Ogletree Deakins

Employment Litigation Associate

Ogletree Deakins$110K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor degree and practicing attorney license in Connecticut required.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in employment litigation.
  • Strong analytical, writing, and communication skills essential.
  • Proactive and passionate about labor and employment law.
  • Ability to build rapport and confidence with sophisticated clients.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct legal research and analyze pertinent information.
  • Draft legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings effectively.
  • Attend court conferences and represent clients in legal proceedings.
  • Manage discovery-related activities and investigative processes.
  • Draft agency position statements and legal documents.
  • Counsel clients on employment law issues and provide expert advice.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive training and development programs, including an annual Attorney Retreat.
  • CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement support.
  • Various competitive annual bonus programs available.
  • 401(k) retirement plan benefits offered.
  • Affordable health and life insurance, including dental and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending accounts for dependent care or healthcare expenses.
  • Access to an employee assistance program and back-up childcare services.
  • Paid parental leave with a smooth re-entry program after leave.
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Our Stamford, CT office has an opportunity for an Employment Litigation Associate to join the firm's dynamic and long-established practice representing premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys 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 legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings; attending court conferences; handling discovery-related activities and investigations; drafting agency position statements; 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 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 Connecticut;
  • Candidates must possess 2+ years of employment litigation experience;
  • 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 Information

If you have questions, please e-mail Ali Gardiner at [email protected] with "Employment Litigation Associate - Stamford" in the subject line. Please note, applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.

About Ogletree Deakins

Ogletree Deakins is a law firm that specializes in labor and employment law. The firm was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Ogletree Deakins has over 900 attorneys in 53 offices across the United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents employers in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing. Ogletree Deakins has been recognized as one of the top labor and employment law firms in the United States by Chambers and Partners and U.S. News & World Report.
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