Associate Attorney-Employment Law

Key Responsibilities:

• Advocate on behalf of employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators
  
• Prepare correspondence to clients
  
• Draft pleadings
  
• Attend court appearances
  
• Manage calendar
  
• Conduct depositions and cross-examinations of doctors
  
• Negotiate settlements
  
• Proactive case management
• Mentor and manage legal assistant
  
• Establish relationships with clients, co-workers, and vendors
• Attend marketing events with new and existing clients
  
• Review and work on files, enter time into billing software
  
• Input case information into PracticeMaster
  
• Meet deadlines for client correspondence
  
• Attend client meetings
  
• Conduct training seminars for clients on changing employment laws
  
• Understand and maintain current knowledge of employment law and statutes
• All other duties or tasks, as needed
  

Skills and Experience:

• Must have a well-established and exclusive employment litigation, defense background
• School district defense experience required
• Trial experience preferred, but not required
• Experience with public entity defense a plus
• Must have knowledge of class/PAGA inclusive
• Bachelor’s and Juris Doctor degrees
• Member, State Bar of California in good standing
• Superior research, analytical, and negotiating ability
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Commitment to proactive case management