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

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

I'm currently working with a nationally recognised litigation practice that is looking to add an Employment Litigation Associate to its San Francisco 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 matters for both plaintiffs and defendants, giving you exposure to the full spectrum of employment disputes rather than being locked into one side.
• High-Stakes, High-Visibility Matters – Work on complex disputes involving significant financial and reputational exposure, including executive disputes, wage-and-hour actions and sensitive workplace matters.
• No Firm-Wide Billable Requirement – Develop your practice without being tied to a set annual billable-hour target.
• Lean Teams, Real Responsibility – Work closely with partners on significant matters and take ownership of key workstreams as your experience develops.
• Litigation + Counseling – Build experience across employment litigation, compliance, investigations, risk mitigation and strategic personnel decisions, giving you a broader employment practice than a pure litigation role.
• Executive-Level Exposure – Work on employment matters involving executives and senior professionals, including compensation, equity, separation agreements and restrictive covenants.
• National Platform, Boutique Feel – Be part of a nationally active practice while working in lean teams where associates can have visible roles on significant matters.

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 California employment law and civil procedure.
• Active California 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

• San Francisco, California

Package

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

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.