Of Counsel - Dual License

Our Phoenix, AZ office has a unique opportunity for an experienced employment litigation Of Counsel licensed in both Arizona and California to join the firm’s dynamic and long-established management-side practice defending premier local and national employers against employment claims. Ogletree’s Phoenix-based CA PAGA/class/collective defense litigation team, as well as the Phoenix-based CA single-plaintiff defense litigation team, affords California defense litigators robust mentoring and customized business development training in our collegial, in-person environment. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys who wish to provide legal service within a sophisticated practice and assume a significant role in all aspects of management-side labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies and plaintiffs’ counsel.

Duties include, but are not limited to, performing legal research, drafting of legal memoranda, motions, and pleadings, attending court conferences, handling discovery-related activities and investigations, taking and defending depositions, preparing client witnesses, drafting of position statements and dispositive motions, and counseling clients on employment-law-related matters and risk mitigation.

The right candidate will have a passion for defending employers in employment matters, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to and inspire confidence with sophisticated business clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national management-side employment law practice in a tight-knit, collegial and team-oriented environment.

Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We hold regular all-attorney in-person conferences throughout the country. We make attorney development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with the leading management-side attorneys in this field.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.

• Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in both Arizona and California. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice.
• Candidates must possess 8+ years of experience defending employers in state and federal courts in California.
• Management-side (defense) employment litigation experience, specifically defending FEHA and/or PAGA claims, is required.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.

Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position. 

If you have questions, please e-mail Emma Barnes at [email protected] with “Of Counsel - Phoenix" in the subject line. Please note, applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.

Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 14 consecutive years. In the 2025 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 60 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.

Equal Opportunity Employer.