Senior Labor & Employment Attorney

Baker & Hostetler LLP; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker & Hostetler LLP seeks an experienced attorney for its Labor and Employment Group in Denver. The role focuses on counseling employers, handling wage and hour issues, workplace investigations, and policy development.

You will lead matters, manage strategy, and build trusted client relationships across offices. Ideal candidates will handle complex employment disputes across federal and state courts and administrative agencies, with Am Law 100 experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience advising employers on wage/hour compliance and investigations.
• Ability to lead matters and build client relationships across offices.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on employment policies, handbooks, and agreements.
• Represent employers before federal and state agencies; respond to investigations and audits.
• Defend employers in federal/state courts and arbitration on discrimination, wage hour, and covenants issues.
• Manage all phases of litigation: pleadings, discovery, depositions, and trial prep.
• Take a lead role in strategy development and client counseling across matters.

Skills

Litigation strategy

Labor law

Counseling employers

Policy drafting

Client relationships

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Job description

Overview

• The Labor and Employment Group counsels employers on federal, state, and local employment and traditional labor issues, addressing complex workforce issues, high-stakes litigation, compliance matters, and traditional labor issues across the country.
• The role involves counseling employers on matters such as wage and hour compliance, employee classification, workplace investigations, workforce restructuring, leaves and accommodations, restrictive covenants, independent contractor issues, and privacy.
• Responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on various employment-related policies, handbooks, and agreements, including compensation and benefits, workplace conduct, harassment, privacy, employment, separation, noncompetition, confidentiality, independent contractor, and vendor contracts.
• The attorney will represent employers before federal and state administrative agencies, responding to investigations, audits, and enforcement actions, and conducting internal compliance and wage and hour audits.
• The role entails defending employers in federal and state courts and arbitration proceedings involving a broad range of employment matters such as discrimination, harassment, leave and accommodation claims, wage and hour disputes, and restrictive covenant matters.
• The position requires handling all phases of litigation, including drafting pleadings and motions, managing discovery and document production, taking and defending depositions, preparing witnesses, and developing case strategy.
• Candidates are expected to take a lead role in managing matters, counseling clients, developing strategy, and building trusted client relationships within a collaborative, cross-office platform.
• Am Law 100 law firm experience is preferred for this role.
• Must be admitted to practice law in Montana and at least one of these jurisdictions: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, or Washington, D.C.