Employment & Labor Associate Attorney (1st–2nd Year)

About the Role

Our client is seeking a junior associate to join its Employment & Labor practice group in New York. This role is ideal for an attorney with 1–2 years of employment law experience who is interested in developing a practice spanning both employment counseling and employment litigation.

The position includes significant day-to-day client counseling responsibilities, including advising clients in New York and Florida, as well as supporting employment-related aspects of M&A transactions. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working directly with sophisticated clients in a fast-paced law firm environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise clients on a broad range of employment law matters, including:

  • Employment policies and practices

  • Workplace compliance issues

  • Employee relations matters

• Support employment litigation matters, including:

  • Legal research

  • Drafting motions and briefs

  • Discovery support

  • Case strategy development

• Assist with employment-related aspects of:

  • Mergers & acquisitions

  • Corporate transactions

• Draft and review:

  • Employment agreements

  • Separation agreements

  • Employment policies and related documentation

• Collaborate with cross-functional legal teams on client matters

• Manage multiple assignments while maintaining high-quality work product

Required Qualifications

• 1–2 years of employment law experience

• Experience or demonstrated interest in both:

  • Employment counseling

  • Employment litigation

• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• High level of motivation, initiative, and professionalism

• Strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school

• Admitted to the Florida Bar, or eligible and willing to seek admission to the Florida Bar

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Junior employment associate looking for broad exposure across counseling and litigation

• Strong client service orientation and communication skills

• Interested in sophisticated employment law work within a collaborative law firm environment

• Comfortable handling multiple priorities and fast-moving matters

Preferred Background

Best-fit candidates likely come from:

• Am Law employment & labor groups

• Management-side labor and employment practices

• Firms with strong employment counseling and litigation platforms

Strong target firms may include:

• Littler

• Seyfarth Shaw

• Proskauer

• Morgan Lewis

• Paul Hastings

• Ogletree

• Jackson Lewis

• Gibson Dunn

• Latham

• Skadden