Employment & Labor Partner

WHO WE ARE....

Outside GC, the nation’s leading partner-only provider of on-demand general counsel services, is a thriving and expanding virtual law firm offering an innovative approach to legal services for early-stage, growing, and mature businesses. With a team of senior business lawyers with substantial in-house and general counsel experience, Outside GC provides private and public companies and non-profit organizations with outstanding corporate and IP legal services as needed at a fraction of the cost of either hiring a full-time general counsel or relying exclusively on law firm counsel. Clients typically develop a working relationship with one Outside GC lawyer and have access to the whole team for specific subject-matter experience.  

WHY ATTORNEYS LOVE OUR TEAM....

• Flexibility to work full-time, part-time, and during preferred times as part of a fully remote team.
• High-quality legal engagements.
• The collegiality and camaraderie of highly experienced and talented colleagues to share resources, referrals, and coverage.
• The support of an outstanding team of financial, operations, client relations and business development professionals to facilitate the delivery of exceptional, pragmatic, and cost-effective legal services to our clients.

YOU BRING TO OUR TEAM...

• Experience: A J.D., and at least 10+ years of corporate legal practice, including experience as an in-house attorney, serving as a General Counsel and/or in another senior in-house legal role, and 3+ years of law firm training.
• Judgment: Demonstrated ability to: prioritize and manage multiple tasks and initiatives, and work independently in a collegial and high-performing environment. High degree of personal integrity, sound judgment, and a commitment to excellent client service.
• Minimum required specialized expertise:
  • Current and deep knowledge of federal and state laws relating to employment practices and labor relations.
  • Extensive experience providing advice and counseling on a wide range of employment-related matters including hiring and recruiting; employee relations; performance management; leaves of absence; accommodations; discipline and termination; workforce restructuring and RIFs; wage and hour compliance; compensation; commission sales plans and related issues; employment restrictive covenants, including confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete provisions; harassment; discrimination; retaliation; whistleblower complaints; and policy violations.
  • Assessing and responding to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints, audits, and other employment-related inquiries.
  • Excellent writing and negotiation skills, including experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating employment-related documents and templates (offer letters, employment agreements, non-employee and contingent worker agreements, separation and severance agreements, employment-dispute resolutions and release agreements).
  • Significant experience developing, reviewing, and updating employment policies, standards, and HR guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law.
  • Management of pre-litigation and litigation matters.
  • Design and delivery of employment-related training to clients’ People teams, employees and managers.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Preferred, but not required:
  • Current or recent significant experience with management-side traditional labor law (NLRA) and labor relations issues (union organization issues, contract negotiations, and NLRB representation/charge responses).
  • Recent experience with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and related federal and state laws, with a focus on representing plan sponsors (employers) in plan design, compliance, and risk management, to assist the firm’s ERISA/benefits partner as needed in advising employers on ERISA and benefits considerations in corporate transactions, mergers, and acquisitions.
  • Recent experience with U.S. immigration law issues relevant to employment (H-1B, L-1, O, STEM OPT, and TN visas; permanent resident sponsorships for sponsored employees) and I-9 compliance matters, to assist the firm’s Immigration counsel as needed.
  • Experience representing clients in the life sciences sector.