[Hiring] Labor & Employment Attorney @Novate Legal Search

Role Description

The Employment Attorney will advise and represent employers and/or employees in a broad range of employment-law matters. The attorney will handle cases involving:

• wage and hour disputes
• discrimination
• harassment
• retaliation
• wrongful termination
• workplace accommodations
• employment contracts
• other California employment-law issues

Key Responsibilities include:

• Advise clients on federal, California, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Represent clients in employment litigation, administrative proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations.
• Draft and review employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbooks, policies, and other employment-related documents.
• Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda, pleadings, motions, discovery, and other litigation documents.
• Handle depositions, hearings, settlement conferences, and trial preparation.
• Investigate workplace complaints involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage violations, and wrongful termination.
• Counsel clients regarding hiring, termination, leave, accommodations, discipline, workplace policies, and employee relations.
• Monitor changes in California and federal employment law and advise clients regarding compliance.
• Communicate effectively with clients, opposing counsel, courts, agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Manage caseloads, deadlines, budgets, and client relationships.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active California State Bar license and good standing.
• Experience practicing employment law, preferably in California.
• Strong knowledge of California employment laws, including wage-and-hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leave, and wrongful termination laws.
• Excellent legal research, writing, negotiation, and oral advocacy skills.
• Strong organizational and case-management abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines independently.