Of Counsel

Ogletree Deakins’ Immigration Practice Group; Milwaukee, Northern (WI, KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ogletree Deakins’ Milwaukee office seeks an Of Counsel to join a nationally recognized practice representing premier local and national employers in labor and employment law. The attorney will lead with an ownership mentality, handle client contacts, and collaborate in a top-tier team environment.

The role requires extensive research, drafting, motions, and discovery work, including e-discovery and depositions, with opportunities for professional development and mentoring by leading

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor licensed to practice in Wisconsin.
• 8+ years of employment litigation experience.
• Labor and Employment litigation experience required.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform legal research and draft memoranda, motions, and pleadings.
• Attend court conferences and manage discovery-related activities (including e-discovery and depositions).
• Draft settlement agreements and other employment-related documents; counsel clients on employment-law matters.

Skills

Legal research

Drafting

Motions

Discovery

Client counseling

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Pacer

Job description

Position Summary

Our Milwaukee office has an opportunity for an Of Counsel to join the firm’s nationally recognized practice representing premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys with an ownership mentality to assume a leading role in providing superior legal services to sophisticated employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and opposing counsel and the ability to handle cases and resolve matters that client issues that independently.

Duties include, but are not limited to, performing legal research, drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences, handling discovery-related activities (including e-discovery and depositions) and investigations, drafting of position statements and dispositive motions, drafting settlement agreements and other employment-related agreements (e.g., employment agreements, arbitration agreements, restrictive covenant agreements) and counseling clients on employment-law-related matters.

The right candidate will have a passion for client service, a desire to practice in company-side employment law, strong writing/drafting skills, strong analytical and communication skills, superior organizational and time management skills and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with savvy business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a top national employment law practice in a tight-knit and team-oriented environment.

Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Although the right attorney for this role will be comfortable handling client matters independently, our office is highly collaborative and attorneys work together sharing their experience and expertise to provide exceptional client service. We hold regular all-attorney in-person conferences throughout the country. We make attorney development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with and be mentored by the leading attorneys in this field.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in Wisconsin. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
• Candidates must possess at least 8+ years of employment litigation experience.
• Labor and Employment litigation experience is required.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.

Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position.

Contact Information

If you have questions, please e-mail Emma Barned at [e-mail] with “Of Counsel - Milwaukee" in the subject line.

Firm Overview

Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 14 consecutive years. In the 2025 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation - Labor and Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 60 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.

Equal Opportunity Employer.