Associate Attorney

Associate Attorney | Hybrid, Southern California | $130,000 to $200,000 Three years into defence litigation is about when most people notice they’ve taken a pile of depositions, drafted a mountain of discovery, and never once stood up in front of a jury on a case of their own. This firm will put you in a courtroom early. There’s a trial training programme that runs for the best part of two years, taught by people who’ve spent their careers in front of juries, and associates here get onto trial teams while friends at other firms are still carrying the binders. It’s a national defence firm and a big one. Nationally a lot of the work is toxic tort, but in California it’s much broader, general liability, construction defect and some serious litigation, and they work across offices so where you sit doesn’t decide what you do for the next five years. $130,000 to $200,000. Billables are 1,900, and if you want fewer than that they’ll talk about part time, which plenty of defence firms won’t. Medical and dental start the week you do with the firm paying about 90% of the premium for you and your family, and 3% goes into your 401k whether you put anything in or not. Hybrid, three days in and two at home or the other way round. Why this firm: Trial teams that take associates, and the training to go with it General liability, construction defect and product liability files, and you can move between teams Part time considered if you’d rather bill less for a while People here have made partner while on maternity leave What you’ll be doing: Written discovery and depositions on your own files, plaintiffs, experts and site witnesses Summary judgment, and the motions in limine when a case is heading to trial Reporting to carriers and self insured clients on where a case is going Sitting at counsel table when it doesn’t settle Mediations What you’ll have: 3 or more years of civil defence litigation, construction defect, general liability or product liability, and admitted in California A JD from an ABA accredited school #J-18808-Ljbffr