Description:
Position Available:Full-time (4-day work week) Mid-level Family Law Associate Attorney for a well-established family law firm in La Mesa. This position is onsite with hybrid work options available.
Why Work with Us:
We at San Diego Family Law & Divorce Lawyers value our employees and believe in creating a supportive work environment and a positive work/life balance for all team members. We make concerted efforts to maintain cohesive and supportive working relationships and offer a 4-day work week for all full-time employees, encouraging the use of this paid day off each week for rest and recreation.
Compensation:
$144,384, base salary plus up to an additional $6,200 in potential monthly bonuses, for a total of up to $218,784 annually, plus full benefits and additional discretionary bonuses.
Benefits:
- 4-day (32-hour) work week
- Medical insurance (offering Blue Shield, Sharp, and Kaiser plans)
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Discretionary bonuses
- 10 paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Fun company events and volunteer opportunities
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables:
- Managing cases in accordance with client objectives and advancing the case toward a timely resolution
- Correspondence (via telephone, email, etc.) with opposing counsel, clients, and the court
- Making court appearances and conducting depositions
- Drafting declarations, motions, discovery, and judgments
- Conducting legal research and writing memoranda of points and authorities
- Maintenance of client relations
- Providing litigation support for partner attorneys
Qualifications Required:
- 5 years of Family Law experience
- Licensed by and in good standing with the State Bar of California
- Experienced and thrives in fast-paced environments
- Familiar with the demands of handling a robust family law trial court caseload
- Works quickly with a high degree of accuracy
- Adaptable and flexible
- Competent and effective litigator
- Comfortable and skilled litigating in court and taking depositions
- Excels at writing effective motions, declarations, trial briefs, etc.
- Initiates and sees beyond an immediate list of tasks, anticipating needs
- Seeks out work when the workload runs low
- Good at identifying obstacles and creating strategies to resolve them
- Detail-oriented and highly organized, but not rigid
- Focused and able to spin multiple plates at the same time
- Comfortable delegating tasks to the paralegal support team and following-up as necessary
- Quickly recalls the status of various cases in progress
- Understands the process of a family law case from beginning to end and can anticipate and execute the next steps toward bringing the case to a resolution
- Willing to support a partner-level attorney's caseload as needed in addition to handling own caseload
- Works well with people, including team members and clients.
- Compassionate and patient in helping others going through a crisis.
- Communicates clearly, effectively, and promptly.
- Values loyalty.
- Listens to clients' needs and delivers high-level service.
- Enjoys life but knows how to be professional
- Takes responsibility when making a mistake.
- Owns projects from inception through completion
- Adept at technology.
- Maintains confidentiality
- Enjoys being a part of a tight-knit team that cheers each other on
