Senior Counsel - Labor & Employment

Senior Counsel Labor & Employment
Position Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Senior Level (7 Years)
Location: Dallas TX
Position Overview
We are seeking a talented Senior Associate or Counsel to join our premier Labor & Employment Department. This role offers the opportunity to work on sophisticated matters at the intersection of employment law executive mobility and corporate transactions.
This is not a traditional employment law role. Our team advises on high-stakes matters where workforce decisions directly affect enterprise value leadership continuity and transaction success. Working closely with nationally ranked Healthcare Private Equity and M&A teams you will counsel corporate clients and private equity sponsors on employment issues arising from acquisitions divestitures leadership transitions restrictive covenant disputes and post-closing integration.
In this role you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients and a key resource to deal teams on sophisticated employment matters requiring strategic thinking seasoned judgment and the ability to move quickly. This is an opportunity to build a practice that blends strategic advisory work risk assessment transactional counseling and crisis management in a fast-moving high-stakes environment where your contributions will be visible and valued.
Key Responsibilities
Attorneys in this role will counsel clients and collaborate with deal teams on a broad range of employment matters including:

• Employment Compliance & Advisory: Counseling clients on workplace policies employment compliance employee relations and HR matters including discrimination harassment retaliation and wage-and-hour issues.
• Restrictive Covenants & Classification: Advising on restrictive covenant and wage misclassification issues including the structuring drafting and enforceability of non-competition non-solicitation and confidentiality obligations.
• Transactional Due Diligence: Leading employment-related due diligence in corporate and private equity transactions identifying and prioritizing material legal and business risks developing practical mitigation strategies and supervising junior associates.
• Workstream Management: Independently managing complex employment matters and transactional workstreams including identifying material risks developing practical recommendations coordinating with deal teams and delivering timely client-ready work product.
• Executive & Governance Counseling: Partnering with senior executives and corporate leadership to advise on sensitive personnel leadership transition and governance issues where discretion and strategic judgment are essential.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Providing mentorship and developmental support to junior associates through substantive guidance constructive feedback and opportunities for increased responsibility on complex client matters.

Job Requirements
Qualified candidates will demonstrate:

• Legal Experience: At least seven (7) years of relevant legal experience including substantial experience in labor and employment counseling employment-related transactional matters or other sophisticated employment law matters:
  1. Experience counseling clients across a wide range of employment issues including discrimination and wage-and-hour matters.
  2. Experience advising employers on workplace policies compliance employee relations and HR matters strongly preferred.
  3. Experience representing clients in government agency audits or investigations (e.g. DOL EEOC) and strong issue-spotting skills.
  4. Experience with restrictive covenants and wage misclassification issues.
  5. A background in injunction or restrictive covenant litigation is valued; experience with collective actions is helpful but not required.
  6. Experience advising on employment issues arising in mergers acquisitions private equity transactions and post-closing integration strongly preferred.
• Litigation Transition: Litigators with relevant employment experience who wish to transition to a counseling-focused practice are encouraged to apply.
• Academic & Professional Excellence: Excellent academic credentials with exceptional analytical communication and organizational skills.
• Project & Team Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities supervise and mentor junior attorneys and deliver high-quality work product under tight deadlines.
• Client Relationship Skills: Ability to build trusted relationships with senior business leaders HR professionals and in-house counsel and to work effectively alongside corporate private equity and industry-focused teams.
• Strategic Mindset: Demonstrated ownership mindset intellectual curiosity and an ability to independently analyze complex legal and business issues exercise sound judgment and deliver practical commercially oriented solutions.
• Technology Adoption: Willingness and desire to leverage innovative legal technology platforms and AI tools to accelerate research streamline document drafting and enhance analytical work allowing associates to focus on higher-value strategic thinking and client engagement.
• Bar Admission: Active admission in good standing to practice law in the jurisdiction to which you are applying.

Application Requirements
To apply please submit the following materials:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Law School Transcript
• Writing Sample