Job Details

Population Served

The position does not involve direct patient care for a population of patients ages 18 and older. Age specific experience and/or special training and/or expertise are not required to serve this population.

Position Summary

Corporate litigation attorney will be acting as counsel of record, representing various healthcare facilities under our management. Must be confident and comfortable handling full case responsibility from intake, pleadings, discovery, motion practice, up to trial preparations. This is an in-house position, and may include some corporate/transactional work, but will focus primarily on our litigation needs. Reporting directly to senior corporate counsel, and executive management. This position may require working remotely and occasional travel.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Employment litigation defense such as wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour. Must have a working knowledge of employment laws, and experience with these cases.
• Conduct internal investigations with respect to active litigation, demand letters, and HR complaints.
• Business/commercial litigation such as customer/vendor disputes. Mostly defense, some prosecution. Must know how to review underlying invoices, account statements, contracts.
• Be autonomous, able to go from consultation with non‑legal company reps to research to preparing and filing a complaint.
• Receive a demand letter and/or a complaint, and take on the necessary investigation and filing of responsive pleadings.
• Prepare correspondence and documents.
• Filing, typing, and use computer software with emphasis on basic word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Communicate with employees and management.
• Coordinate 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.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

This position requires a California State Bar license. Must have at least 3-5 years of hands‑on litigation experience. Must be admitted, or capable of admission, in all California Courts. Additional 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.

Salary

$170,000-$230,000

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Legal

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care