Job Description

Brower Law Group is a leading boutique litigation firm in Irvine. Our practice includes a wide range of civil litigation, but focuses on business litigation and policyholder-side commercial insurance coverage. We are a law firm free of the yelling, screaming, and other onerous conditions found at many other firms.

We are hiring a talented legal assistant to join our current staff in assisting our seven attorneys in our brand new Irvine office. Qualified candidates for this position should have a strong understanding of civil business litigation, State and Federal court procedures, experience e-filing and serving legal documents, experience calendaring matters, and excellent word processing skills (formatting documents to court specifications, preparation and modification of table of contents/authorities, initial drafting of standard legal documents). Please provide a brief cover letter to indicate that you actually read this posting. 

Compensation may be increased for extraordinary candidates and those with significant relevant experience.

Responsibilities:

• Internally file of document using NetDocuments (competency with this program is highly valued, but not required) and in physical files.
• Serve and e-file documents in various state and federal courts.
• Calendar hearings and due dates (Deadlines.com).
• Monitor and document productions of files in litigation.
• Assist attorneys in all aspects of document drafting and revision, including creating tables of contents and tables of authorities.
• Prepare files and documents for hearings and trials.
• Assist in the document production process.

 

Qualifications:

• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft word mastery, including table of contents and table of authorities).
• 3+ years of prior experience working as a legal assistant.
• Patience.
• Attention to detail.
• Confidentiality.
• A willingness to learn and adapt to new software.
• All employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

 

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

 

Travel requirement:

• No travel

 

Application Question(s):

• Do you live within a 45-minute commute to our Irvine office?
• Please list which court systems you have experience filing in, including California State and Appellate Courts, Federal District and Appellate Courts, etc.

 

Experience:

• Legal Assistant: 3 years (Required)
• Civil Litigation: 2 years (Required)

 

Work Location: In person, 9AM to 6PM with 1 hour for lunch.