Pre-Litigation Attorney

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🌽 Illinois, Minnesota – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $73k - $85k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Wanta Thome

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11 - 50 employees

⚖️ Legal

👥 B2C

📋 Compliance

Legal • B2C • Compliance

Wanta Thome is an award-winning employment law firm based in Minneapolis with an office in Chicago that represents employees in workplace disputes. The firm focuses on employment discrimination (including age, disability, gender, race, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and religious discrimination), wrongful termination, sexual harassment, whistleblower protection, wage-and-hour claims, OSHA and FMLA retaliation, and class actions. Wanta Thome offers confidential consultations, executive counsel on employment contracts and severance negotiations, and emphasizes client advocacy to secure compensation and promote equitable workplaces.

📋 Description

• Work directly with the lead pre-litigation attorney across the docket • Own every delegated task from assignment to completion • Return delegated work on the committed date and complete it correctly the first time • Prepare valuation memos, response letters, and negotiation plans • Handle calls and negotiations as skills develop • Communicate with clients on delegated matters within one business day, including when there is no news • Deliver bad news early and by phone • Take on more matters, negotiations, and judgment calls over the first year • Set the agenda and run cases on the firm's timeline and theory • Move every case forward every week • Raise case problems the same day with evidence and a proposed path • Fix recurring process friction • Own results, including dates, numbers, and handoffs

🎯 Requirements

• Admission to practice in Minnesota or Illinois, or in another U.S. jurisdiction with admission in Minnesota or Illinois within 12 months of your start date • If you sat for the July 2026 bar exam, your start date follows your swearing-in • Evidence that you can persuade people and move them off a position • Evidence that you can carry volume and hit deadlines without being chased • Eagerness to accept frequent, direct coaching and promptly incorporate feedback • Plaintiff-side employment interest or experience is a plus • Negotiation experience in any setting is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Health and dental insurance • 401(k) with employer contribution • Vacation • Holidays