Labor Attorney - Kansas City & Minneapolis (4-6 yrs)
 Lathrop GPM | |
 United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
| 80 South 8th Street (Show on map) | |
 Jan 24, 2025 | |
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Lathrop GPM is actively seeking an employment attorney for our growing employment and higher education practice in our
Minneapolis or
Kansas City
offices.
Job Description:
This position can be either an Associate or Counsel role. It is a unique opportunity for an experienced lawyer looking for a sophisticated Counsel role with direct client involvement. Responsibilities will include providing legal support and advice to the firm's business, higher education, and nonprofit clients on employment and traditional labor law matters. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 to 6 years of traditional labor law experience including: client counseling on labor relations and law, research and writing projects, grievance arbitration, collective bargaining and union campaigns, and matters before state agencies and the National Labor Relations Board. In addition, the ideal candidate will also have a minimum of 5 years of employment law experience (in both advising and litigation roles) including: research, brief writing, preparation of pleadings, policy drafting, investigation of misconduct complaints, preparation of charge responses, and client advising. The successful candidate will have strong academic credentials, exceptional analytical and writing abilities, excellent client service skills, outstanding interpersonal and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a collaborative environment. Lathrop GPM is a full-service, Am Law 200 law firm with 13 offices nationwide. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and a professional, challenging, yet comfortable working environment. We celebrate and support diversity and the benefits it brings to our workplaces, clients and communities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. It is the employment policy and practice of Lathrop GPM to recruit and hire employees without discrimination because of race, color, sex, gender, religion, age, national origin, military status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other status protected by applicable law. | |