Construction Law & Litigation Attorney

Year three, and you're in an underground car park in San Diego with a torch, looking at a crack that 40 homeowners already have strong opinions about. The expert is measuring something. Somebody's cousin, who does tiling, has told the board it's the foundations.

It isn't the foundations, and by now you can tell, and that's most of the job.

Nobody goes to law school planning to do construction defect and a surprising number of people end up loving it, because you turn into the one person in the room who understands the building. Subcontractors and tenders and indemnity and drawings that don't match what went up. Files that sit there for two years and then all go off on a Thursday afternoon.

It's a national defence litigation firm and the seat's in San Diego, hybrid with a flexible work from home policy. They'll take anyone from 1 to 7 years in and they're hiring more than one, so the pay runs from $130,000 to $200,000 and you'll be paid for the years you've got.

Why this firm:

Construction defect is a big part of what they do, and they hire laterally all the time

The heavy files get staffed across offices, so you won't be on your own with one

Unlimited PTO and a flexible work from home policy, plus medical, dental, vision and 401k

What you'll be doing:

Your own defect files, from the first read to however they end

Written discovery, motions and site inspections

Deposing homeowners, experts and subs

Tenders and indemnity, which is where a lot of these cases get decided

Keeping the carriers posted

What you'll have:

1 to 7 years of civil defence litigation

Construction or defect experience helps

If you haven't got it, an appetite for learning how a building goes together will do

Admitted to the California Bar

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