Closing Date: 7th October, 2027
Description:
- Special Counsel opening for our Employment & Labor practice in our Washington, DC office
- At least six years of employment law experience in employment counseling, negotiating, and litigation
- Candidate will work on a variety of employment and non-employment issues, such as general business strategy and legal compliance.
- Seeking candidates with experience in one or more of following areas:
- Counseling employers on workplace matters, including wage-and-hour compliance, leave laws, discrimination and retaliation allegations, hiring and terminations, mass layoffs, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, employee privacy, and employment issues arising in the government-contracting context;
- Drafting and negotiating workplace agreements, including employment, nondisclosure, severance, and intellectual property agreements;
- Drafting employment policies;
- Conducting workplace investigations and providing pre-litigation counseling, including preparing cease-and-desist letters and advising on noncompetition, trade secret, and other restrictive-covenant matters; and
- Defending single-plaintiff employment litigation and litigating intellectual property and workplace contract disputes.
- Experience working in a nationally recognized employment and labor firm is preferred.
- Seeking academically distinguished applicants who have excellent writing and communication skills, high attention to detail, and ability to work under pressure with multiple deadlines.
- Please note that this is a non-partnership track position with an 1,800 billable hour requirement.
- The base salary for this position is expected to be between $275,000 to $300,000 annually. Actual salary will be determined based on skills, experience (to the extent relevant) and other job-related factors, consistent with applicable law.
- Wiley's comprehensive benefits package includes medical and prescription drug plan coverage, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with firm discretionary contribution, generous paid time off (PTO) package plus ten firm paid holidays, access to state of the art on-site fitness facilities and locker rooms and wellness programming, paid parental leave and subsidized backup child/elder care, and more.
