Attorney

Employment & Labor Of Counsel | Newark, NJ (Hybrid) – Up to $280K

Location/Schedule: Newark, NJ. Three days per week in the office.

Base Salary: $240K–$280K, plus a productivity bonus and discretionary performance bonus.

Practice: Management-side employment. Approximately 50% counseling and 50% litigation.

Our client is a leading New Jersey commercial law firm with a Chambers-ranked Employment and Labor practice. The role combines day-to-day counseling for sophisticated employers with substantive employment litigation. This is not a pure litigation seat. The successful attorney will have meaningful client contact and a clear route toward partnership.

Why You Should Join:

• Up to $280K + Bonus – Competitive regional compensation with productivity and discretionary bonus opportunities.
• A Genuine Counseling and Litigation Split – Approximately 50% practical employer counseling and 50% employment litigation.
• A Highly Ranked Employment Team – Join an established management-side practice recognised for employment litigation, restrictive covenants and workplace investigations.
• Sophisticated Employer Clients – Advise national and international businesses on complex workplace issues.
• Hybrid Working and Partner Track – Three office days per week, a 1,900-hour target and genuine long-term progression.

What You’ll Actually Do:

• Advise employers on HR matters, discipline, terminations, workplace policies, accommodations, leave and compliance.
• Counsel clients on wage-and-hour issues and employee classification.
• Draft and negotiate employment agreements, restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements.
• Defend employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful-termination matters.
• Handle administrative proceedings, workplace investigations and trade-secret disputes.

Requirements:

• Eight or more years of employment-law experience.
• Substantial management-side employment counseling experience.
• Meaningful employment litigation experience.
• Active New Jersey and New York Bar admission, or NJ admission with eligibility and willingness to obtain NY admission.
• A practical, commercially focused approach to advising employers.

No one fits every box perfectly—if you are an experienced management-side employment attorney looking for sophisticated clients, balanced counseling and litigation work, and a genuine partner track, let’s talk confidentially.