Years of Experience: Attorneys with 1 - 4 years of experience with employment litigation and advice and counseling and/or a well-founded interest in developing a labor and employment practice.
Practice Area Summary: We represent national corporations both in litigation that is national in scope and in litigation that relates just to their California operations. Our employment lawyers handle some of the most cutting-edge work in the country along with a steady diet of more standard employment litigation. We frequently defend class, collective, and representative actions of all kinds; claims of discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination; retaliation and whistleblower claims; and disputes regarding pay equity and executive compensation; we also conduct sensitive internal investigations involving high risk allegations. Clients often turn to us when employment-related claims implicate fundamental aspects of their business model and require sophisticated advice and counseling in addition to top-notch litigation handling.
Years of Experience
Attorneys with 1 - 4 years of experience with employment litigation and advice and counseling and/or a well-founded interest in developing a labor and employment practice.
Academic Requirements
Outstanding achievement, including excellent law school record, strong references, and proven litigation and writing skills. We seek candidates who were ranked high in their class at top tier law schools. A J.D. from an ABA accredited law school is required.
Admission to CA Bar
Required.
Type of Experience
Familiarity and experience with employment litigation (including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination suits) and wage and hour litigation are essential. Class action and/or PAGA experience would be very helpful but is not required. Familiarity with California civil procedure is also helpful.
Familiarity and experience with employment counseling (including the construction of employment policies and manuals, counseling regarding employee discipline and termination, and wage and hour counseling) are very helpful, but only limited experience in these areas is required.
The position will focus mostly on litigation and associated counseling.
Type of Work
Depends on experience and demonstrated ability; we tend to get some of the best litigation in this area across the country.
Level of Responsibility
Depends on experience and demonstrated ability.
Degree of Client Contact
As much as appropriate: depends on experience and client skills - no preconceived limitation. Our labor and employment practice affords junior lawyers significant client contact and the opportunities to run cases, and it is our hope that the lawyer filling this position will be in a position to run some cases immediately upon joining the firm.
Travel
Not much; some of our work is outside of California, and may require travel for hearings and depositions. Most of our litigation is based in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas and staffed from those respective offices.
Billable Hours
We expect that under ordinary circumstances all full-time associates will strive to work at least 2,000 hours per year on client matters for which time is recorded (i.e., litigation or transactional matters, including pro bono).
Practice Area Summary
We represent national corporations both in litigation that is national in scope and in litigation that relates just to their California operations. Our employment lawyers handle some of the most cutting-edge work in the country along with a steady diet of more standard employment litigation. We frequently defend class, collective, and representative actions of all kinds; claims of discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination; retaliation and whistleblower claims; and disputes regarding pay equity and executive compensation; we also conduct sensitive internal investigations involving high risk allegations. Clients often turn to us when employment-related claims implicate fundamental aspects of their business model and require sophisticated advice and counseling in addition to top-notch litigation handling.
Benefits of Coming to Munger, Tolles & Olson
Early responsibility and advancement; great and committed clients; great lawyers to work with; an open and progressive firm environment; terrific profit per partner and associate compensation history.
Salary Scale
2026 Annual Salaries
Law School Class Year Salary
2026 $225,000
2025 $225,000
2024 $235,000
2023 $260,000
2022 $310,000
2021 $365,000
2020 $390,000
2019 $420,000
2018 and earlier $435,000
The salary range is the one that Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP reasonably expects to pay for this position. The salary range does not guarantee, obligate, nor set expectations of an applicant's wage in the event of hire. The posted range is only one component of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP's Total Rewards package.
