Attorney - Employment Litigation - Austin - $225K

NEW IN – Employment Litigation Associate | 4–5 Years | High-Stakes Matters | Plaintiff Defense | No Billable Requirement | Austin

I'm currently working with a nationally recognised litigation practice that is looking to add an Employment Litigation Associate to its Austin team. This is a strong opportunity for an attorney who wants high-stakes employment litigation, direct client exposure and meaningful responsibility on lean teams, while also developing the counseling side of their practice.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Both Sides of the V – Handle employment litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants, giving you a genuinely varied practice rather than being locked into one side.
• High-Stakes Matters – Work on complex employment disputes involving significant financial and reputational exposure, including executive disputes, wage-and-hour actions and sensitive workplace matters.
• No Firm-Wide Billable Requirement – Focus on producing high-quality legal work and developing your practice without a set annual billable-hour target.
• Lean Teams, Real Responsibility – Take ownership of key workstreams and play a visible role on significant matters rather than being buried within large case teams.
• Litigation Counseling – Build experience across employment litigation, compliance, investigations, risk mitigation and strategic personnel decisions.
• Direct Partner & Client Exposure – Work closely with experienced partners and communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel and agency representatives.

The Role

• Manage employment litigation matters with increasing independence.
• Handle single-plaintiff disputes, wage-and-hour class and representative actions, executive disputes, restrictive covenant matters and employment-related trade secret issues.
• Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, discovery and substantive briefs.
• Conduct and defend depositions and support hearings, mediations and settlement conferences.
• Advise employers and employees on employment disputes, compliance and risk.
• Conduct workplace investigations and support internal employment assessments.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel and agency representatives.
• Take ownership of key workstreams and contribute to case strategy.

About You

• 4–5 years of litigation experience in state and/or federal court.
• Employment litigation experience required.
• Experience with dispositive motions and discovery management.
• Strong research, writing and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of Texas employment law and civil procedure.
• Active Texas Bar admission in good standing.
• Strong credentials and attendance at a good law school.
• Comfortable handling complex employment disputes and counseling matters.
• Interest in building a long-term career and developing a practice.
• Familiarity with legal AI tools is a plus.

Location

• Austin, Texas

Package

• Up to $175,000 base salary, depending on experience and qualifications
• No firm-wide billable-hour requirement

If you're an Employment litigator looking for high-stakes matters, real responsibility, direct client exposure and the opportunity to build both your litigation and counseling practice, I'd love to speak with you.

Please apply below or forward your résumé to jason.giger@wearerevolution.co for a confidential, no-obligation discussion.

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