Role OverviewWe are seeking a Senior Labor & Employment Attorney with approximately 10–15 years of private practice experience and a portable book of business to join our growing Labor & Employment practice. The successful candidate will play a significant role in strengthening the depth and execution capacity of our Labor & Employment section while helping employers navigate increasingly complex workplace challenges.
What You Will Do
As a trusted advisor to employers across diverse industries, you will counsel employers on complex workplace issues, conduct and oversee sensitive workplace investigations, represent clients in federal and state courts, and provide practical and business-oriented guidance on hiring, discipline, accommodations, wage and hour compliance, reductions in force, separations, restrictive covenants, and employee relations matters.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated record of providing strategic counsel and representing employers in litigation, arbitration, class and collective actions, and administrative proceedings. They will also have experience advising employers on complex workplace matters involving employee relations, workplace investigations, EPLI claims, wage and hour compliance, accommodations, leave management, labor relations, restrictive covenants, workforce restructuring, and executive employment issues.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school
- Member of The Florida Bar in good standing
- Florida Bar Board Certification in Labor & Employment Law is preferred
- Approximately 10–15 years of employer-side labor and employment experience in a law firm environment
- Significant experience advising employers on complex workplace matters
- Experience representing employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies
- Experience counseling and defending employers in matters arising under federal and state employment laws
- Experience drafting and advising on employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbooks, workplace policies, training programs, and human resources compliance initiatives
- Portable book of business and demonstrated business development capability required
Benefits
- Market-leading compensation
- Benefits
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