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Employment & Labor Of Counsel | Newark, NJ (Remote) – Up to $280K
Location/Schedule: Newark, NJ. Fully Remote
Base Salary: $240K–$280K, plus a productivity bonus and discretionary performance bonus.
Practice: Management-side employment. Approximately 50% counseling and 50% litigation.
Our client is a leading New Jersey commercial law firm with a Chambers-ranked Employment and Labor practice. The role combines day-to-day counseling for sophisticated employers with substantive employment litigation. This is not a pure litigation seat. The successful attorney will have meaningful client contact and a clear route toward partnership.
Why You Should Join:
- Up to $280K Bonus – Competitive regional compensation with productivity and discretionary bonus opportunities.
- A Genuine Counseling and Litigation Split – Approximately 50% practical employer counseling and 50% employment litigation.
- A Highly Ranked Employment Team – Join an established management-side practice recognised for employment litigation, restrictive covenants and workplace investigations.
- Sophisticated Employer Clients – Advise national and international businesses on complex workplace issues.
- Hybrid Working and Partner Track – Three office days per week, a 1,900-hour target and genuine long-term progression.
What You’ll Actually Do:
- Advise employers on HR matters, discipline, terminations, workplace policies, accommodations, leave and compliance.
- Counsel clients on wage-and-hour issues and employee classification.
- Draft and negotiate employment agreements, restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements.
- Defend employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful-termination matters.
- Handle administrative proceedings, workplace investigations and trade-secret disputes.
Requirements:
- Eight or more years of employment-law experience.
- Substantial management-side employment counseling experience.
- Meaningful employment litigation experience.
- Active New Jersey and New York Bar admission, or NJ admission with eligibility and willingness to obtain NY admission.
- A practical, commercially focused approach to advising employers.
No one fits every box perfectly—if you are an experienced management-side employment attorney looking for sophisticated clients, balanced counseling and litigation work, and a genuine partner track, let’s talk confidentially.
Joshua.Williams@wearerevolution.co
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Salary : $240,000 - $280,000