Description:

Description:
A Washington, District of Columbia (DC) Law Firm seeks an Associate Attorney with at least 3 years of consumer financial services litigation experience to join our Irvine, California office.

Candidates with experience from a regional, national, or outstanding local law firm are preferred. Excellent writing, oral advocacy skills, and academics are required. Judicial clerkship experience is a plus. The successful candidate should have the following experience and/or skills:

Significant responsibility in analyzing, organizing, and drafting pleadings (including demurrers, motions to dismiss, motions to strike, summary judgment)
Outstanding attention to detail;
Proficiency in e-discovery and fact development;
Propounding and responding to written discovery;
Experience taking and defending depositions;
Experience conducting mediations in both state and federal courts;
Experience appearing in state and federal courts on motions and other pre-trial matters;
Familiarity with (R)FDCPA, FCRA, TCPA, UCC, EFTA, TILA, and UDAP; and
Strategic and analytical skills in addressing client challenges, both legally and economically.

The role requires a candidate with strong interpersonal skills, a high degree of maturity, a willingness to learn, strong initiative and ambition, and a desire to manage a challenging workload on work spanning high-stakes litigation, arbitration, and trial work. Candidates must be able to prioritize and handle urgent tasks and requests simultaneously with a high level of competence and accuracy. A successful candidate will be comfortable and able to interface directly with clients. We are relentlessly committed to client service and look for candidates who share that commitment.