Littler CaseSmart Counsel, Discovery (Remote)

Description:

Littler Mendelson P.C. is seeking an attorney with a minimum of 4 years of labor and employment litigation experience to join Littler CaseSmart (LCS) as a Littler CaseSmart Counsel, Discovery attorney.The candidate should possess excellent academic credentials, and their experience should include significant litigation work. This position can be worked remotely from anywhere in the United States. Candidate must be licensed to practice law in their state of residence. Pursuant to California, Columbus and Cleveland, OH, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, DC regulation, the salary range for this position is $130,000 to $175,000 annually and includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. We offer generous compensation and benefits packages. For more information visit: https://www.littler.com/benefits/state-details. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
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Responsibilities:
Littler CaseSmart Counsel are full-time, remote attorneys with a reduced billable hours requirement and with no obligation to engage in any business-related travel or any required business development. These positions are ideal for attorneys seeking interesting, challenging work that allows more flexibility than on-track roles.

• Drafting all forms of written discovery requests, including, but not limited to, interrogatories, requests for production of document, requests for admissions, and objections and responses to discovery requests served by plaintiffs.
• Document and evidence management (often in the Relativity environment), including overseeing the organization, staging, and unitization of documents, requesting additional documents needed for the defense of the case, tagging key documents, and preparing documents for production.
• Drafting other discovery-related work product, including protective orders and correspondence with opposing counsel (e.g. meet-and-confer and deficiency letters).
• Partnering with assigned e-Discovery counsel and the firm's Litigation Support team with respect to ESI-related requests.
• Preparing witness kits and identifying key evidence in support of depositions and/or motions and briefs.
• Preparing a draft settlement agreement, depending on when a case settles.

Littler CaseSmart utilizes data-driven technology and a specialized workflow process to provide superior service to our clients. Our attorneys are highly skilled in their fields and enjoy access to all the resources our firm can provide without the demands of a shareholder-track position.

Qualifications:
Candidates for this position should have:

• The ability to discern practical and well-founded options for the effective defense of litigation matters through the discovery process and involving a wide variety of employment-related claims.
• The ability to utilize document and evidence management platforms, including Relativity, in order to organize, manage, and produce documents.
• The ability to understand, collaborate, and navigate through complex e-Discovery issues.
• Experience handling the discovery processes for litigation matters, including all forms of written discovery.
• A minimum of 4 years of legal experience with employment law cases and issues.
• An active bar license in the candidate's state of residence.

About Littler
Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice in the world exclusively devoted to representing management. With more than 1,900 attorneys in over 100 offices worldwide, Littler serves as the single source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 75 years.

Littler's unparalleled commitment to labor and employment law helps clients navigate a complex business world with nuanced legal issues—building better solutions for clients' toughest challenges. With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, Littler is fully focused on its clients. With a diverse team of the brightest minds, Littler fosters a culture that celebrates original thinking. And with powerful proprietary technology, Littler disrupts the status quo—delivering bold, groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers not just for what's happening today, but for what's likely to happen tomorrow.

Benefits:
We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working at least a 50% schedule. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program.

For more information about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

For more information about our firm visit: www.littler.com.

No recruiters – principals only. Littler is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. Search firms who submit candidates for this position are not eligible for any form of compensation, even if the candidate is successfully hired.

For inquiries regarding this opportunity, please e-mail Recruiter Jonathan Arnold at joarnold@littler.com with the job title in the subject line.

Littler Mendelson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LCS Counsel in this role are entrusted with the protection of highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial and/or proprietary information related to our clients and the Firm's internal operations, in strict compliance with Firm policies and ethical standards. Given the nature of this role, LCS Counsel will engage regularly with clients, other attorneys, firm staff, and third parties, often in situations requiring a high degree of trust, professionalism, discretion and integrity. To maintain our Firm's commitment to these standards and to ensure the security of the sensitive information and relationships we manage, we conduct thorough background checks, including criminal records, as part of our hiring process. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and any other applicable law or regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with criminal records, in a manner consistent with the applicable law or regulation.

This job posting is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.

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