What are the responsibilities and job description for the Labor And Employment Attorney (Raleigh, Charlotte, or Winston-Salem) position at Ave Staffing?
Job Title: Labor & Employment Attorney (Counsel / Associate)
Location: Raleigh, Charlotte, or Winston-Salem, NC (Hybrid/Remote Flexibility Eligible)
Salary: $210,000 - $450,000 (Commensurate with experience level from Mid-Level Associate to Counsel/Partner)
Why This Opportunity?
This is an elite opportunity to join a premier, nationally recognized AM Law practice serving global clients from its multi-office North Carolina footprint. The position provides an ideal blend of high-stakes corporate advocacy, deep professional autonomy, and a highly advanced technology ecosystem tailored for the modern legal strategist.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Raleigh, Charlotte, or Winston-Salem, NC (Hybrid/Remote Flexibility Eligible)
Salary: $210,000 - $450,000 (Commensurate with experience level from Mid-Level Associate to Counsel/Partner)
Why This Opportunity?
This is an elite opportunity to join a premier, nationally recognized AM Law practice serving global clients from its multi-office North Carolina footprint. The position provides an ideal blend of high-stakes corporate advocacy, deep professional autonomy, and a highly advanced technology ecosystem tailored for the modern legal strategist.
Key Responsibilities
- Client Advocacy: Formulate and execute legal defense strategies for employers facing high-exposure state and federal labor disputes.
- Regulatory Compliance: Provide corporate counseling on workplace regulations, executive compensation agreements, wage-and-hour compliance, and complex administrative mandates.
- Litigation Defense: Represent management in labor and employment litigation before state courts, federal courts, and administrative enforcement agencies.
- Agreement Architecture: Draft, review, and negotiate critical employment contracts, non-compete agreements, severance packages, and third-party workplace service structures.
- Risk Mitigation: Conduct internal corporate audits, investigate sensitive employee misconduct, and advise executive teams on risk-containment policies.
- Experience: 3 to 8 years of dedicated defense-side labor and employment legal practice.
- Education: Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school with a stellar academic background.
- Licensure: Active and unblemished membership in the North Carolina State Bar (or eligible for immediate reciprocity).
- Technical Savvy: High level of competence navigating sophisticated document management, electronic court filing networks, and client reporting portals.
Salary : $210,000 - $450,000