Overview
Law/Legal Associate, Employment Law Jobs in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA at Ogletree Deakins’ Black Attorney Resource Group
Position Summary
Our New Orleans office has an opportunity for an experienced mid to senior level employment litigation associate to join the firm’s dynamic and long-established practice representing premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for associates who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant role in all aspects of labor and employment law.
This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and opposing counsel.
Duties include, but are not limited to, performing legal research, drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences, handling discovery-related activities and investigations, drafting of position statements and dispositive motions, and counseling clients on employment-law-related matters.
The right candidate will have a passion for employment law, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with sophisticated business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national employment law practice in a tight-knit, collegial and team-oriented environment.
Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We hold regular all-attorney in-person conferences throughout the country. We make attorney development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with the leading attorneys in this field.
We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.
Requirements
Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in Louisiana. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
Candidates must possess 4+ years of employment litigation experience.
Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.
Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position.
Benefits
Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Teladoc to provide 24/7 access to a doctor by phone or online video, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.
Firm
Overview
Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Premier client service, as outlined in the firm’s
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Title: Law/Legal Associate, Employment Law
Company: Ogletree Deakins’ Black Attorney Resource Group
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Category: Law/Legal (Employment Law, Lawyer, Legal Counsel)
