Litigation Associate

Litigation Attorney | Death & Horses | Calabasas, CA $125,000 to $175,000 base, depending on experience, plus production and origination bonuses.

Most law firms are looking for a serious associate. We’re looking for a seriously good litigator who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

The Yoshida Firm is a litigation boutique in Calabasas. We handle life’s toughest disputes, and our practice fits in three words: Death and Horses. That means contested trusts and estates, elder financial abuse, wrongful death, and equine disputes in the rarefied world of showjumping.

You’ll be our first associate. There’s no cubicle farm and no seven-layer approval chain. Nobody will tell you “that’s how we’ve always done it,” because we opened in 2025 and haven’t always done anything. We like creativity, ingenuity and good ideas, wherever they come from. And we don't have strict billable hour quotas. We reward quality over quantity, and value mental and physical health.

What you’ll do

• Litigate contested trust, estate and elder abuse matters from petition to trial: discovery, depositions, motions, and trial in civil and probate court
• Help families get justice in wrongful death cases
• Learn how to build your own book of business and get paid when you bring in clients
• Pitch ideas about how a modern law firm should run, and then help us build it
• Put AI agents to work on the grind so you can spend your brain on strategy and people

You might be our person if

• You are a California Bar licensed attorney with no disciplinary record
• You have 2 to 7 years of California litigation experience, including contested trust and estate work
• You’ve taken depositions, argued motions and stood up in court on your own
• You genuinely like meeting people, and you know a coffee meeting can turn into a client
• You can make a short video that people watch on purpose
• You’re funny, or at least you know when to be
• You're AI savvy

Bonus points

• Wrongful death or personal injury experience
• You ride, own, train, groom or otherwise spend weekends around horses - or have a strong interest in them.

What we offer

• $125,000 to $180,000 base, depending on experience
• Monthly production bonuses and origination bonuses on clients you bring in
• Direct mentorship from an entrepreneurial, well-connected founder and a real path to running your own book of business and caseload
• Negotiable benefits, including health insurance, vision, paid time off, and a 401k
• A relaxed firm where your ideas get used, not filed away

How to apply: We skip the writing sample. Send your resume and a short note telling us about:

1. A few cases you’re proud of
2. An AI workflow you built
3. Your horse story, if you have one (no horse story? Tell us something that makes us laugh)