Corporate Litigation Attorney

3-5 yrs required

Full-time

No

Corporate Litigation Attorney
Duties: Conducting internal investigations with respect to active litigation, demand letters, and HR complaints. Preparing correspondence and documents. Filing, typing, and using computer software with emphasis on basic word processing and spreadsheet applications. Communicating with employees and management. Coordinating special projects as directed. Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan response. File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports. Compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and Boards of Directors. Conduct interviews with employees and management. Summarize depositions, testimony and interrogations. Attend relevant meetings and events. Draft legal documents such as contracts.

Qualification and Experience Qualifications: California State Bar license. Must have 3-5 years of hands-on litigation experience. Must be admitted, or capable of admission, to all California Courts. Preferred experience in: actual trial, arbitration and mediation, labor commissioner, administrative law, healthcare/patient collections, malpractice, elder abuse, and negligence. Strong work ethic. Ability to prioritize and stay motivated. Employment litigation defense is required, such as wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour. Must have a working knowledge of employment laws, and experience with these cases. Business/commercial litigation is required, such as customer/vendor disputes. Mostly defense, some prosecution. Must know how to review underlying invoices, account statements, contracts. Must be autonomous, able to go from consultation with non-legal company reps, to research, to preparing and filing a complaint. Must be able to receive a demand letter and/or a compliant, and take on the necessary investigation and filing of responsive pleadings.

Legal