Associate - Employment - Miami, FL - $150K

Employment Defense Associate - Miami, FL – $150k Base + Performance-Based Bonus

Location/Schedule: Miami, FL – Fully Remote

Base Salary: $150,000, plus performance-based bonus potential

Practice: 100% Management-Side Labor and Employment Litigation

What stands out about this opportunity:

National Tier 1 Employment Platform – Join one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment firms, nationally ranked Tier 1 across employment, labor and litigation.

100% Employer-Side Practice – Build a specialised management-side career representing companies across the full range of workplace disputes.

Sophisticated Employment Litigation – Defend employers in discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage-and-hour and other complex workplace claims.

Client-Facing Responsibility – Work directly with employers and provide practical advice that considers both legal risk and commercial priorities.

Long-Term Career Development – Benefit from experienced employment lawyers, structured mentoring and firm resources supporting business development.

The Role:

• Defend employers in state and federal employment litigation.
• Draft pleadings, motions, briefs and discovery responses.
• Take and defend depositions.
• Develop case strategy and assess litigation risk.
• Represent clients in wage-and-hour and discrimination matters.
• Communicate directly with employer clients.
• Work closely with experienced labor and employment partners.

Core Requirements:

• Active Florida Bar admission.
• Approximately 3–5 years of employment defense experience.
• Experience representing employers and companies.
• Strong legal writing, analytical and communication skills.
• Outgoing and confident client-facing personality.
• Wage-and-hour experience is preferred.
• Willingness to work primarily from the Miami office.

Compensation and Benefits:

• $150,000 base salary.
• Performance-based bonus potential.
• Partnership-track opportunity.
• National labor and employment platform.
• Mentoring and professional-development support.
• Business-development and marketing resources.

If you are an employment defense attorney looking to specialise within a nationally recognised management-side platform, let’s have a confidential conversation.

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