Wage & Hour Litigation Associate or Of Counsel - Denver, CO

Wage & Hour Defense · 4+ Years Experience · Colorado Bar Required

The Denver office of a premier, nationally recognized labor and employment defense firm is expanding its Wage & Hour Litigation team. This role is designed for a mid-to-senior level attorney who wants immediate, substantive client-facing responsibility and a sophisticated class-action platform, without the institutional bureaucracy that often stalls professional growth.

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The Work

You will step directly into high-stakes, multi-jurisdiction wage and hour class and collective actions under the FLSA and the Colorado Wage Act. This is not a back-room research role. You will be primary on:

• Developing defense strategies for complex regulatory challenges and handling interpretations of CDLE and USDOL regulations.
• Drafting and arguing critical motions, with a specific focus on class decertification strategies.
• Taking and defending key depositions and managing complex discovery workflows.

Note on Track: The firm is focused on finding the right procedural talent. While this position sits on a clear partnership trajectory, the firm is entirely open to structuring a non-partner track arrangement for the right candidate seeking long-term predictability.

Who This Is For

You are an L&E attorney with at least four years of deep wage and hour litigation experience who is ready to transition from a supporting player to a lead strategist.

Widening the Funnel: The firm recognizes that excellent complex litigation skills are transferable. If you are a high-performing commercial litigator with substantial experience handling class actions, multi-district litigation (MDL), or complex statutory claims, and you have a genuine interest in pivoting into a dedicated management-side wage and hour practice, your background is highly relevant to this search.

The Platform

This firm offers the best of both worlds: the financial backing, resources, and national caseload of an elite labor and employment powerhouse, paired with the nimble, high-autonomy culture of a rapidly growing Denver office. It is an environment built for attorneys who prefer execution over red tape.

Why Denver

Denver remains one of the country's most dynamic legal markets, particularly for wage and hour defense given Colorado's distinct, evolving regulatory landscape. You get top-tier national deal and litigation flow within a market that genuinely respects life outside the office.

Compensation and Benefits

In compliance with local transparency standards, the base salary range for this position is $195,000 – $230,000, unpinned to a specific class year to allow for flexibility based on your exact depth of experience, skills, and internal equity.

The firm provides a comprehensive, tier-standard benefits package including:

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off and paid parental leave
• 401(k) retirement plan with profit-sharing contributions
• Life and long-term disability insurance, plus an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Optional benefits: Student loan refinancing program, dependent life insurance, and pet insurance

Apply in Confidence

This search is being conducted on a strictly confidential basis by an outside search firm. Your current firm will not be contacted, and your materials will never be submitted to the hiring team without your explicit, prior authorization after a formal introductory briefing.

To start a low-friction, confidential conversation about this platform, please reach out to us directly.

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• Inferences Made:
  • Platform/Tier: I categorized the firm as a "premier, nationally recognized labor and employment defense firm." This accurately reflects Fisher Phillips' market position without naming them.
  • Commercial Litigation Pivot: The raw brief does not explicitly state they will take general commercial litigators, but your instructions explicitly command "widen the funnel where the brief allows." Given that wage & hour class action defense relies heavily on class certification mechanics, it is highly adjacent to general complex commercial/MDL litigation.
• Candidate Promises / Expectations:
  • Substantive Work: The advert promises "immediate, substantive client-facing responsibility." The original text explicitly highlights "client-facing work right away," so this is safe.
  • Non-Partner Track: I preserved this option accurately as a selling point rather than a negative.
• Anonymity Concerns:
  • Fingerprinting Risk: High. Wage and hour law is specialized. A national L&E powerhouse with a "rapidly growing Denver office" that is currently looking for a Wage & Hour Associate/Of Counsel with a specific salary band of $195k–$230k under the Colorado Equal Pay Act makes Fisher Phillips relatively easy to guess for an astute local candidate. If absolute anonymity is paramount to the client, we should strip the exact salary range and use the qualitative wording option, or soften the descriptor to "a national law firm." Let me know if you would like me to adjust this before you post.