Midsize Law Firm seeking 2 Employment Litigation Attorneys to join their team in Chicago
Details & Benefits:
- Practice area focus: employment litigation (defense)
- Compensation: $185,000 - $225,000 base plus bonuses (base depends on years of experience)
- Billable hour requirement: 1850
- 3 weeks PTO
- Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- Pension plan that the firm contributes to
- Mentorship program for attorneys:
- Annual reviews
- In Office once you’re starting, remote flexibility from there
Qualifications - must have:
- 3-10 years' experience as an attorney with a focus on employment litigation
- Defending against discrimination claims under Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, IHRA, IWA, and similar common law claims.
- Defending against wage and hour and other class action claims under the FLSA, IMWL, IWPCA, and BIPA.
- Defending and/or prosecuting trade secret violations and breaches of confidentiality, non-compete, and non-solicitation agreements
- Trial experience
Preferred, not required:
- Admission to the Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Trial experience (first or second chair) and/or experience presenting witnesses at trials, hearings, arbitrations, or similar proceedings in employment law matters.
- Appellate experience in employment law cases, including briefing and/or oral argument.
- Portable business
- Fluent in Spanish