Trial and Litigation Associate (3-5 years of experience)

PRACTICE AREAS : Commercial Litigation, E-Discovery

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

JOB TYPE : Law Firm Company : Meyers Nave

Position : Trial and Litigation Associate (3-5 years of experience)

Location : Los Angeles, CA

Description : Meyers Nave is looking for an energetic, committed, and diligent attorney with three to five years of litigation experience to work in a collaborative team environment in our Trial & Litigation Practice Group, with a partial focus on eminent domain.

This position is open in our Los Angeles office.

We offer a hybrid work schedule with continued work from home opportunities, coupled with core in office days working with colleagues to promote collaboration and collegiality.

The salary range for this California-based role is $165,000 $205,000, and represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Actual compensation will depend upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications, skill set and office location.

Meyers Nave offers a reasonable billable hours requirement, annual discretionary and billable hours bonuses, competitive health insurance benefits, 401(k) with a partial match and profit-sharing.

About Meyers Nave : Meyers Nave is a robust midsize law firm with four offices throughout California. For over 35 years, we have built a reputation as a go to law firm to handle high profile and high impact matters for both public entities and private sector clients.

Responsibilities : Our Trial and Litigation Practice Group includes a thriving litigation practice focused on complex crisis litigation in the areas of constitutional law with social justice aspects, wildfire litigation, COVID-19 litigation, civil rights claims in the land use context, First Amendment claims, takings, and class action litigation.

We are also well-known for our experience in Eminent Domain, handling large transportation and infrastructure projects, including a variety of large scale transit and sports stadium developments throughout California.

We are actively engaged in all phases of litigation in both federal and state court from initial pleadings through discovery, dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeal.

Qualifications : A successful candidate will share in Meyers Nave’s commitment to providing its clients with high-quality services in rapidly evolving areas of the law, will relish the strategic decision-making involved in litigation, including crafting litigation strategy in complex situations, and will enjoy presenting nuanced constitutional arguments in a clear and persuasive fashion.

Qualified candidates must have superior research and writing skills, excellent academic credentials, outstanding analytical and creative thinking capabilities, and a strong work ethic.

In addition, a successful candidate will have a proven ability to work in a team and across offices, as well as an interest in elevating the Meyers Nave brand and reputation.

It is essential that candidates possess significant experience with complex case management and electronic discovery, as well as law and motion practice in state and federal court, including dispositive motions.

Candidates should also have experience in building a case for trial, including developing evidence, interviewing witnesses, and taking and defending depositions.

Eminent Domain or real estate / real property experience is a plus.

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