Description:
Summary:The Legal Associate manages litigation, calendars case dockets and conducts pre-trial litigation for contract and employment matters.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages litigation case dockets, and conducts pre-trial litigation for contract and employment matters.
- Litigates uninsured cases to completion.
- Communicates with opposing counsels and regulatory administrators.
- Raises awareness of current and pertinent legal matters to Legal and other departments.
- Tracks and responds to all legal and court-related documents, including pleadings and discovery.
- Verifies subpoenas and educates staff as appropriate.
- Approves any outside firm invoices.
- Conducts research on either WestLaw or Lexis.
- Cross trained with Contracts, Risk, Compliance and Privacy and serves as a liaison and backup if one of those individuals are out.
- Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
- Complies with System policies and procedures.
- Other duties as may be assigned.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Carries out supervisory responsibility in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, assigning, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; administering scheduling systems; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; enforcing policies and procedures.
Minimum Education/Experience:
Doctoral Degree JD from an accredited law school and licensed to practice in the state of California and 3 or more years relevant experience
Required Licenses/Certifications:
None
Other Experience/Qualifications
Required:
- Proficient with research on either WestLaw or Lexis.
- 3+ years of litigation experience
Preferred:
Experience in the healthcare industry for either payers or providers