Class Action Lawyer

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 profitsIf 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 CaliforniaFederal 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.