Company: DLA Piper
Position: Senior Employment Attorney
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: DLA Piper seeks a non-partnership track senior employment attorney for its Los Angeles office. The Senior Attorney will be handling litigation management, legal research, legal drafting, and other litigation-related tasks for class action as well as single plaintiff cases, including but not limited to matters involving alleged meal and rest period violations, failure to pay wages and/or bonuses, off-the-clock work, misclassification, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, and wrongful termination. The Senior Attorney may also conduct employment due diligence and advise on employment aspects of corporate transactions; draft and negotiate employment, termination/severance, and related agreements; and advise on reductions in force. Other advice issues include restrictive covenants, employee mobility, compensation practices, commission plans, employee policies/training and leave practices.
Contact: DLA Piper Legal Recruiting – LegalRecruiting-BOS@us.dlapiper.com
Apply here: https://dlapiper.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/dlapiper/job/Senior-Employment-Attorney–Los-Angeles-_24000258
Qualifications:
- JD
- Admitted to practice in California
- Minimum 8 years of experience in labor and employment, including litigation, transactional, and advice and counsel work.
- Strong knowledge of state and federal employment laws, including wage and hour laws, the California Labor Code, discrimination laws, and practice before state and federal court and agencies.
- Experience in the defense of class and collective actions, as well as PAGA claims, support our transactional group with respect to complex deals, and provide day to day advice and counsel to our wide range of clients.