Attorney – Labor & Employment (Management-Side, Counseling & Litigation)

Full-Time | Hybrid | Rochester, NY - New York, NY - Albany, NY - Buffalo, NY | $130K – $170K

IMPORTANT: WHO THIS ROLE IS FOR

This Is For a Management-side Labor And Employment Attorney Who Wants a Full-spectrum Practice — Counseling, Litigation, And Traditional Labor — At a Firm Where Partners Actively Push Work Down And Development Is Built Into The Model. Candidates Must

• Have 3–7 years of management-side labor and employment experience at a law firm
• Be admitted to the New York bar or eligible and willing to waive in
• Be based in or willing to relocate to Rochester or Buffalo, NY
  
  

This is NOT a remote role. Traditional labor experience (NLRA, CBA, arbitration) and M&A diligence exposure are meaningful bonuses.

About The Opportunity

A Chambers USA top-ranked upstate New York firm with one of the strongest management-side L&E practices in the region is growing its team across Rochester and Buffalo. The firm serves a genuinely diverse client base — Fortune 100 employers, hospitals and health systems, municipalities, universities, nonprofits, and closely held businesses — on the full spectrum of employment matters. The firm's true lockstep-with-accountability partnership model (no eat-what-you-kill, no origination pressure, no permanent non-equity tier) means associates routinely get real client contact and substantive responsibility earlier in their careers than peers at competing firms. Billable target: 1,800 hours. Hybrid: approximately 50% in-office, measured on trust.

What You'll Be Doing

• Counsel management-side corporate clients on day-to-day employment matters: wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, Title VII, NY Human Rights Law, and FLSA compliance
• Draft and review employment policies, handbooks, employment agreements, separation agreements, and restrictive covenants
• Advise on hiring practices, employee discipline, terminations, reductions in force, and leaves of absence
• Handle employment litigation defense: EEOC charge responses, motion practice, depositions, mediations, and summary judgment
• Support traditional labor matters: NLRA counseling, collective bargaining, grievances, arbitrations, and NLRB proceedings
• Conduct workplace training and internal investigations across a diverse client base including public entities, academic institutions, and health systems
  
  

What We're Looking For

• 3–7 years of management-side labor and employment experience at a law firm (flexible to 2–8 years for exceptional candidates)
• Strong counseling skills and at least some employment litigation exposure
• Traditional labor (NLRA, CBA, arbitration) experience is a meaningful plus
• NY bar admission or eligibility and willingness to waive in
• Long-term minded attorney looking for a true partnership track at a collaborative, low-ego firm
  
  

Core Keywords

Labor & Employment Attorney; Management-Side; EEOC; NLRA; Wage and Hour; Discrimination Defense; Employment Counseling; Rochester NY; Buffalo NY; Lockstep Partnership

Skills: nlra,management,litigation,discrimination,labor & employment,u.s. equal employment opportunity commission (eeoc),wage & hour,employment litigation,defense,counseling,arbitration