Remote Employment Litigation Associate | No Billables

We Are Legal Revolution; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

We Are Legal Revolution in San Francisco is seeking an Employment Litigation Associate to handle high-stakes matters on a national, fully remote basis. The role offers exposure to both plaintiffs and defendants, with significant responsibility and no firm-wide billable-hour requirement.

You will work on complex disputes, advise on compliance and risk, and collaborate with partners on key workstreams, including investigations and strategic personnel decisions.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of litigation experience in state and/or federal court.
• Experience with dispositive motions and discovery management.
• Strong research, writing and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of California employment law and civil procedure.
• Active California Bar admission in good standing.
• Strong credentials and attendance at a good law school.
• Comfortable handling complex employment disputes and counseling matters.
• Interest in building a long-term career and developing a practice.
• Familiarity with legal AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage employment litigation matters with increasing independence.
• Handle single-plaintiff disputes, wage-and-hour class and representative actions, executive disputes, restrictive covenant matters and employment-related trade secret issues.
• Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, discovery and substantive briefs.
• Conduct and defend depositions and support hearings, mediations and settlement conferences.
• Advise employers and employees on employment disputes, compliance and risk.
• Conduct workplace investigations and support internal employment assessments.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel and agency representatives.
• Take ownership of key workstreams and contribute to case strategy.

Skills

Litigation experience

Research skills

Writing skills

Analytical skills

Education

Active California Bar admission

Tools

Legal AI tools

Job description

We Are Legal Revolution in San Francisco is seeking an Employment Litigation Associate to handle high-stakes matters on a national, fully remote basis. The role offers exposure to both plaintiffs and defendants, with significant responsibility and no firm-wide billable-hour requirement.

You will work on complex disputes, advise on compliance and risk, and collaborate with partners on key workstreams, including investigations and strategic personnel decisions.