Corporate Litigation Attorney

American Advanced Management • Madera, CA

88d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• California State Bar license.
• 1-5 years of hands-on litigation experience.
• Admitted, or capable of admission, to all California Courts.
• Strong work ethic.
• Ability to prioritize and stay motivated.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in actual trial, arbitration and mediation.
• Experience with labor commissioner, administrative law, healthcare/patient collections, malpractice, elder abuse, and negligence.

Responsibilities

• Employment litigation defense is required, such as wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour.
• Conducting internal investigations with respect to active litigation, demand letters, and HR complaints.
• Business/commercial litigation is required, such as customer/vendor disputes.
• Review underlying invoices, account statements, contracts.
• Consultation with non-legal company representatives, research, and preparing and filing a complaint.
• Receive a demand letter and/or a complaint, and take on the necessary investigation and filing of responsive pleadings.
• Preparing correspondence and documents.
• Filing, typing, and using computer software with emphasis on basic word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Communicating with employees and management.
• Coordinating 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.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals