunity to get experience and exposure working with a powerhouse in state and federal plaintiffs-side class action litigation, against regional, national, and Fortune 500 companies in multiple industries.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be either (a) licensed to practice law in New Jersey (b) already licensed in another U.S. jurisdiction and pending admission to the New Jersey Bar.
• The ideal candidate will be licensed to practice law in New Jersey and have 8+ years of experience in civil litigation, including experience with discovery in the civil litigation context, oral advocacy and appearing in Court, motion practice and taking/defending depositions.
• Prior experience with class actions, complex litigation, and wage and hour litigation is a plus.
• Candidates must be able to travel on occasion.

All qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply.

Job Type

Full-time

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Opportunity for Performance Based Discretionary Bonus & Merit Increases

License/Certification

• Must be licensed to practice law in the state of New Jersey