Healthcare & Medical Malpractice Litigation Associate Attorney

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is seeking an attorney with a focus on healthcare litigation. The role involves handling core tasks in medical malpractice defense, including drafting and responding to discovery and pleadings, and preparing cases for trial.

The position emphasizes substantive litigation experience and demonstrated interest in healthcare law, with opportunities to interview witnesses, take depositions, and argue motions in state and federal courts, on a hybrid work arrangement

Qualifications

• Substantive litigation experience with demonstrated interest in healthcare law.
• Preference for candidates with defense and prosecution exposure in medical malpractice cases.
• Hybrid work arrangement is offered.

Responsibilities

• Draft and respond to discovery and initial pleadings.
• Draft and argue motions.
• Interview witnesses and take/defend depositions.
• Prepare cases for trial.

Skills

Litigation experience

Healthcare law interest

Deposition experience

Motions drafting

Job description

Overview

• Preference for candidates experienced in defending and litigating medical malpractice lawsuits.
• Lewis Brisbois represents a diverse range of healthcare providers, including hospitals, physicians, nurses, and various facilities, in state and federal courts and administrative proceedings.
• The firm's medical malpractice actions cover numerous areas such as obstetrics, geriatrics, emergency medicine, surgery, and other specialties.
• The healthcare practice group, one of the largest in the country with over 200 attorneys, includes a specialization in elder abuse litigation for long-term care facilities.
• The role involves drafting and responding to discovery and initial pleadings, drafting and arguing motions, interviewing witnesses, taking and defending depositions, and preparing cases for trial.
• Substantive litigation experience with demonstrated interest in healthcare law is valued, even for candidates without direct prior healthcare law experience.
• This position operates on a hybrid work arrangement.