Class Action Lawyer

Class Action Partner — Plaintiff-Side Consumer & Employment Litigation

Location: Remote (U.S.) | New York with some time spent at our NY office.

Compensation: One-third of firm profits

Reports to: No one. You run the practice.

The Opportunity

This is not an associate role dressed up as a partnership. I am funding a plaintiff-side class action practice and looking for one experienced class action lawyer to run it.

I bankroll the operation — filing fees, expert and testing costs, e-discovery, staffing, case costs, overhead. You bring the judgment, the case selection, and the litigation leadership. You take one-third of firm profits.

If you have been building someone else's book while carrying someone else's origination credit, this is the alternative: full control of the docket, no capital risk, and a straight share of what the practice earns.

What You'll Do

• Own the docket. Set case selection criteria, decide what gets filed, and manage the portfolio from intake through resolution.
• Originate and develop theories. Identify replicable claims before the field gets crowded — consumer protection, Product Class actions, wage and hour, FLSA collectives, and adjacent areas where you see opportunity.
• Lead the litigation. Pleadings through class certification, dispositive motions, expert work, mediation, and trial where it comes to that.
• Build the team. Hire associates, paralegals, and support as the docket justifies it. Structure co-counsel and referral relationships on terms you negotiate.
• Direct the spend. Approve investigative work, testing, experts, and vendors. The budget is real and it's yours to deploy.

What You Must Have

Class action experience is non-negotiable. Not adjacent experience. Not "worked on a team that handled." Actual, substantive class action work.

Specifically:

• Meaningful role in cases through class certification — briefing the Rule 23 motion, building the certification record, or defending certification on appeal.
• Ownership of at least one case you took from theory to resolution, whether that resolution was settlement approval, judgment, or a hard-earned dismissal you learned from.
• Command of the mechanics: Rule 23(a) and (b)(3), predominance and Comcast damages models, Article III standing after TransUnion, ascertainability, adequacy and typicality challenges, and the circuit splits that actually affect where you file.
• Admission in California.
• Federal court practice. You should be comfortable in NY Federal Courts

Plaintiff-side background is required.

What This Is Not

• Not a salaried position with a bonus. Your compensation is a profit share. I had to put a number in the salary section just to post but please note this is profit share only.
• Not a supervised role. There is no partner above you reviewing your work.
• Not a place for someone who needs a pipeline handed to them. You build it.

Structure & Logistics

• Remote-first. Work from anywhere in the U.S. Travel as the cases require — hearings, depositions, mediations, client meetings.
• Capital comes from me. You carry no personal financial exposure for case costs.