Employment & Labor Attorney: 1st-3rd year

About the Role

Our client is seeking an Employment & Labor Associate Attorney (1st–3rd year) to join its fast-paced Employment & Labor practice in Reston, Virginia or Washington, DC.

This role is ideal for an attorney with experience in employment counseling and compliance matters, particularly involving statutory and regulatory compliance, executive employment arrangements, separation agreements, and employment-related issues arising in mergers and acquisitions. The position offers the opportunity to work closely with sophisticated clients on a broad range of employment law matters while developing expertise in both counseling and transactional support.

Key Responsibilities

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

  • Employment policies and practices

  • Statutory and regulatory compliance

  • Workplace risk management

  • Employee relations issues

• Draft, review, and negotiate:

  • Executive employment agreements

  • Separation and severance agreements

  • Employment-related policies and documentation

• Support employment-related aspects of:

  • Mergers & acquisitions

  • Corporate transactions

  • Due diligence reviews

• Counsel clients regarding federal, state, and local employment law compliance requirements

• Conduct legal research and prepare client-facing guidance on employment law developments

• Collaborate with corporate, litigation, and other practice groups on multidisciplinary matters

Required Qualifications

• 1–3 years of employment law experience

• Strong experience in:

  • Employment counseling

  • Statutory and regulatory compliance

  • Executive employment agreements

  • Separation and severance agreements

• Excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously

• Strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school

• JD degree required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting employment aspects of:

  • Mergers & acquisitions

  • Corporate transactions

• Employment litigation experience

• Experience working with sophisticated corporate clients

• Large law firm experience preferred

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong employment counseling associate with business-oriented judgment

• Comfortable advising clients on complex compliance matters

• Detail-oriented with excellent drafting and communication skills

• Collaborative and proactive problem solver

• Interested in both counseling and transactional employment work

Preferred Background

Best-fit candidates likely come from:

• Am Law 100 Employment & Labor groups

• Management-side labor and employment practices

• Corporate employment counseling teams

Strong target firms may include:

• Littler

• Seyfarth Shaw

• Morgan Lewis

• Proskauer

• Ogletree Deakins

• Jackson Lewis

• Gibson Dunn

• Latham & Watkins

• Paul Hastings