Employment Litigation Associate - Ogletree Deakins

Our Buffalo, New York office has an opportunity for a mid-level labor and employment litigation associate to join the firm’s dynamic and long-established practice representing premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for associates who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant role in all aspects of management-side labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with client representatives, governmental agencies and opposing counsel.

Duties include, but are not limited to, performing legal research, drafting legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences and arbitrations, handling discovery-related activities and workplace investigations, drafting position statements and dispositive motions, and counseling clients on employment- related legal matters.

The right candidate will have a passion for labor and employment law, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with sophisticated business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national labor and employment law practice in a tight-knit and team-oriented environment.

Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We hold regular all-attorney and in-person conferences throughout the country. We make attorney development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with the leading attorneys in this field.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.

• Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in New York.  During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
• Candidates must possess 4+ years of employment litigation defense experience.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills are required.

Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position.

In accordance with New York State’s Pay Transparency Law, the expected salary range for this position is between $160,000 and $167,500. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. This position qualifies for the staff benefits listed below.

Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Teladoc to provide 24/7 access to a doctor by phone or online video, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.

Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Premier client service, as outlined in the firm’s Client Pledge, is one of the firm’s top priorities and a cornerstone of its core values. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 13 consecutive years. In the 2024 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Employment Law - Management category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 950 attorneys located in 56 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.

Equal Opportunity Employer.