Associate Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

One of RHL's repeat clients, a boutique civil litigation firm in San Diego, retained us again to find their next civil litigation defense attorney. We have placed 3 legal professionals here who love it!

This role will ideally be hybrid, based out of San Diego, but remote candidates in other parts of SoCal are welcome to apply.

This defense attorney will be handling cases start to finish, and should have at least 3 years of civil litigation experience in CA. Please do not apply without this!

Responsibilities of Role :

• law & motion
• ex partes, pleading challenges, discovery motions, meet & confers, motions to compel are most common
• discovery
• depositions (once up and running, they will take / defend 1-2 per week).
• Billable requirement : “The goal is 1950 but the minimum is 1800.”
• Software : Word and Adobe for drafting. Outlook for calendaring. Firm Central is used for document management and billing time.

This role offers flexible working hours and hybrid remote days, but the candidate should be local to SoCal (ideally local to San Diego if less than 5 years of experience).

o  Solid understanding of CA civil codes & procedures, open to junior (3 years) or senior (15 years). Pay is entirely contingent upon experience.

o  Some depo experience

o  Defense-side experience is preferred, but someone coming from the plaintiff side who wants to get into defense work may also be considered

o  CA bar license

o  Ability to commute to San Diego occasionally (more if less than 3 years of experience) or Walnut Creek.

To apply, send your resume directly to Melanie.Kent[at]roberthalf[dotcom] with " San Diego Attorney " as the subject line.