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Attorney, DC Government Contract

The Midtown Group

Job Description

Job Description

Labor & Employment Attorney

Washington, DC | 100% Onsite
Long-Term Government Contract | Full-Time
2 Immediate Openings

Join a High-Impact Government Legal Team

The Midtown Group is hiring two experienced Labor & Employment Attorneys to support a prominent Washington, DC government agency. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys who enjoy handling sophisticated employment law matters while advising executive leadership on issues that affect one of the District's largest public-sector workforces.

If you're looking for meaningful legal work, a stable long-term assignment, and the opportunity to influence policy and employment decisions at the highest levels of government, we'd like to hear from you.

What You'll Do

As a member of the agency's legal team, you will:

  • Advise senior leadership on labor and employment law matters.
  • Represent the agency in administrative hearings and employment-related proceedings.
  • Draft legal opinions, memoranda, motions, pleadings, and other legal documents.
  • Counsel management and HR professionals on employee relations, workplace investigations, disciplinary actions, and compliance issues.
  • Conduct legal research and provide practical guidance on changing laws and regulations.
  • Analyze legal risks and recommend strategic solutions.
  • Partner with agency leadership, outside counsel, and government stakeholders on complex employment matters.
  • Assist with policy development and implementation.

Every day brings new challenges, making this an outstanding opportunity for attorneys who enjoy solving complex workplace and personnel issues.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
  • At least 3 years of experience practicing labor and employment law.
  • Active membership in good standing with the DC Bar, or eligibility to waive into the DC Bar.
  • Experience representing clients in administrative hearings, investigations, or employment-related proceedings.
  • Excellent legal research, writing, advocacy, and communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities while exercising sound legal judgment.

Preferred Experience

  • Government, public sector, or education law experience.
  • Labor relations and collective bargaining matters.
  • Employee discipline, discrimination, workplace investigations, and administrative litigation.
  • Administrative law and government personnel systems.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

  • Long-term contract with a strong possibility of extension.
  • Work on complex, high-profile labor and employment matters.
  • Advise executive leadership on significant legal issues.
  • Collaborative legal team supporting an important public mission.
  • Stable, full-time assignment with immediate openings.

Work Schedule

  • Full-time
  • Monday–Friday, standard business hours
  • 100% onsite in Washington, DC

Additional Information

This position is not part of a collective bargaining unit.

This is a safety-sensitive position and is subject to mandatory drug and alcohol testing throughout employment.

Ready to make an impact? Apply today to join a respected legal team supporting one of Washington, DC's premier public agencies.

Vacancy posted 10 days ago
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