Senior Employment Defense Litigation Associate Attorney

Chicago office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks senior employment defense litigation associate attorney with 10 years of experience working on the defense of employment matters. The candidate should will work independently with limited supervision and have significant experience conducting discovery, taking depositions, preparing and arguing motions, and assisting with trial preparation. Must be admitted to the State Bar of Illinois. The firm offers excellent benefits.

This firm is one of the oldest and largest law firms in the country concentrating exclusively in representing management in the field of labor, employment law and employee benefits. It represents clients in litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies and provides a wide range of services, including labor relations and benefit plan audits, management and supervisory training, surveys to assess the desirability of sites for new facilities, and economic research and analysis. Although the firm is not very large, it is beginning an expansion that allows it to compete in a global legal environment while maintaining a small-firm culture. Associates are provided challenging, but manageable, assignments, and they are free to have outside interests as well.