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General Liability of Counsel - Ski Resorts - Orange County/Costa Mesa
This position offers a flexible, hybrid, or remote working arrangement.
The Position
This is an excellent opportunity for lawyers with litigation experience who are looking to advance their careers and take on new substantive defense-litigation responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
This position offers a flexible, hybrid, or remote working arrangement.
The Position
This is an excellent opportunity for lawyers with litigation experience who are looking to advance their careers and take on new substantive defense-litigation responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Draft pleadings, motions, briefs, legal memoranda, and other legal documents
- Attend court hearings, depositions, and mediations
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments and offices, contributing to a cohesive and supportive team environment
- Independently manage a litigation caseload as part of a team, working cases from beginning to end
- Communicate with clients and provide status reports
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school
- Admitted to practice in the state of California
- 8+ years of defense litigation
- Experience with catastrophic injury, product liability, construction defect, habitability, transportation, or other general liability matters
- Experience drafting discovery and pretrial motions required
- Experience cross-examining plaintiffs and other fact witnesses preferred
- Experience handling court appearances, depositions, and trial experience a plus
- 2nd chair trial experience a plus
- Superior analytical skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills