Workers' Compensation Litigation Associate

Distinct | North America; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Job summary

Distinct | North America in Los Angeles is seeking a Workers' Compensation Litigation Associate for a hybrid role. The firm offers $150,000 to $175,000 plus bonus and invites candidates with a California license in good standing to apply.

Some experience with depositions and board appearances is preferred, and the team will support transitioning lawyers from civil defense into workers' compensation practice. The role combines client-facing work with collaborative team input.

Qualifications

• California license in good standing.”
• 1–2 years of litigation experience preferred, workers' compensation or related fields a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take depositions and appearances at the workers' compensation board.
• Research, drafting, and preparing case materials; help assess and communicate case values to clients.
• Handle a mixed caseload for employers and insurers; collaborate with colleagues on strategy.
• Hybrid work arrangement with base in Los Angeles; potential for other California offices.

Job description

Workers' Compensation Litigation Associate | Hybrid, Los Angeles | $150,000 to $175,000 plus bonus

You can walk into workers' comp from civil defense with a couple of years of depositions behind you and be useful by the spring.

This firm will take a civil litigator who's never been near the appeals board and teach them the system, and pay $150,000 to $175,000 plus a bonus while it happens. Comp has its own judges, its own forms and its own vocabulary, and from outside that looks like a wall. Mostly it's a code and a handful of medical legal reports, and a litigator who's spent a month reading the Labor Code knows more than they'd expect.

If comp is new to you:

• An applicant deposition is still a deposition, and yours have been fine so far
• You'd learn from people who appear at the board every week
• A year of comp is preferred, and it isn't required

If you've already done some:

• A mixed caseload for employers and insurers, so it isn't the same file every Monday
• Working out what each case is worth and saying so to the client early
• Your own appearances at the board, and your own discovery
• The research and the drafting that sit underneath it

Client contact starts straight away, not in your third year. It's hybrid, some days at home, based in Los Angeles, and the firm has other offices up and down the state if somewhere else suits you better. A year or two of litigation, comp or otherwise, happy running your own files or working in a team, and a California license in good standing.

You don't need to know what a QME is before we speak. I'll explain the bits I know and the firm can explain the rest.