Special Counsel (Virtual): Employment Litigation Attorney

Hire Counsel; California; On-site; USD 167,500 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off

401(k) plan with profit sharing

Job summary

Hire Counsel is seeking experienced employment litigation attorneys to join its Virtual Office team as Special Counsel. This role requires over seven years of experience handling employment law matters, with a focus on providing high-quality legal services without business development pressure. Attorneys will enjoy flexibility in setting their own billable hours.

The position is remote but may involve some travel for court appearances. The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years (7+) of experience in employment law and litigation.
• Licensure in good standing in target states.
• Experience practicing in a law firm (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Handling employment litigation for clients including EPLI cases.
• Developing case strategies and drafting legal work.
• Representing clients at hearings and trials.

Skills

Expertise handling employment law matters

Ability to work independently in a remote setting

Experience with EPLI matters

Education

JD from an ABA accredited law school

Job description

We are working with one of the oldest and largest management side, labor and employment law firms in the country. The firm seeks employment litigation attorneys with over seven years of experience (7+) to join its Virtual Office team, as Special Counsel, in particular target states, identified above and below. The role is remote, except for any deposition, court, or administrative hearing appearances requiring a physical presence. Expertise handling employment law matters and the ability to work independently in a remote setting are essential. Preferred qualifications include prior practice in a law firm and experience with EPLI matters. The role requires some travel, mostly local. Attorneys hired will collaborate with firm partners and an attorney team. They will benefit from the support of a paralegal team and a shared secretarial pool within the firm’s Virtual Office.

The Special Counsel role requires efficient, high quality legal work and offers the challenge of a full‑cycle litigation practice; however, it allows attorneys serving in it increased flexibility, including options re billable hours expectations, which the attorneys, individually, participate in setting for themselves in dialogue with appropriate firm personnel. The position imposes no business development pressure, allowing attorneys filling these roles to concentrate on providing exceptional legal services without the burden of additional non‑billable hour demands. The firm is committed to creating and empowering an inclusive workplace in which talented attorneys can thrive and flourish.

Salary for the firm’s Special Counsel roles is $167,500-$205,000, with the actual base pay determined by factors such as an attorney’s own selected billable hours target and an attorney’s actual employment litigation experience, skills, and qualifications. The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance; generous paid time off; paid parental leave; a 401(k) plan with a carve-out election and profit sharing; life insurance; long‑term disability coverage; an employee assistance program; and optional benefits, including critical care, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance, student loan refinancing, dependent life insurance, and pet insurance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Handling administrative charges, attorney demand letters, and employment litigation for a number of the firm’s clients, including those carrying Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)
• Handling single‑plaintiff litigation, including class actions and PAGA cases, as well as other labor and employment law matters
• Handling employment matters, directly, and supervising others
• Developing case strategies
• Drafting and reviewing work product
• Representing clients at hearings, conferences, depositions, and trials
• In selected target states, as specified below, handling PEO litigation and/or general liability and negligence litigation
• In selected target states, as specified below, focusing on wage and hour matters

QUALIFICATIONS

• JD from an ABA accredited law school
• Licensure in good standing, as well as residence in one of the target states for which the firm needs Special Counsel, namely: California (in Northern California, PEO litigation experience is necessary); Florida; New York & New Jersey (licenses, in both, with general liability and negligence experience, in addition to the standard requirements of the Special Counsel role, as set forth in this posting; Kentucky & Ohio (licensed in both); Georgia (including wage and hour); Arizona; Washington State (with wage and hour and EPLI experience, as well as experience advising and counseling); Massachusetts (with general liability and negligence experience, in addition to the standard requirements of the Special Counsel role, as set forth in this posting); and Pennsylvania (with general liability and negligence experience, in addition to the standard requirements of the Special Counsel role, as set forth in this posting)
• Expertise handling employment law matters
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting
• Seven or more years (7+) of experience in employment law and litigation
• Experience practicing in a law firm (preferred)
• Experience with matters covered by EPLI (preferred)

BENEFITS

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; generous paid time off; paid parental leave; a 401(k) plan with a carve‑out election and profit sharing; life insurance; long‑term disability coverage; an employee assistance program; and optional benefits, including critical care, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance, student loan refinancing, dependent life insurance, and pet insurance.

LOCATION

Virtual Office (largely remote, with some travel and physical appearance, as necessary, for depositions, administrative hearings, and court hearings; so, residence and corresponding licensure in one of the particular target states, at issue, is important).

LICENSURE

In good standing in the target state, of interest, in which the attorney resides.

EXPERIENCE

Seven or more (7+) years of employment law and litigation experience.

BILLABLE HOURS

As set by the attorney in dialogue with the firm.