Legal Assistant

Dordick Law Corporation, an award winning civil litigation personal injury law firm, is seeking experienced legal assistants with prior plaintiff experience. Our practice is primarily focused on catastrophic personal injury, negligence, product defect and road design. This is not a remote or hybrid position. You must be willing and able to work at our downtown Los Angeles or Riverside office.

About DORDICK LAW CORPORATION

Dordick Law Corporation is an award-winning, civil litigation personal injury law firm. Our practice is primarily focused on catastrophic personal injury, negligence, product defects, and road design. We are very selective about the cases we accept and focus on the quality of the case rather than volume.

This family-owned firm has offices in Beverly Hills, downtown Los Angeles, and Riverside. As an employee of Dordick Law, you'll be working with an exceptionally talented team of dedicated legal practitioners. We offer a competitive salary (based on your qualifications and experience) as well as a handsome benefits package that includes our group health, vision, and dental coverage (all 100% paid by the firm) as well as a 401k program, FSA, and DCFSA.

We also offer bonus pay, professional development assistance, and the opportunity to attend our annual trial college in Los Cabos, Mexico!

Description

As a legal assistant at Dordick Law, you'll be working with an exceptionally talented team of dedicated legal practitioners. We offer a competitive salary (based on your qualifications and experience) as well as a handsome benefits package that includes our group health, vision, and dental coverage (all 100% paid by the firm), paid sick time, PTO, as well as a 401k program.

We also offer bonus pay, professional development assistance, FSA/DCFSA, EAP, electric vehicle charging, and the opportunity to attend our annual trial college in Los Cabos, Mexico!

Key Responsibilities:

• Clearing depo availability for Clients' Depos / Pre-Depos / Pre-Depo Call with Provider Depos
• Non-Retained portion of 2034
• FROG Questionnaire / Verification Forms
• Discovery Charts
• Serve Subpoena Objection for Records / Depos
• Request for Dismissals / Requests for Default (with direction)
• IDC Statements / Forms
• Discovery Shells, Depo Summaries, Discovery Response Summary
• Obtaining Court Call / Court Connect for Hearings
• Executing Stipulation to Cont. Trial, etc.
• Notices of Joinder to Depositions
• Propound Supplemental Discovery to Defendants (Set 1 and 2, when due)
• Service of DME - Response / Objection / Opposition
• Obtaining Mediator Availability
• Upload conformed copy of initial case documents to CMS
• Service of Complaints along with Statement of Damages (All City or Cal West)

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

-Minimum 2 years of experience in litigation

-Minimum of 2 years college or upper-level education unless your experience exceeds 5 years

-Must be adept in Office
365, familiar with CA Code of Civil Procedure and Local Rules, and CRM/CMS

-Bilingual Spanish is a plus but not required

This is NOT an entry-level position. Some knowledge/experience with litigation is required. You must be punctual, detail oriented, organized, excellent in time management and interested in your career.

We are looking for a talented, hardworking, and organized individual looking to find a long-term position.

Salary

$75,000 - $90,000 per year