General Liability Defense Associate

Distinct | North America; California; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | North America seeks a General Liability Defense Associate to join our national defense practice fully remote from California. The role offers a lucrative salary range of $150,000 to $190,000 and requires CA Bar admission with eligible remote work.

Expect hands-on deposition work, moving for summary judgment, and crafting discovery correspondence; candidates should have California civil defense experience and prior depositions.

Qualifications

• Two years or more of California civil defense experience.
• At least one deposition you have taken on your own.
• Active California Bar license.
• Licensed to practice in California and eligible to work remotely from CA.

Responsibilities

• Deposing plaintiffs and other witnesses as needed.
• Moving for summary judgment and handling notices.
• Writing meet and confer letters to limit discovery disputes.
• Coordinating with experts and managing the discovery process.
• Drafting mediation briefs and communicating with insurers.

Skills

Deposition experience

California civil defense

Oral advocacy

Legal research

Education

Bar admission in California

Job description

General Liability Defense Associate | Fully Remote, California | $150,000 to $190,000

This is a general liability defense job, fully remote from anywhere in California, and it pays $150,000 to $190,000.

Most of it's premises. A customer slips on grapes in the produce aisle, or catches a toe on a lifted sidewalk slab, or an automatic door closes a second early, and a year or so later you've got an assistant manager who tells it the same way every time, a floor inspection sheet with a gap in it right where it matters, and an expert on the other side who's already put a number on the whole thing.

The firm's a national defense firm and it's growing, so when a file turns nasty there are people to call. General liability sits alongside employment, product liability and workers comp, so if you want to branch out in a couple of years it's all there. They run their own training and you're in it from the week you join.

Most weeks you'd be:

• Deposing the plaintiff, the assistant manager and whoever was meant to be walking the aisles
• Moving for summary judgment on notice, or on open and obvious
• Writing meet and confer letters, so the discovery fights stay off the judge's calendar
• Finding a premises safety expert and pinning their opinion down early
• Drafting mediation briefs, then a long phone call with the adjuster the night before

They'd like two years or more of California civil defense and at least one deposition you've taken on your own, plus the California Bar.