Employment Litigation Attorney

This is a Full Time Job


Who We Are

The Role

Every member of CAA's legal team is expected to be a values-driven, results-oriented leader who provides legal services with the highest level of professionalism, competence and efficacy.

Responsibilities
• Be a self-starter in supporting CAA's employment and civil litigation, arbitration, dispute-prevention and dispute-resolution needs, including serving as the lead internal counsel.
• Manage all phases of employment-related litigation, arbitration, and agency matters (EEOC, DOL, state agencies), from inception through resolution.
• Demonstrate thought leadership and a record of success in handling employment litigation/arbitration matters.
• Provide timely and time-sensitive legal counsel, information, advice, and guidance on employment and civil litigation matters.
• Identify and analyze complex legal/employment issues and provide appropriate legal advice regarding applicable legal standards.
• Draft, review and edit litigation-related documents (e.g., motions, briefs, pleadings, litigation holds, discovery responses, settlement agreements, and protective orders).
• Oversee and manage CAA's responses to subpoenas and third-party requests for information.
• Demonstrate extensive negotiation skills with respect to legal issues.
• Demonstrate a creative and strategic mindset, excellent judgment, strong communications skills, and strong work ethic.
• Demonstrate a business pragmatic approach to legal issues.
• Communicate with stakeholders regarding litigation risks and status of ongoing disputes.
• Work as part of a team, with heavy emphasis on collaboration, transparency, and communication.
• Be a problem solver, able to address complex disputes from strategy to execution.
• Demonstrate learning agility and adaptability; be able to improve and evolve approach, systems or strategies when necessary.
• Monitor and analyze trends in employment laws to recommend preventive measures and policy updates.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.
• Uphold CAA's policies, including the code of business ethics and conduct.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Preferred Knowledge/Skills

Qualifications
• Minimum Degree Required: Juris Doctorate from an accredited top-tier law school.
• Minimum Years Of Experience: 10+ years of handling a wide variety of employment litigation matters, including single-plaintiff matters as well as complex litigation, such as wage and hour collective actions, multi-venue or multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Preferred Experience:
• 2+ years of in-house work managing outside counsel on multiple cases to obtain optimal outcomes
• Experience representing employers in the entertainment and/or sports industry
• Certification or Licensing Required: Licensed member in good standing of the California State Bar.
• Essential Mental & Physical Functions
• Mental Functions: Decisions have major implications on the management and operations of an area within a department. Job may contribute to important strategy, operational, and business decisions that affect the department. This position requires analysis, comprehension and decision-making with an aim of attaining specific goals.

Physical Functions
Sitting required 85% of the time. Walking and standing required 15% of the time respectively. No heavy lifting required. Constant working on a computer, telephone and/or mobile device, including but not limited to iPad or cellular phone.

Location
This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles, requiring four days per week on-site.

Compensation

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.