Description:
Description:This is a full-time, partial work-from-home position.
Associate Attorney - Change people's lives.
- Do you want to help people at one of their greatest times of need?
- Are you looking for a job with reasonable hours where you can maintain your family and personal life?
- Do you want to manage and direct a firm's caseload?
If your answer to these questions is yes, and if you are a licensed attorney with 4+ years of litigation experience, then we may have the ideal position for you.
About the Firm:
- A congenial work environment where every voice is heard
- Novel, high-impact cases that improve people's lives
- A culture that respects and prioritizes work-life balance
Benefits:
- Position includes health insurance, 401(k)
- Potential performance-based bonus
Compensation: $130,000 - $150,000 DOE
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a diverse caseload from inception through pre-trial, trial, and appeal when necessary ensuring each client receives effective legal representation
- Draft law and motion from initial complaints through all pre-trial motions and oppositions to trial and post-verdict pleadings
- Prepare and respond to discovery
- Take and defend depositions, including percipient witnesses and expert depositions
- Conduct pre-filing investigation and research
- Evaluate/Review potential cases, interview clients and witnesses
- Make court appearances, mostly in state court
- Support the firm's marketing initiatives, including the creation of content
- Occasional travel
Qualifications:
Required Skills and Experience:
- Minimum 2-4 years of civil litigation experience with substantial law and motion experience
- Licensed California attorney
- Familiar with California state and federal court procedure and substantive law
- Preferred But Not Required Skills and Experience:
- Experience with bad faith and personal injury cases
- Deposition and some trial experience
- Bilingual is a plus
- Class Action experience
Personal Attributes:
- Empathetic, respectful, professional, organized, clear communicator, patient, calm, flexible, ethical, humble, and an energetic advocate
- Self-starter, independent, efficient, motivated, driven, hardworking, strong writer and researcher, strong work ethic, indefatigable
- Results-focused – extremely proactive with a strong bias for action
- Competent solutions-oriented thinker and problem-solver
- Committed to seeing casework to completion with a "can-do attitude.
- Gets along well with others and enjoys working with a small team
- Cultivates strong collaborative relationships and aligns well with company culture
- Can effectively multitalk and is detail-oriented
- An ‘out of the box' thinker who is creative, strategic, and brings ingenuity
- You are eager to contribute ideas and add value to cases
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral skills
- Strategic expertise emanating from a superior understanding of the law
- Possesses an insightful approach to evaluating potential cases that fit with the firm
- Eager to be mentored and to continually learn and grow
Compensation:
$130,000 - $150,000 DOE
