Legal Counsel Associate

Overview

Bargaining Unit: Non Represented - Professional

Rate of Pay: $164,299 annual + DOE

The Legal Associate manages litigation, calendars case dockets and conducts pre-trial litigation for contract and employment matters.

• Manages litigation case dockets, and conducts pre-trial litigation for contract and employment matters.
• Litigates uninsured cases to completion.
• Communicates with opposing counsels and regulatory administrators.
• Raises awareness of current and pertinent legal matters to Legal and other departments.
• Tracks and responds to all legal and court-related documents, including pleadings and discovery.
• Verifies subpoenas and educates staff as appropriate.
• Approves any outside firm invoices.
• Conducts research on either West Law or Lexis.
• Cross trained with Contracts, Risk, Compliance and Privacy and serves as a liaison and backup if one of those individuals are out.
• Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
• Complies with System policies and procedures.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Carries out supervisory responsibility in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, assigning, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; administering scheduling systems; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; enforcing policies and procedures.

Doctoral Degree JD from an accredited law school and licensed to practice in the state of California and 3 or more years relevant experience

None

Required:

• Proficient with research on either West Law or Lexis.
• 3+ years of litigation experience

• Experience in the healthcare industry for either payers or providers

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