Plaintiff Employment Associate | National Plaintiffs’ Trial Platform | Wage & Hour Class / Collective Actions Only | Up to $180k | San Francisco / Los Angeles | Hybrid / Remote Flexibility

NEW IN Plaintiff Employment Associate | National Plaintiffs’ Trial Platform | Wage & Hour Class / Collective Actions Only | Up to $180k | San Francisco / Los Angeles | Hybrid / Remote Flexibility

Highlights:

• True wage & hour focus: This is not a mixed employment role. The team is focused on wage & hour, class actions, and collective actions, not labor, harassment, discrimination, or workers’ comp

• High-profile plaintiffs’ platform: Publicly, the firm highlights its work in complex, high-stakes litigation and its experience representing employees in failure to pay wages, overtime, and commissions cases.

• National exposure: The firm markets itself as a national litigation platform and notes that its lawyers litigate high-stakes matters across the country, giving attorneys exposure beyond a purely local practice.

• Strong writing-led environment: This team places real value on writing ability, and the hiring notes suggest candidates with judicial clerkship backgrounds or especially strong written advocacy will stand out

• Growth platform: The firm has expanded rapidly in recent years and is still building, so this is a good move for someone who wants to join a platform with momentum

• Good long-term culture: Based on the hiring-team briefing you shared, retention is strong and the culture is seen internally as one of the main selling points

The Role:

• Handle plaintiff-side wage & hour litigation

• Work on class and collective actions

• Deal with matters involving misclassification, meal and rest break violations, expense reimbursement disputes, off-the-clock work, PAGA claims, and FLSA claims

• Support senior attorneys on briefing, litigation strategy, case development, and settlement work

• Work on a mix of California matters and multi-jurisdictional cases

⚖️ What they’re looking for:

• 3–6 years’ experience

• California Bar license is mandatory

• Plaintiff-side employment litigation experience with clear wage & hour exposure

• Strong writing ability

• Writing sample required to move the process along, with 2 preferred

• Judicial clerkship background is highly valued

• Exposure to multiple jurisdictions such as CA, WA, NY, or IL is a plus

Location / Working Setup:

• Bay Area / San Francisco: hybrid, with 3 days in office preferred

• Los Angeles: currently remote, with the expectation of future hybrid presence if the local office footprint expands

Compensation & Structure:

• 3–4 years PQE: up to around $150,000

• 5–6 years PQE: up to around $180,000

• Time expectation is structured around 8 hours logged daily, with a mix of billable and non-billable time

• Bonuses are discretionary, with performance evaluated more broadly than a pure defense-style billable formula

Why people move into roles like this:
• Better plaintiff-side cases
• Real class / collective action exposure
• A serious trial platform with long-term upside

For a confidential, no-obligation conversation, send your CV to [email protected]

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