Job Title: Staff Attorney – Stay Housed LA Program Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney for the Stay Housed LA Program is responsible for providing legal representation and advice to tenants facing eviction in Los Angeles. This includes defending clients in various courthouses such as Stanley Mosk, Chatsworth, Van Nuys, Pasadena, West Covina, and Antelope Valley. The attorney will work directly with clients throughout all stages of litigation, including pleadings, disc...
Job Title: Litigation Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Manage a full litigation caseload from inception through resolution, ensuring comprehensive oversight and strategic planning for each case. - Draft pleadings, discovery, motions, and other litigation documents, maintaining a high standard of legal writing and procedural adherence. - Conduct depositions, both taking and defending, of parties, witnesses, and experts to gather critical information and testimony. - Represent
Trial Attorney Job Title: Trial Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Litigate unlawful detainer actions in California state courts on behalf of property owners and managers. - Defend and conduct depositions. - Provide legal advice through phone consultations, assessing the facts and issues of each scenario and counseling clients accordingly. - Respond to client questions and concerns to increase and retain business. - Work with legal staff to ensure that all pre-trial motions,
Job Title: Staff Attorney (Stay Housed LA) Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorney will be part of a team under the Stay Housed LA program and report to the Supervising Attorney. This role involves providing eviction defense, pro per document preparation, and tenant counseling services. Key responsibilities include: - Managing a personal caseload of unlawful detainer (eviction) cases, involving client interviews, drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, briefs, and correspo
Job Title: Managing Attorney (Eviction Prevention Legal Services) – Eviction Defense Center Job Responsibilities: - Supervise a team of Housing Intake Paralegals providing limited scope services to low-income tenants experiencing housing issues as part of Stay Housed LA. - Oversee Intake Paralegal casework to ensure efficient, client-centered, and trauma-informed services. This includes reviewing and closing case files for substantive quality and administrative compliance,...
Job Title: Attorney – Eviction Defense Center (Multiple Positions) Job Responsibilities: - Litigate eviction cases in Los Angeles County Courthouses. - Interview and counsel clients affected by housing problems. - Participate in clinics and other community outreach projects. - Work on policy issues relating to eviction and/or housing. - Represent subsidized housing clients at administrative hearings and writs. - Perform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience I...
Job Title Temporary Staff Attorney II, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP) Job Responsibilities The Temporary Staff Attorney II for the Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project is responsible for providing comprehensive legal support to vulnerable individuals in Los Angeles County who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Key responsibilities include: - Providing client-centered, trauma-informed direct legal services to vulnerable tenants and unhous
Job Title: Staff Attorney I, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project Job Responsibilities: - Attend monthly clinics to provide legal advice and limited scope representation to individuals at risk of eviction or who have experienced eviction. - Collaborate with the organization's Community Outreach Coordinator, NCJWLA, and Community Coalition to develop and review education and training materials. - Train case managers at social service organizations on enforcing their cli
Job Title: Staff Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Staff Attorneys at the organization are tasked with a range of responsibilities aimed at combating homelessness and ensuring housing justice for low-income individuals and families. Their primary duties include: - Defending low-income tenants facing eviction, which involves engaging in fast-paced litigation in state courts. This includes preparing pleadings, conducting discovery, filing motions, engaging in settlement nego
Job Title: Law and Motion Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Draft motions and oppositions for unlawful detainer cases, including but not limited to oppositions to demurrers, motions to quash, motions to strike, motions to set aside judgments, motions for new trials, bankruptcy motions for relief from stay, and federal motions to remand. - Draft and negotiate stipulations and settlement agreements. - Prepare cases for trial, including drafting trial briefs and motions in limin
Job Title: Civil Litigation Associate (Habitability) Job Responsibilities: - Attend court hearings, participate in site inspections, and take and defend depositions. - Draft extensive written discovery, including preparing and responding to interrogatories, document requests, and requests for admissions. - Evaluate, analyze, assess, and execute litigation strategies. - Proactively manage communications with clients throughout the course of litigation. Education and Experien
Job Title: Real Estate/Housing Litigation Attorney Job Responsibilities: The Real Estate/Housing Litigation Attorney at the law firm will be responsible for representing clients, which may include public agencies, private property owners, or businesses, in a variety of real estate litigation matters. The primary duties include: - Handling breach of lease and rent disputes. - Managing unlawful detainer (UD) actions. - Addressing easement and boundary disputes. - Conducting q
Job Title: Associate Attorney Job Responsibilities: - Handle personal injury and habitability cases from intake through resolution. - Conduct legal research and draft pleadings, motions, discovery requests, and other legal documents. - Manage the discovery process, including drafting and responding to written discovery, reviewing evidence, and preparing discovery-related motions. - Take and defend depositions of parties, witnesses, and experts. - Communicate with clients to
Job Title Litigation Associate Supervising Attorney – Stay Housed LA Program Job Responsibilities The Litigation Associate Supervising Attorney is a pivotal leadership role within the Stay Housed . Program, a collaborative initiative aimed at implementing a county-wide Right to Counsel program in Los Angeles County. This program ensures that tenants have access to legal information, resources, and when eligible, legal representation in court eviction proceedings. The ...
Job Title: Attorney – Santa Monica Right to Counsel (Stay Housed LA) Job Responsibilities: - Litigate eviction cases on behalf of Santa Monica tenants in the Santa Monica courthouse. - Interview and counsel clients affected by housing issues in Santa Monica. - Participate in recurring clinics and community outreach projects for both Santa Monica residents and Stay Housed LA. - Work on policy issues related to eviction and housing. - Represent subsidized housing clients at ...
Job OverviewA law firm seeks a trial attorney in Burbank, CA, to represent clients in court proceedings for Unlawful Detainers. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong passion for the law and courtroom case strategies and present arguments effectively in clients and witnesses for court clients in court for motions, bench trials, and jury trials.