Senior Attorney - Employment - Newark, NJ - $280K

Location/Schedule: Newark, NJ. Fully Remote

Base Salary: $240K–$280K, plus a productivity bonus and discretionary performance bonus. Practice: Management-side employment. Approximately 50% counseling and 50% litigation. Our client is a leading New Jersey commercial law firm with a Chambers-ranked Employment and Labor practice. The role combines day-to-day counseling for sophisticated employers with substantive employment litigation. This is not a pure litigation seat. The successful attorney will have meaningful client contact and a clear route toward partnership. Why You Should Join: Up to $280K + Bonus – Competitive regional compensation with productivity and discretionary bonus opportunities. A Genuine Counseling and Litigation Split – Approximately 50% practical employer counseling and 50% employment litigation. A Highly Ranked Employment Team – Join an established management-side practice recognised for employment litigation, restrictive covenants and workplace investigations. Sophisticated Employer Clients – Advise national and international businesses on complex workplace issues. Hybrid Working and Partner Track – Three office days per week, a 1,900-hour target and genuine long-term progression. What You’ll Actually Do: Advise employers on HR matters, discipline, terminations, workplace policies, accommodations, leave and compliance. Counsel clients on wage-and-hour issues and employee classification. Draft and negotiate employment agreements, restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements. Defend employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful-termination matters. Handle administrative proceedings, workplace investigations and trade-secret disputes.

Requirements: Eight or more years of employment-law experience. Substantial management-side employment counseling experience. Active New Jersey and New York Bar admission, or NJ admission with eligibility and willingness to obtain NY admission. A practical, commercially focused approach to advising employers. No one fits every box perfectly—if you are an experienced management-side employment attorney looking for sophisticated clients, balanced counseling and litigation work, and a genuine partner track, let’s talk confidentially. #litigation#labour and employment law#legal writing#legal research#commercial litigation