Associate Attorney, Litigation

Associate Attorney, Litigation

As part of DAC Beachcroft's continued growth in the US, we are hiring an associate attorney to join our Los Angeles office. This is a litigation role offering significant client exposure and responsibility from the outset, working directly with senior partners as they build the firm's West Coast practice. We are looking for a 1-3 year California-qualified associate with strong litigation experience, ready to take on a varied caseload spanning insurance coverage and defense work, with exposure to bad faith defense and general commercial litigation.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting partners and colleagues on insurance and commercial litigation matters across the full spectrum of coverage and defense work
• Drafting and reviewing pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery, correspondence, and litigation reports
• Conducting depositions and attending court proceedings
• Handling motion practice and supporting case strategy
• Conducting legal research and preparing memoranda on coverage, bad faith, and general litigation issues
• Working directly with clients on case updates, strategy, and reporting in line with client quality and service standards
• Managing your portion of the caseload in an organized and proactive manner
• Building an understanding of the client's business and the firm's broader service offering

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Admitted to the California Bar
• 1 to 3 years of post-admission litigation experience at a US law firm
• Strong pre-litigation and litigation foundation, including drafting, research, discovery, motion practice, and depositions
• Ability to analyze complex factual scenarios and apply legal principles to reach commercially sound outcomes
• Confident, professional client-facing communication
• Composure and clear judgment under pressure, particularly for clients in crisis
• Strong academic record
• A collaborative, team-oriented working style with a willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues

Preferred

• Insurance coverage or insurance defense experience
• Experience at a sophisticated civil litigation firm
• Exposure to London market or international insurer work
• Trial experience

Application

• Please note, as part of your application we will also require a writing sample.

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK's top-five housebuilders. We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe. At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities. We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

Our Hiring Process

Stage 1: Qualification Call

Stage 2: Interview with Hiring Manager

Stage 3: Final Interview

Stage 4: Hired

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