Description:
Description:In the subject line of the email, please write "Litigation Attorney Position".
- This is an In Office position, either Stockton or Los Angeles, CA - FT
- Handle personal injury case files from start to finish, carry case load
- Evaluate potential personal injury claims and provide legal advice to prospective clients
- Draft, review, and modify claims, motions, discovery responses, demand letters, pleadings, subpoenas, memorandums, and other legal documents
- Research case law and premises liability, and gather insurance policies, medical expenses, medical records, and other evidence relevant to the case (preferred experience with Westlaw)
- Communicate with clients, expert witnesses, insurance company adjusters, supporting witnesses, and medical providers to gather information
- Negotiate suitable agreements offers and appropriately settle on the clients' behalf
- Make court appearances at hearings and, trials, attend mediations, depositions, and litigation throughout the entire state of California.
- Document and update the status of all case files in case management system (Preferred experience with CasePeer)
- Manage a team of personal injury paralegals, legal assistants, case managers, litigation paralegals, and legal secretary
- Track work calendar, including but not limited to, appointment and court deadlines pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure
- Calculate costs and compensation totals in support of drafting settlement breakdowns to present to client and insurance providers
Requirements:
- JD, passed Licensed and admitted to the California State Bar
- Experience in Plaintiff Personal Injury - preferred 1- 5 years
