Lead Litigation Brief Writer / Partner / Partner-Track Los Angeles, California

Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Step into a high-impact, writing-focused litigation role where your research, motion practice, and brief writing skills will be central to the team's success
• Work on complex, meaningful plaintiff-side cases involving catastrophic injury, institutional abuse, government liability, and coordinated litigation matters
• Join a fast-growing litigation team taking on major corporations, institutions, government entities, and national defense firms
• This is a strong opportunity for an attorney who loves substantive legal writing, complex legal analysis, and appellate-quality briefing
• Remote flexibility across California gives you the ability to do serious litigation work without being tied to a daily commute
• Competitive compensation, performance bonus potential, comprehensive health benefits, PTO, and professional development support
• Partner-track or partner-level upside may be available depending on experience and fit

Location: Remote within California, with the role connected to Los Angeles. Candidates may live anywhere in California, but must be comfortable handling California litigation matters.

Note: Candidates must have an active California Bar license and 3+ years of litigation experience. Strong legal research, writing, and motion practice experience will be heavily weighted.

About Us

We are a plaintiff-side litigation team handling complex, high-stakes cases for individuals and survivors facing powerful institutions. Our work is meaningful, challenging, and built around holding corporations, government entities, healthcare systems, and other major defendants accountable. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Draft and revise substantive motions, oppositions, demurrers, writs, trial briefs, and related litigation filings
• Research and analyze complex issues involving California civil procedure, government liability, institutional negligence, immunity, jurisdiction, statutory revival windows, and plaintiff-side litigation strategy
• Support discovery motion practice, meet-and-confer correspondence, and strategic case development
• Prepare legal memoranda analyzing evolving legislation, case law, and plaintiff rights issues
• Work closely with partners and associates across multiple active, high-value litigation matters
• Develop persuasive legal theories and written arguments designed to move complex cases forward
• Produce high-quality written work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced litigation environment

Qualifications

• Active California Bar license required
• 3+ years of litigation experience required
• Strong legal research, writing, and motion practice experience required
• Experience drafting motions, oppositions, briefs, demurrers, writs, or complex litigation filings strongly preferred
• Plaintiff-side personal injury, institutional abuse, government liability, class action, commercial litigation, or complex civil litigation experience preferred
• Familiarity with California civil procedure preferred
• Strong attention to detail, deadline management, and ability to handle multiple active matters
• Writing sample required and heavily weighted
• In-house-only or solo-practice-only backgrounds are not preferred for this role

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will do meaningful legal work that has real impact for survivors and injured plaintiffs
• Your writing skills will be valued and central to the role, not treated as a side task
• You will work with a team handling sophisticated, high-stakes litigation against major defendants
• You will have remote flexibility while staying connected to significant California litigation work
• You will have growth potential, bonus opportunity, and the chance to build a long-term litigation career with a rising plaintiff-side firm

JPC-1379

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-have: CA bar license. 3+ yrs of litigation experience.

• Nice-to-haves: Plaintiff-side litigation experience, personal injury, institutional abuse, government liability, complex civil litigation, class action, commercial litigation, California civil procedure, Government Claims Act, sexual abuse litigation, demurrers, writs, trial briefs, appellate-quality briefing, discovery motion practice.

• Preferred Years as Associate: 3+ years litigation experience; 5+ years preferred for stronger fit; senior candidates welcome.

• Additional context: Relocation - No Packages - NO

• Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):

• 3 to 4 years relevant litigation experience: $160,000 to $170,000

• 5 to 7 years relevant litigation writing/motion practice experience: $170,000 to $185,000

• 8+ years highly relevant complex litigation/lead briefing experience: $185,000 to $200,000

Submission Email: Brice - [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];[email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference

Plaintiff-side litigation firm seeking a CA-barred litigation attorney / lead briefwriter for remote California role tied to Los Angeles. Writing-heavy role focused on motions, oppositions, demurrers, writs, trial briefs, government liability, institutional abuse, and complex litigation. Must have CA Bar and 3+ years litigation experience; writing sample is heavily weighted.

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• Client job title: Lead Litigation Brief Writer / Partner / Partner-Track — Los Angeles, California

• Location: Los Angeles, CA

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• Experience: 3

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