Associate New York/KC

Keenan & Bhatia, LLC

New York, NY; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO

Compensation: 110,000–150,000 base salary based on experience and geography, excellent benefits, performance-based bonus potential

Keenan & Bhatia, LLC is a plaintiff-side employment discrimination and civil rights law firm dedicated to representing workers who have experienced discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other unlawful treatment in the workplace. We are a 100% contingency-fee practice.

Client relationships are at the center of our practice. We take the time to know our clients, understand what they have experienced, and hold their hands through what is often one of the most difficult periods of their lives.

Your job will be to add value to cases through your care, diligence, bold writing, persistence, detective work, and creativity. We are seeking an Associate with 1–5 years of litigation experience; clerkship experience counts towards this. You will be involved in all stages of employment litigation, including:

• Evaluating potential cases and conducting client intakes;


• Developing case strategy;


• Drafting pleadings and mastering the discovery process--through informal and formal discovery;


• Taking and defending depositions;


• Drafting and arguing dispositive and other substantive motions;


• Mediations and settlement negotiations;


• Jury trials;


• Appellate work and making good law;


• Maintaining close and meaningful relationships with clients throughout their cases; and


• Managing and directing staff employees.

• You have a bar license in New York and/or Missouri.


• You may have done a judicial clerkship (highly valued, but not required);


• You have demonstrated passion for workers’ rights, civil rights, and economic justice;


• You value honesty, logic, precision, and critical thinking;


• You live a positive, caring approach to clients;


• You demonstrate intellectual curiosity and sound judgment;


• You relish a fast-paced, busy practice and getting projects done efficiently but with collaboration;


• You are creative and and look for creative ways to add value;


• You look forward to winning novel legal arguments and winning jury trials;


• You understand the activist nature of plaintiff-side work and may have a background in community or campus activism;


• You identify as having 'grit.'

Interested candidates should submit a resume, law school transcript, undergraduate transcript, and position-specific cover letter explaining your interest in Keenan & Bhatia and plaintiff-side employment litigation. Grades are not a deal-breaker but we want to see which courses you took. Please send the documents in PDF to lawyers@keenanfirm.com and include “Associate Application” in the subject line. You will be required to perform skills-based testing as part of this process.