Lathrop GPM is actively seeking an employment attorney for our growing employment and higher education practice. Job Description: This position is a Counsel role. It is a salaried position designed to be flexible on location and can be affiliated with any of our offices. This position is also flexible in that it can either be full time or part time. It is a unique opportunity for an experienced lawyer who is looking for a Counsel role and wants to do sophisticated legal work with direct client involvement. Responsibilities will include providing legal support and advice to the firm’s business clients on employment law matters. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of employment law experience (in both advising and litigation roles) including: research, brief writing, preparation of pleadings, policy drafting, investigation of misconduct complaints, preparation of charge responses, and client advising. In addition, the successful candidate will have a willingness to investigate reported incidents of workplace and student policy violations, including alleged sexual harassment and sexual misconduct on college and university campuses. The successful candidate will have strong academic credentials, exceptional analytical and writing abilities, excellent client service skills, outstanding interpersonal and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a collaborative environment. Lathrop GPM is a full-service, Am Law 200 law firm with offices in Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Overland Park, St. Cloud, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and a professional, challenging, yet comfortable working environment. The firm was named to the Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms list in 2022 and as a BTI “Midsize Heavyweight” in 2020. Also in 2020, we earned the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance Tipping the Scales award and a gold-standard ranking with the Women in Law Empowerment Forum. In 2022, Lathrop GPM was recognized for achieving a score of 95 (out of 100) in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index. We celebrate and support diversity and the benefits it brings to our workplaces, clients and communities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. It is the employment policy and practice of Lathrop GPM to recruit and hire employees without discrimination because of race, color, sex, gender, religion, age, national origin, military status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other status protected by applicable law.