Partner Attorney – Employment & Labor

Full-time

No

## Partner Attorney - Employment & Labor

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP is looking for a Partner Attorney to join their Employment & Labor Group. This individual will have the opportunity to work in any of the firm’s three locations: Boston, Framingham, or Worcester. The Employment & Labor Group is highly regarded and recognized by Chambers USA as one of the most notable practices in Massachusetts.

The successful candidate must have:

- A “healthy growth” book of portables and a strong desire to grow it over time
- Extensive experience with complex labor and employment law matters
- A willingness to work collaboratively/cross market with members in other practice area groups
- A team-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset

The successful candidate should also have experience with:

- Litigating employment cases, including termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour matters
- Taking and defending depositions on complicated labor and employment matters
- Providing business-focused, creative and client- centric problem-solving mindset with ability to balance legal risk and business impact
- Thinking collaboratively to create common sense solutions to complex employment problems
- Conceptualizing and articulating pragmatic/creative counseling and advice to clients
- Developing business with proven ability to generate/originate new matters
- Developing/maximizing potential referral sources through networking events, lunches, and social gatherings
- Creating an overall business development/marketing strategy designed to grow and expand one’s practice and client base
- Maintaining a positive attitude and good organizational, communication and writing skills
- Reviewing, analyzing, negotiating and drafting employment contracts, termination agreements, settlement agreements, employment releases, labor contracts, and other labor and employment contracts and related documentation
- Analyzing, addressing, and providing legal advice to a cross-functional team of lawyers in all practice areas

The successful attorney must have:

- Significant experience representing employers, large and small, in employment disputes
- A mature, experienced team approach to the practice of law
- Strong people skills suitable for a client-focused business
- Strong academic and professional credentials
- Ability to prioritize and to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment and bring added value
- Sound legal judgment, initiative, and versatility
- A client base with portable billings in “growth mode”
- Strong employment litigation and counseling experience
- First-chair experience handling employment trials is a plus
- Candidates must have a wide range of labor and employment law experience, business acumen, dispute resolution and leadership skills
- A Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school
- Licensed to practice law in the state of Massachusetts (Member of the Massachusetts Bar). Multiple state Bar admissions are a plus

Bowditch & Dewey provides a competitive compensation package with vacation, 401k, co-paid medical and dental and more.

The firm is committed to diversity and encourages those candidates having excellent skills with a broad range of experiences, knowledge and perspectives to apply. Diversity within the firm promotes an open and mutually respectful workplace and the delivery of superior service to its clients.

## Partner Attorney - Employment & Labor

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP is seeking a Partner Attorney to join their Employment & Labor Group. This individual will have the opportunity to work in any of the firm’s three locations: Boston, Framingham, or Worcester. The Employment & Labor Group is highly regarded and recognized by Chambers USA as one of the most notable practices in Massachusetts.

The successful candidate must have a “healthy growth” book of portables and a strong desire to grow it over time. They must also have extensive experience with complex labor and employment law matters and must be willing to work collaboratively/cross market with members in other practice area groups. The individual must also have a team-oriented, entrepreneurial mindset.

## Qualifications and Experience

- Litigating employment cases, including termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour matters
- Taking and defending depositions on complicated labor and employment matters
- Providing business-focused, creative and client- centric problem-solving mindset with ability to balance legal risk and business impact
- Thinking collaboratively to create common sense solutions to complex employment problems
- Conceptualizing and articulating pragmatic/creative counseling and advice to clients
- Developing business with proven ability to generate/originate new matters
- Developing/maximizing potential referral sources through networking events, lunches, and social gatherings
- Creating an overall business development/marketing strategy designed to grow and expand one’s practice and client base
- Maintaining a positive attitude and good organizational, communication and writing skills
- Reviewing, analyzing, negotiating and drafting employment contracts, termination agreements, settlement agreements, employment releases, labor contracts, and other labor and employment contracts and related documentation
- Analyzing, addressing, and providing legal advice to a cross-functional team of lawyers in all practice areas

## Required Skills

- Significant experience representing employers, large and small, in employment disputes
- Mature, experienced team approach to the practice of law

Not Specified

Vacation, 401k, co-paid medical and dental and more

Not Specified

Litigating employment cases, taking and defending depositions on complicated labor and employment matters, providing business-focused, creative and client- centric problem-solving mindset with ability to balance legal risk and business impact, thinking collaboratively to create common sense solutions to complex employment problems, conceptualizing and articulating pragmatic/creative counseling and advice to clients, developing business with proven ability to generate/originate new matters, developing/maximizing potential referral sources through networking events, lunches, and social gatherings, creating an overall business development/marketing strategy designed to grow and expand one’s practice and client base, maintaining a positive attitude, good listening skills, ambition, self-confidence, and good organizational, communication and writing skills, reviewing, analyzing, negotiating and drafting employment contracts, termination agreements, settlement agreements, employment releases, labor contracts, and other labor and employment contracts and related documentation, analyzing, addressing, and providing legal advice to a cross-functional team of lawyers in all practice areas.

Send cover letter and resume to Human Resources Department, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, 311 Main Street, . Box 15156, Worcester, MA 01615-0156, E-mail

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school, Licensed to practice law in the state of Massachusetts (Member of the Massachusetts Bar). Multiple state Bar admissions are a plus.

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