Associate Lawyer
23 days ago
Los Angeles
Job 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 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, • Minimum 2-4 years of civil litigation experience with substantial law and motion experience, • Licensed California attorney, • Experience with bad faith and personal injury cases, • Deposition and some trial experience, • Bilingual is a plus, • 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 growAbout Company We are a small, close-knit, congenial law firm. Our firm has served California for over 25 years, focusing on a small number of meaningful cases. We are a people-first firm. Our founder and lead attorney is a kind, values-driven person who takes pride in helping others. Our mission is to make a real difference in clients’ lives and to change the system so that others will not suffer similar fates. We promise clients that we care about you and your cause, we will listen to you, support you, be available for you, be responsive to you, empower you, and always put your needs first. We will be honest with you, treat you with dignity and respect, and fearlessly and boldly fight like hell for you. We promise to fight for what is right, only take cases that we believe in, expose wrongdoing, and make our community better.