Associate Attorney
Job Description
Associate Attorney
Company Profile
Our client is a growing plaintiff side law firm expanding its national footprint and Colorado employment litigation practice. The firm focuses on wage and hour, class, and representative action litigation and represents employees in complex matters against regional, national, and Fortune 500 companies.
The firm offers attorneys the resources and infrastructure of a larger organization while maintaining a litigation focused environment. The Colorado practice is part of a strategic national expansion and provides an opportunity to join the firm during an important stage of growth.
Associate Attorney Role
The Associate Attorney will support the representation of clients in state and federal plaintiff side wage and hour, class, and representative action litigation.
The firm is seeking a Colorado licensed attorney with approximately 1 to 3 years of civil litigation experience. Plaintiff side experience is preferred, but attorneys coming from the defense side will also be considered when they have relevant wage and hour, class action, or employment litigation experience.
Responsibilities include:
• Conduct legal research involving wage and hour, employment, class action, and related litigation matters
• Draft pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests, and discovery responses
• Participate in all phases of state and federal litigation
• Assist with and conduct discovery
• Prepare for and participate in depositions
• Prepare for and appear at court hearings
• Assist with motion practice and litigation strategy
• Communicate with clients regarding active matters
• Collaborate with senior attorneys, partners, and litigation support teams
• Manage multiple matters, deadlines, and competing priorities
• Support cases through discovery, mediation, settlement, and other stages of litigation
Associate Attorney Background Profile
Required
• Active license to practice law in Colorado
• Approximately 1 to 3 years of civil litigation experience
• Employment litigation experience
• Strong legal research and writing abilities
• Experience with civil discovery and motion practice
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment
• Ability to travel occasionally for firm events, court proceedings, and other business needs
Strongly Preferred
• Wage and hour litigation experience
• Class action or representative action litigation experience
• Plaintiff side employment litigation experience
• Experience taking or defending depositions
• Courtroom and oral advocacy experience
• Experience handling sophisticated or complex litigation
The firm will consider attorneys coming from the defense side when their experience translates into wage and hour and class action work. Traditional workers’ compensation experience is not considered closely transferable to this practice.
Remote Work
This is a fully remote position. Candidates must be admitted to the Colorado Bar but do not need to reside in Colorado.
The firm is developing its Colorado market virtually and may establish a physical office in the future, although there is currently no established timeline.
Features and Benefits
• Discretionary year end performance bonus
• Midyear merit increase opportunities
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k)
• Fully remote work environment
• No billable hour requirement
• Established lead generation and marketing infrastructure
• No expectation that attorneys independently develop a book of business
• Opportunity to help build an expanding Colorado practice
Job Requirements
Additional Information
Frontline Source Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. The client cannot sponsor any visas.
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Meet Your Recruiter
Rebecca Keathley
Rebecca Keathley joined the Frontline Source Group team as an Executive Recruiter, bringing several years of agency recruiting experience with a concentration in accounting and finance placements. Most recently she led and mentored an accounting and finance team to a 90 percent placement ratio by building strong recruiting pipelines, managing ATS data quality, and negotiating offers that balanced client needs with candidate priorities. Earlier in her career, she sourced high level candidates and established a track record of results built on relationship driven sourcing and disciplined process. She recruits for a nationwide firm founded in 2004 that backs every direct hire with the 5-Year Placement Warranty, 20 times longer than the 90-day industry-standard guarantee.
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies from Louisiana Tech University, where she was named the School of Human Ecology Outstanding Senior and served as Student Government Association President. That background in human development and campus leadership informs the people first approach she brings to every search, pairing genuine relationship building with the consistency and excellence that define the Frontline Source Group experience. Her diverse work history across recruiting, higher education, and hospitality has shaped a collaborative, service minded recruiter focused on connecting talented professionals with the right opportunities and helping clients achieve their hiring goals.