Full-Time Attorney

Become a private wealth disputes litigator - not merely a lawyer who occasionally handles probate matters.

Office-forward + flexibility

Private wealth disputes sit at the intersection of sophisticated litigation and the most consequential moments in a client’s life. The cases can involve contested capacity, undue influence, fiduciary misconduct, financial elder abuse, family businesses, concentrated real estate holdings, and control of a family’s legacy.

We are adding an Attorney to our Orange County team. This role is for a lawyer who has already begun developing meaningful trust and estate litigation experience and wants a clearer runway to become an exceptional private wealth disputes lawyer.

You will receive direct feedback, increasing responsibility as your judgment develops, and the infrastructure of a growing specialist platform. Help identify the decisive facts, legal theories, discovery priorities, leverage points, and practical path to resolution.

Draft persuasive work product. Prepare contested petitions, objections, pleadings, discovery, motions, briefs, mediation submissions, and settlement documents.

Manage written discovery, document review, witness development, subpoenas, chronologies, and coordination with experts.

Translate complex law into practical advice for clients navigating grief, conflict, uncertainty, and significant financial stakes.

Collaborate across the platform. Draw on the experience of litigators, paralegals, and professionals throughout RMO rather than practicing in a silo.

You learn RMO’s litigation standards, case-management systems, and client-service expectations; You own defined workstreams, communicate directly with clients and opposing counsel where appropriate, and handle substantive drafting, discovery, and court responsibilities with decreasing supervision.

Depending on experience and demonstrated judgment, you lead important motions, discovery initiatives, depositions, hearings, or mediation preparation and have a candid written development plan for advancement to Senior Attorney.

You have approximately 1-5 years of civil litigation experience, including meaningful trust, estate, probate, conservatorship, financial elder abuse, or closely related fiduciary-dispute work.

You have drafted contested petitions, objections, pleadings, discovery, or substantive motions and participated meaningfully in hearings, depositions, mediation, or trial preparation.

You are an exceptional legal writer who can turn complicated facts and law into a clear, disciplined, persuasive position.

You combine rigor with emotional intelligence when clients are experiencing grief, anger, fear, or family conflict.

You can consistently deliver high-quality work and appreciate the value of working regularly from RMO’s Costa Mesa office.

A true specialty platform. This position is devoted to contested private wealth matters. You will not be expected to build an estate-planning practice or spend your career on routine administrations.

Meaningful responsibility with apprenticeship. Responsibility grows with demonstrated ability, supported by direct access to experienced litigators, substantive feedback, case reviews, and practical training.

RMO’s attorney ladder is Attorney to Senior Attorney to Managing Attorney to Income Partner to Equity Partner. Advancement is based on demonstrated capability, judgment, client service, leadership, productivity, firm contribution, and business-development readiness – not merely time served.

A platform that builds your reputation. RMO’s business-development and marketing professionals help attorneys pursue speaking, authorship, media, professional recognition, community visibility, and referral-development opportunities suited to their level and goals.

RMO invests in intake, staffing, paralegal support, technology, knowledge, operations, marketing, and business development so lawyers can focus on excellent legal work and client service.

Sustainable high performance. The role is office-forward, with reasonable schedule flexibility based on demonstrated performance and client, court, and team needs.

Master the record, understand the law, think several moves ahead, and deliver work that can withstand scrutiny.

Share information, ask for help early, contribute to others’ success, and recognize that the best result is usually a team result.

The actual base salary will depend on years of practice, demonstrated trust and estate litigation capability, writing, judgment, expected level, and internal equity. This range excludes bonuses and benefits.

Annual performance-bonus eligibility under RMO’s written compensation framework, tied to factors such as quality, productivity, client service, collections, teamwork, firm contribution, and origination credit for eligible new matters and relationships.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Flexible paid time off managed responsibly around client, court, team, and annual performance obligations.

Basic life insurance.

Paid parking at the Costa Mesa office.

This is a full-time, exempt, office-forward position based in Costa Mesa, California . RMO provides reasonable scheduling flexibility based on performance and firm, client, matter, court, and team needs.

RMO treats exploratory conversations and applications confidentially.

We make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.