What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Employment Associate Attorney position at Trueline Talent?
Trueline's client, a well-respected Pennsylvania law firm with a nationally recognized healthcare practice, is seeking a Senior Employment Attorney to join its growing team. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced management-side employment attorney to step into an established practice, work closely with long-term business and healthcare clients, and play a key role in rebuilding and expanding the firm's employment law group.
What You'll Do as the Senior Employment Attorney- Counsel employers on a broad range of day-to-day employment matters, including employee relations, disciplinary actions, terminations, employee handbooks, ADA, FMLA, wage and hour compliance, workplace investigations, restrictive covenants, and employment policies.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to business clients, with a significant focus on long-term care providers, nursing homes, and other healthcare organizations.
- Represent employers in employment-related litigation and administrative proceedings involving discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour claims, unemployment compensation, and other workplace disputes.
- Draft and negotiate employment agreements, policies, separation agreements, and other employment-related documents.
- Handle litigation matters from strategy through resolution, including pleadings, discovery, depositions, motions, hearings, mediations, and trial preparation.
- Stay current on developments in employment law and provide proactive guidance, client alerts, presentations, and training as needed.
- Collaborate with attorneys across multiple practice areas to provide comprehensive legal solutions for clients.
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Active admission to the Pennsylvania Bar.
- Approximately 8–12 years of management-side employment law experience (exceptional candidates with slightly more or less experience will be considered).
- Strong experience counseling employers on day-to-day employment issues.
- Experience handling employment litigation and administrative matters.
- Excellent written, verbal, and client relationship skills.
- Experience representing healthcare providers, long-term care facilities, or other regulated employers.
- Experience reviewing and drafting employee handbooks and workplace policies.
- Strong background advising employers on employee terminations, workplace investigations, and compliance matters.
- Existing client relationships or business development experience is a plus, but no portable book of business is required.
- Competitive compensation, with flexibility for highly qualified candidates.
- Performance-based bonus opportunities.
- Comprehensive benefits, including a top-tier health plan, 401(k) with employer match, discretionary profit sharing, and short-term disability coverage.
- Hybrid work flexibility after an initial onboarding period.
- A collaborative, collegial environment with a strong emphasis on mentorship, teamwork, and long-term professional growth.
- The opportunity to play an instrumental role in the continued growth of an established employment law practice while working alongside a nationally recognized healthcare team.
Trueline and its clients are equal opportunity employers committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We recruit, refer, hire, place, and promote qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal or state law.