Labor & Employment Associate (1-4 years) - OSHA At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you’ll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading. THE OPPORTUNITY: Seyfarth Shaw LLP, an international law firm with more than 900 attorneys, has an exciting opportunity for a highly qualified Labor and Employment Associate with 1-4 years of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Environmental, and Whistleblower experience for a position in its Chicago office. Candidates should have increasingly responsible experience in OSHA compliance, enforcement and related litigation. Litigation experience, including depositions, discovery and motion practice is highly preferred. In addition, experience in environmental compliance, enforcement and environmental litigation is not required, but will be favorably considered. Excellent academic credentials, analytical skills and verbal and written communication skills required. Seyfarth has one of the preeminent OSHA practices in the country which is national in scope and covers the full range of OSHA compliance and enforcement issues. The attorneys in the group have extensive trial and appellate experience litigating against both Federal and State OSHA. Seyfarth’s workplace whistleblower defense group has extensive experience in representing and defending clients in OSHA lead investigations and subsequent litigation. Seyfarth’s Labor and Employment practice is the largest and most dynamic of any full service firm in the country with over 400 attorneys firm wide. Our Labor & Employment Department is consistently ranked at or near the top in labor and employment law rankings across multiple practice areas in the United States and internationally. Chambers USA ranks Seyfarth among the top L&E firms nationally, and we are one of only three firms that have been ranked by The Legal 500 in all six national Labor & Employment categories. We are routinely recognized by Law360 as an “Employment Practice Group of the Year,” and our employment litigation capabilities have earned us recognition in the annual BTI Litigation Outlook as a “Standout" Employment Litigation Practice. Our Labor & Employment Department continues to be recognized regionally, nationally and internationally by Chambers, The Legal 500, Law360, U.S. News & World Report: Best Lawyers, The National Law Journal, and BTI Consulting Group. YOU HAVE: -1-4 years of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Environmental, and Whistleblower experience -Litigation experience, including depositions, discovery and motion practice is highly preferred. -Experience in environmental compliance, enforcement and environmental litigation is not required, but will be favorably considered. -Excellent academic credentials and a solid work ethic along with stellar analytical, verbal and written communication skills -Admission to the Illinois Bar or the ability to waive in (required) WHAT WE PROVIDE: We provide competitive salary and benefits at all levels. We provide comprehensive training, CLE initiatives, Seyfarth University, industry credentialing, and hands-on learning by working side-by-side with our partners. We invest in our attorneys to advance in their careers by providing opportunities for substantive client contact as well as significant involvement in case strategy and management. We are also proud to be an influential leader in inclusion and diversity. The firm has been recognized for our efforts by the Human Rights Campaign, Working Mother magazine, and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. We are Mansfield 3.0+ certified, a reflection of our ongoing commitment to advancing candidates from underrepresented groups. MORE ABOUT SEYFARTH: With more than 900 lawyers across 17 Offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/. Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. To achieve our goal of equal opportunity, Seyfarth Shaw maintains an affirmative action plan through which it makes good faith efforts to recruit, hire and advance in employment qualified minorities, females, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click EEO is the LAW and the Supplement poster through the following link: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf Seyfarth is an EO Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. **Note To Agencies: Search firms with an active fee agreement may submit candidates for this position via our portal. Please email Dalene Bryl at dbryl@seyfarth.com for access to submit. If you do not have an active fee agreement with us, please send a blind profile to Dalene Bryl at dbryl@seyfarth.com. This position is based in Chicago, IL 60606