Personal Injury Trial Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Pay: $140,000.00 - $300,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Get meaningful courtroom and trial exposure without waiting years for the opportunity.
• Handle high-impact plaintiff-side personal injury cases from active litigation through settlement or verdict.
• Take ownership of depositions, motion practice, hearings, negotiations, trial preparation, and courtroom advocacy.
• Work directly with experienced trial attorneys who provide hands-on mentorship and advanced litigation training.
• Build first-chair and second-chair trial experience as your skills and responsibilities grow.
• Join a rapidly expanding plaintiff-side litigation team with strong advancement and leadership opportunities.
• Earn performance-based bonus opportunities tied to individual and case results.
• $140,000 to $300,000 annual compensation based on experience, litigation background, and trial capabilities.
• Receive 100% employer-paid PPO medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees.
• Receive a 401(k) with a 4% employer match after one year.
• Enjoy paid time off, paid holidays, paid parking, team lunches, company events, and hybrid flexibility after onboarding.

Location: Westwood, CA. This is a highly collaborative litigation role with regular in-office and courtroom presence. After the first 30 days, attorneys may work from home up to two days per week as the trial and court schedule permits.

Note:  Candidates must be active members of the California Bar in good standing and have 3+ years of directly relevant personal injury litigation experience. Strong deposition, motion practice, negotiation, and courtroom experience is important. Jury trial, first-chair, and second-chair experience is highly preferred.

About Us

We are a rapidly growing plaintiff-side litigation firm representing individuals in high-impact personal injury and consumer matters. Our attorneys take an aggressive, thorough approach to litigation and prepare cases with trial in mind from the beginning.We believe strong attorneys develop fastest when they are given meaningful responsibility, direct access to experienced litigators, and real opportunities to advocate for clients. Our team is ambitious, collaborative, results-driven, and committed to developing exceptional trial attorneys.Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage personal injury litigation matters from active litigation through settlement, trial, or verdict.
• Handle cases involving automobile accidents, premises liability, workplace injuries, and other serious personal injury claims.
• Develop litigation and trial strategy based on liability, damages, witnesses, experts, and the legal issues involved in each case.
• Conduct and defend depositions involving plaintiffs, defendants, experts, corporate representatives, and key fact witnesses.
• Draft pleadings, discovery, settlement demands, dispositive motions, motions in limine, pre-trial filings, and post-trial motions.
• Prepare witnesses, exhibits, examinations, arguments, and case themes for jury and bench trials.
• Serve as first chair or second chair in trials based on experience and case needs.
• Represent clients at hearings, mediations, settlement conferences, negotiations, and courtroom proceedings.
• Negotiate strategically with insurance carriers and opposing counsel while preparing cases to proceed to trial when necessary.
• Conduct legal research and analyze California personal injury law, civil procedure, damages, liens, and litigation issues.
• Work closely with experts, witnesses, clients, and internal litigation teams throughout each matter.
• Manage litigation deadlines, case files, discovery obligations, and procedural requirements.
• Collaborate with experienced trial attorneys on complex case strategy and courtroom preparation.
• Mentor junior attorneys and litigation team members as experience permits.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active California Bar membership in good standing.
• 3+ years of personal injury litigation experience.
• Plaintiff-side personal injury litigation experience strongly preferred.
• Experience taking and defending depositions.
• Experience handling substantive motion practice.
• Strong understanding of California personal injury law and civil procedure.
• Knowledge of damages, liens, discovery, case valuation, and litigation strategy.
• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Strong negotiation, oral advocacy, and client communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage litigation matters and deadlines.
• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-accountability litigation environment.
• Jury trial experience strongly preferred.
• First-chair or second-chair trial experience strongly preferred.
• Lemon law or consumer protection litigation experience is a plus.
• Federal court experience or admission is a plus.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Competitive compensation of $140,000 to $300,000 based on experience and trial capabilities.
• Performance-based bonus opportunities tied to individual and case results.
• Real opportunities to build courtroom and jury trial experience.
• Direct mentorship from experienced trial attorneys who actively invest in attorney development.
• Meaningful responsibility for depositions, motions, hearings, negotiations, and trial preparation.
• A clear path to increasingly sophisticated cases, courtroom responsibility, and leadership opportunities.
• A rapidly growing environment where high-performing attorneys can accelerate their careers.
• An ambitious culture that embraces litigation and prepares cases to win rather than avoiding the courtroom.
• 100% employer-paid PPO medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.
• 401(k) with a 4% employer match after one year.
• Paid time off, sick time, and paid holidays.
• Hybrid flexibility of up to two work-from-home days per week after the first 30 days, as the trial schedule permits.
• Paid parking, team lunches, company events, and a high-energy collaborative environment.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance