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Employment Law Partner | Lateral Partner & Small Firm Merger Opportunities

$350k

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Are you an established Employment Law Partner, solo practitioner, or boutique firm owner looking for a larger platform to grow your practice without giving up the independence you've built?

A growing, entrepreneurial law firm is seeking established Employment Law Partners and attorneys with portable books of business who are interested in joining forces with a firm that offers the infrastructure, resources, and business development support to take their practice to the next level.

This opportunity is particularly attractive to solo practitioners, boutique firm owners, and partners who have built successful employment law practices but want to spend less time managing the business of law and more time serving clients, developing relationships, and generating revenue.

Whether you're considering a lateral move, transitioning your solo practice, or exploring a potential merger for your small firm, this platform offers the flexibility, autonomy, and financial upside to make your next chapter even more successful.

Employment Law Partner | Benefits & Compensation

  • Highly competitive, revenue-driven partner compensation structure based on portable business, collections, and practice contribution
  • Opportunity to transition an existing employment law practice or explore a potential small firm merger
  • Retain significant autonomy over your clients, practice, and business development
  • Established infrastructure, administrative support, and operational resources
  • Dedicated marketing, branding, and business development support to help expand your book of business
  • Access to a broader network of attorneys and complementary practice areas for cross-referrals
  • Opportunity to grow your employment law practice without the overhead and administrative responsibilities of running your own firm
  • Entrepreneurial, collaborative culture without unnecessary bureaucracy
  • Long-term opportunity to build and lead an expanding Employment Law practice

Employment Law Partner | Requirements & Qualifications

  • J.D. from an accredited law school
  • Licensed and in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
  • Significant experience in employment law, including litigation, counseling, or both
  • Established employment law practice with a transferable book of business, ideally $350K+ annually
  • Current law firm partner, solo practitioner, boutique firm owner, or senior attorney with an established client base
  • Experience representing employers, executives, employees, or a combination of clients
  • Demonstrated ability to originate business and maintain long-standing client relationships
  • Ability to independently manage sophisticated employment law matters and provide strategic legal counsel
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with an interest in expanding an established practice
  • Open to exploring a lateral partnership, practice integration, or potential small firm merger

Employment Law Partner | Preferred Background & Skills

  • Established relationships with corporate clients, business owners, executives, or individuals requiring employment-related legal services
  • Experience representing management-side clients, plaintiff executives, or both
  • Strong background in employment litigation, workplace investigations, restrictive covenants, executive compensation, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage & hour matters
  • Experience advising businesses on employment policies, regulatory compliance, employee relations, and workplace risk management
  • Experience operating a solo practice, managing a boutique law firm, or leading an employment law practice group
  • Background with an AmLaw firm, mid-sized firm, employment law boutique, or independently operated practice
  • Interest in leveraging a larger firm's resources to expand an existing client base
  • Ability to identify cross-selling opportunities involving corporate transactions, commercial litigation, intellectual property, franchise, and other complementary practice areas
  • Experience mentoring or managing associates is a plus

Employment Law Partner | Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Transition and continue managing your existing employment law practice within a larger, supportive platform
  • Maintain and expand relationships with your established clients while developing new business opportunities
  • Advise employers, executives, and other clients on employment-related legal matters
  • Oversee employment litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage & hour, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, and executive compensation disputes
  • Manage negotiations, mediations, depositions, hearings, and other litigation proceedings
  • Draft, review, and negotiate employment agreements, separation agreements, executive compensation agreements, employee handbooks, and workplace policies
  • Counsel businesses on employment compliance, workplace investigations, employee relations, and risk management
  • Collaborate with attorneys across complementary practice areas to provide comprehensive legal services and create additional opportunities for clients
  • Leverage the firm's marketing, operational, and business development resources to grow your practice
  • Help shape the continued expansion of the firm's Employment Law practice

Ready to Grow Your Employment Law Practice Without Building Everything Yourself?

You've spent years building your reputation, developing relationships with employers, executives, and business owners, and establishing a successful employment law practice. The next step shouldn't mean starting over.

Whether you're a partner considering a lateral move, a solo practitioner looking to eliminate overhead, or a boutique firm owner exploring a merger, this could be an opportunity to grow your business while maintaining the independence and client relationships that made you successful.

This is an opportunity to bring the practice you've built to a platform that can help you take it further.

All inquiries and conversations will be handled with the utmost confidentiality.

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