Hybrid Workers' Comp & Employment Litigator

Orion Placement; Newport Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Orion Placement is seeking an experienced California attorney to manage substantive workers' compensation and employment litigation matters from inception through resolution. You will handle attorney-level work, including depositions, motions, mediations, hearings, discovery, and trial preparation, while collaborating with clients to develop practical legal strategies.

Join an established mid-sized firm with a culture focused on teamwork, support, communication, and professional development,

Qualifications

• Requires 2+ years of workers' compensation or employment law experience.
• Experience with employment litigation, PAGA, or workers' compensation matters.
• Significant experience taking and defending depositions preferred.
• Experience with motions, mediations, hearings, and court appearances.
• Strong legal research, writing, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to independently manage matters and deadlines.
• Excellent organization, judgment, communication and attention to detail.
• Administrative or managerial experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage workers' compensation and employment-related matters from opening through resolution.
• Advise clients on legal strategy, risk, and recommended courses of action.
• Take and defend depositions of parties, witnesses, and experts.
• Draft and oppose motions, briefs, memoranda, contracts, and other legal documents.
• Review and analyze discovery and determine appropriate litigation strategy.
• Attend hearings, court appearances, mediations, conferences, and other proceedings.
• Prepare comprehensive trial briefs and supporting case materials.
• Represent clients in hearings, trials, and other legal proceedings.
• Facilitate expert and witness depositions.
• Research statutes, case law, regulations, and rulings and anticipate potential legal risks.
• Maintain organized case files and manage matters from opening through close.
• Communicate regularly with clients regarding case developments, strategy, and status.
• Collaborate with attorneys and legal support professionals to provide responsive, high-quality representation.

Skills

Workers' compensation experience

Employment law experience

Litigation deposition experience

Legal research and writing

Negotiation skills

Organization and attention to detail

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Orion Placement is seeking an experienced California attorney to manage substantive workers' compensation and employment litigation matters from inception through resolution. You will handle attorney-level work, including depositions, motions, mediations, hearings, discovery, and trial preparation, while collaborating with clients to develop practical legal strategies.

Join an established mid-sized firm with a culture focused on teamwork, support, communication, and professional development,