| Job Title: |
Lead Attorney |
| Job Location: |
Kingston, New York |
| Job Type: |
Full-time |
| Compensation: |
salary, commission health insurance, 401k |
| Job Category |
Attorney |
| Job Description: |
An attorney with 6+ years’ experience to assist in handling the Firm’s growing litigation practice and lead case teams. The Firm has been representing employees only, primarily in overtime pay, minimum wage, and other wage theft cases since 1998. We handle individual, class, and collective actions throughout the U.S. Most of our litigation is in federal court.
The Firm’s mission is to conscientiously advocate for and empower working people across the U.S. to assert their wage and hour rights, recover lost wages, curb wage theft, and encourage employers’ compliance with the law. The Firm operates on a legal-services model. We accept all litigation on a contingency basis. We also advance all costs. This enables us to represent a sizable low- and middle-income population. The Firm is proud to handle cases for undocumented and documented immigrants. For more information about the Firm and its practice, applicants are encouraged to visit www.getmansweeney.com.
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| Job Requirements: |
Applicants need a strong commitment to righting wrongs, strong writing and research skills, strong stand up and communication skills, litigation experience in federal court and with complex litigation procedure, and the capacity to lead diverse case teams. Applicants with class and collective action experience or wage and hour litigation are preferred. Strong interpersonal skills are also required to work with our team and our diverse clients.
Compensation includes salary and commission depending on experience.
The position requires the lawyer to work at the Firm’s office at least part time, subject to pandemic conditions (we’re not fully open now), but some remote work is an option. |
| How to Apply |
If you are interested, please send a cover letter, your resume, a writingsample, and three references to Getman, Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC, 260 Fair Street, Kingston, NY 12401 or email to agarcia@getmansweeney.com. No phone calls please. |
| Closing Date |
Mar 01, 2022 |
