Senior Disability Rights Litigator - Remote Leadership

SJCL; California; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Disability Rights California is seeking a Senior Attorney to lead and mentor a team focused on ending discrimination against people with disabilities and expanding access to housing and public programs. The role includes leading impact litigation, client advocacy, and training initiatives.

The Senior Attorney will work under the Managing Attorney and collaborate with staff across legal, advocacy, and outreach efforts to advance disability rights and ensure compliance with federal and state grant

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead, and/or participate in litigation—including class actions, complex litigation, and appeals.
• Represent individual clients in negotiations, mediations, administrative and judicial proceedings.
• Supervise and mentor attorneys, advocates, fellows, clerks, and interns/externs as assigned.
• Prepare and coordinate training materials, publications, reports, or special projects; give presentations as needed.
• Provide technical assistance and substantive training to DR California staff; assist in staff development.
• Collaborate with other agencies and organizations to address problems in service provision.

Job description

Senior Attorney - Disability Rights California (Fully Remote/CA)

The Equal Access and Housing Practice Group seeks a senior attorney who will lead, mentor, and work collaboratively on various advocacy initiatives to end discrimination against people with disabilities and increase access. Applicant should have demonstrated experience in leading impact litigation, community advocacy, individual affirmative advocacy, and a passion for sharing their experience and knowledge with colleagues. The goal of our team’s work is to provide individualized help to improve housing stability and access to private and public programs for people with disabilities while meeting federal and state grant requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job responsibilities.

The Senior Attorney works under the direct supervision of the Managing Attorney and in collaboration with other Disability Rights California attorneys, advocates, and social workers in our legal, advocacy, and outreach efforts.

Essential functions are the job responsibilities an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodations. The Senior Attorney’s core responsibilities will be to:

• Develop, lead, and/or participate in litigation—including class action lawsuits, complex litigation, and/or appeals—that is responsive to the needs of individuals with disabilities.
• Represent individual clients in negotiations, mediations, administrative proceedings, and judicial proceedings.
• Supervise and/or mentor the work of attorneys, advocates, fellows, clerks, and/or interns/externs, as assigned.
• Prepare and/or coordinate training materials, publications, reports, or special projects, or make presentations about legal work as necessary.
• Provide technical assistance and substantive training to other Disability Rights California staff in areas of expertise, and participate in the identification and development of substantive and skills-based training for staff.
• Collaborate with other agencies and organizations to address new or recurring problems and issues in the provision of services to clients.
• Participate in other duties as assigned.