Akerman LLP seeks an Associate in Texas with 4 to 6 years of labor and employment defense experience to join its expanding national labor and employment practice. The ideal candidate must have experience representing employers in federal and state court litigation, and have substantive experience handling wage and hour class action and collective actions and cases involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. Key responsibilities include fact investigation, exposure analysis, managing discovery, drafting pleadings and motions, conducting legal research, and advising clients on complex employment law compliance issues. Experience with alternative dispute resolution, client counseling, labor and workplace investigations is highly valued. Candidates must possess a Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited law school and be a member of the State Bar of Texas. This position can be located in any of the Firm’s Austin, Dallas or Houston offices. Hybrid and remote arrangements are available.
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