Jobs at Jackson Lewis

Administers employee leave and accommodation cases under FMLA, ADA, and applicable state and local laws. Tracks leave requests, deadlines, documentation, accommodations, and return-to-work processes; manages the leave mailbox; provides employee and manager guidance; maintains confidential HRIS records; coordinates with benefits, HRIS, legal, disability carriers, and leadership; facilitates accommodation discussions; prepares reporting; and improves leave-related systems, policies, and compliance processes.

Leads office administration across the Central Region, supervising Office Administrators and overseeing legal support operations. The role drives process standardization, continuous improvement, policy adoption, technology implementation, training, workforce development, performance management, stakeholder alignment, budgeting, overtime oversight, expense management, and compliance across multiple offices.

Leads the firmwide knowledge management strategy and a team of knowledge management attorneys. Oversees legal content, precedents, playbooks, intranet resources, governance, quality control, AI-ready assets, technology adoption, and practice enablement. Partners with practice leaders and cross-functional teams to improve attorney productivity, knowledge reuse, service consistency, onboarding, and client value. Establishes team goals, manages performance, measures impact through KPIs, and drives continuous improvement across legal practices and industry groups.

Serves as an HR business partner and trusted advisor to leaders across assigned offices. Provides coaching and guidance on employee relations, performance management, investigations, organizational change, talent development, engagement, retention, and workforce planning. Partners with senior leaders and Talent teams to support firmwide priorities, analyze workforce trends, improve HR practices, and ensure employment-law compliance.

The Summer Associate will gain exposure to employment law, assist with legal research, case analysis, litigation, and prepare summaries related to employment law developments.

Lead statistical analyses of wage-and-hour, payroll, and timekeeping data for litigation and DOL audits. Manage 2–3 statisticians, develop methodologies, ensure quality control, present findings to attorneys/clients, and drive process automation and team development while leading multiple projects from intake through completion.

Lead statistician for wage & hour data analytics supporting class actions, single-plaintiff and DOL audit analyses using payroll/timekeeping data. Independently develop methodologies, manage 2–3 statisticians, ensure quality control, communicate results to attorneys and clients, and expand analytics tooling and process automation.

The Summer Associate will familiarize with employment law, assist in research and litigation phases, and prepare summaries on law developments.