Contract Employment Litigation Attorney (Remote)

The ideal candidate will have

• 5+ years of employment litigation experience in a mid-large law firm or in-house setting.
• Residency and active bar admission in California.
• Strong experience managing employment defense, single plaintiff, and PAGA or class action litigation cases.
• A demonstrated understanding of California and federal employment laws and regulations.
• Experience representing client interests when meeting and conferring with various stakeholders, including opposing counsel.
• Strong legal research skills.
• Excellent legal drafting and communication skills, including oral and written advocacy.
• Ability to distill research into meaningful and persuasive written work product, as well as to work meticulously to ensure work product quality.
• High-level of responsiveness and client service abilities.
• Availability to work from 20-40 hours per week and maintain PST business hours.
• Flexibility for anticipated hours to fluctuate as needed.
• Ability to work remotely and quickly handle high volume litigation matters.
• Excellent writing skills, strong attention to detail, and ability to produce high quality work product with minimal supervision and direction.
• Excellent proactive communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to maintain effective working relationships and communicate verbally and in writing, with clients, firm members, and other business contacts.

Please note that this is a temporary contract position is managed by DWT’s flexible attorney program, DWTSurge. Compensation will be paid on an hourly basis, commensurate with experience and skill level (see below). This role is not eligible for benefits. Due to the structure of the DWTSurge program, DWTSurge employees are not eligible for the firm’s pro bono, DEI, and other activities or opportunities outside of the above stated scope of work. We are interested in candidates electing to pursue a more flexible way of providing continuous, high-value legal services to the firm and our clients. If you are interested in a more traditional law firm position, please check the DWT careers page for lateral opportunities.

Salary Range

The hourly range for this position in California is $130 to $160 per hour. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.