What are the responsibilities and job description for the Of Counsel position at Ogletree Deakins?
Position Summary
Our San Antonio office has an opportunity for an Of Counsel to join the firm’s dynamic and long-established practice and represent premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant and leading role in all aspects of labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies, educational institutions and opposing counsel.
Duties include, but are not limited to, the primary handling of the defense of administrative charges, agency investigations, and some litigation matters with minimal shareholder oversight, while also providing significant support to shareholders in complex litigation matters; the ability to provide some advice and counsel for clients and to conduct investigations to align with the candidate’s experience and education.
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 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.
Requirements
Benefits
Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.
Contact Information
If you have questions, please e-mail Ali Gardiner at ali.gardiner@ogletree.com with “Employment Litigation Counsel - San Antonio” in the subject line. Please note, applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.
Firm Overview
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 59 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.
Our San Antonio office has an opportunity for an Of Counsel to join the firm’s dynamic and long-established practice and represent premier local and national employers. This is an excellent opportunity for attorneys who are proactive and passionate about assuming a high-level role providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant and leading role in all aspects of labor and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, governmental agencies, educational institutions and opposing counsel.
Duties include, but are not limited to, the primary handling of the defense of administrative charges, agency investigations, and some litigation matters with minimal shareholder oversight, while also providing significant support to shareholders in complex litigation matters; the ability to provide some advice and counsel for clients and to conduct investigations to align with the candidate’s experience and education.
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 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.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor. Qualified candidates must be and remain licensed to practice law and in good standing in Texas. During employment, must meet requirements for continuing licensure for law practice;
- Candidates must possess 7 years of litigation experience with at least four of those years involving labor and employment litigation;
- Experience practicing in federal court is required;
- We expect this attorney to provide excellent written and analytical work and to contribute to a respectful, collegial office environment.
Benefits
Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.
Contact Information
If you have questions, please e-mail Ali Gardiner at ali.gardiner@ogletree.com with “Employment Litigation Counsel - San Antonio” in the subject line. Please note, applications submitted via e-mail will not be considered.
Firm Overview
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 59 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.
