Experienced Automotive Product Liability Trial Attorney

We are working with an exciting, incredibly fast-moving, high energy law firm, with an established reputation in the arena of products liability/products defect plaintiffs’ work , committed to achieving outstanding results. The firm is seeking an experienced Automotive Products Liability Trial Attorney with four eight (4-8) years of experience. The trial attorney will assist the firm’s partners in managing multiple cases.

The attorney will prepare litigation reports and risk assessments, draft legal documents, and make court appearances on behalf of the firm’s clients. Focus areas for the trial attorney role are developing case strategy; conducting motion, low-level deposition, and low-level trial & Mediation practice; engaging in trial preparation, and doing legal research. The salary for the position will be $145,000/yr. or more, depending upon experience.

The firm offers a comprehensive package of benefits about which the firm will provide further details.

The firm is a market leader in automotive products liability litigation, having litigated cases against nearly every major automotive manufacturer in the world. It strives to set the standards in the field by which others will judge themselves. It seeks to become the leading law firm in the nation for automotive products liability, bar none. Its mission is to present, in uniquely creative ways, before juries throughout the U.S., products liability cases against manufacturers.

The firm consistently promotes and adheres to the following values and qualities in all of its attorneys.

• Excellence: Good enough is not good enough.
• Consistency: Build a reputation that precedes the firm into the courtroom.
• Innovation: Create opportunities in areas that others have yet even to discover.
• Better than Yesterday: Continually grow, develop and learn.
• Systematicity: Harness the power of organized activity.
• Community Involvement: Be a pillar of the community in a way that would make a mother proud.

• Meet personally with clients.
• Assist in providing case evaluation, legal support, and guidance.
• Develop case strategy and find plausible solutions to legal matters.
• Assist in preparing litigation reports and risk assessments.
• Attend hearings, depositions, and other court appearances.
• Attend focus groups.
• Stay informed about any current legislation.
• Build trustworthy relationships with clients and experts.
• Assist with finalizing legal documents, such as depositions, pleadings, and contracts, promptly and accurately.
• Assist in drafting and finalizing complaints, meet and confer letters, motions to compel, and discovery responses.
• Assist in negotiating low-level settlements and attend mediations.
• May interview, train, mentor, and assist in managing legal staff within the team.

• Bachelor’s degree in law-related field
• Juris Doctor or equivalent from an accredited law school
• Active license in good standing to practice law in California
• Four to eight (4-8) years of related experience
• Ability to handle a high caseload
• Experience or expertise in automotive product liability law
• Commitment to abiding by the set laws and behaving ethically
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong critical thinking skills
• Excellent public speaking skills
• Adaptability and attention to detail
• Ability to work on a case independently
• Ability to work with a team of attorneys to develop strategies for a case and to collaborate effectively with team members and staff
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
• Proven ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Proactive problem-solving approach
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt quickly to new challenges
• High emotional intelligence (EQ)
• High level of discretion
• Ability to handle sensitive information discreetly

• Supervisors: Reports to the Partner
• Status: Full-time, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed
• Location: Beautiful office environment at the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center, across from South Coast Plaza
• Salary: $145,000+, depending on experience
• Benefits: Excellent career opportunity with a comprehensive benefits package, including…