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KDV's Labor and Employment practice includes employment discrimination, workplace harassment, wage and hour defense, as well as traditional labor law matters.
KDV provides a friendly, respectful and intellectual work environment. Our attorneys consistently earn accolades for excellent lawyering and client service. We are a diverse and progressive law firm, offering growth, leadership and educational opportunities to all of our team members. Qualifications:
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck is not accepting resumes from search firms for this position.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at KDV without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. KDV is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
The Westport, Connecticut office of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, an AV-rated® firm of 200+ attorneys across 17 offices, is seeking an Employment Litigation Attorney with a minimum of 3 years of employment experience in the Connecticut Courts.
KDV's Labor and Employment practice includes employment discrimination, workplace harassment, wage and hour defense, as well as traditional labor law matters.
KDV provides a friendly, respectful and intellectual work environment. Our attorneys consistently earn accolades for excellent lawyering and client service. We are a diverse and progressive law firm, offering growth, leadership and educational opportunities to all of our team members.
- 3+ years of employment litigation experience including discrimination, harassment, wage & hour and employment contract cases.
- Experience handling employment litigation in federal and state court in Connecticut.
- Experience developing strategy, drafting pleadings, taking/defending depositions, arguing motions and the capability of working independently.
- Experience providing advice and counsel on workplace law issues, including employee relations, mitigation of risk, ADA and other workplace accommodation, employment agreements, reductions-in-force, and employment-related policies is also beneficial.
- JD from an ABA accredited law school.
- Admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York.
As part of its continued efforts to actively recruit and advance the recruitment, development and promotion of diverse lawyers, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck is participating in Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule 2022 initiative. The Mansfield Rule is named for Arabella Mansfield, the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States. It measures whether law firms affirmatively consider diverse lawyers for promotions, senior-level hiring and significant leadership roles. Under this initiative, KDV strives for a candidate pool consisting of at least 30% women, attorneys of color, and/or LGBTQ+ attorneys for all lateral partner and mid-to-senior-level associate hires.
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck is not accepting resumes from search firms for this position.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at KDV without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. KDV is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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