Position SummaryOur Phoenix, AZ office has a unique opportunity for an experienced employment litigation associate licensed in both Arizona and California to join the firm's dynamic and long-established practice representing premier local and national employers. Ogletree's Phoenix-based CA PAGA/class/collective litigation team, as well as the Phoenix-based CA single-plaintiff litigation team, affords California litigators robust mentoring and customized business development training in our collegial, in-person environment. This is an excellent opportunity for associates who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant role in all aspects of labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and opposing counsel.
Duties include, but are not limited to, performing legal research, drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences, handling discovery-related activities and investigations, drafting of position statements and dispositive motions, and counseling clients on employment-law-related matters.
The right candidate will have a passion for employment law, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with sophisticated business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national employment law practice in a tight-knit, collegial and team-oriented environment.
Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. 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 the leading attorneys in this field.
Requirements - Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in both Arizona and California. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
- Candidates must possess 3+ years of experience practicing in state and federal courts in California.
- Labor and Employment litigation, specifically FEHA and/or PAGA, experience is required.
- Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.
Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position.
Benefits Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.
Contact InformationIf you have questions, please e-mail Emma Barnes at
[email protected] with "Employmnet Litigation Associate - Phoenix" in the subject line. Please note, applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.
