Legal Administrative Paralegal - Healthcare License Defense

Pay: $55,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Work directly with experienced attorneys on meaningful professional license defense matters involving healthcare practitioners.
• Take on a trusted, hands-on role where your organization, follow-through, and client service skills will have an immediate impact.
• Join a focused legal team handling high-stakes administrative, regulatory, and licensing matters.
• Build valuable experience in a specialized practice area that blends healthcare, administrative law, litigation, and client advocacy.
• Be part of a close-knit office where dependable legal support is highly valued and your work directly supports case strategy and client outcomes.

Location

This is an on-site position based in San Diego, CA, offering the opportunity to work closely with attorneys and clients in a collaborative office environment.

Note

Must have 3+ years of legal services experience, ideally with exposure to administrative law, professional license defense, healthcare practitioner defense, regulatory matters, or litigation.

About Us

We are a specialized legal practice dedicated to protecting professionals, defending licenses, and guiding clients through complex administrative, regulatory, and litigation matters. Our team values diligence, responsiveness, integrity, and consistent client communication. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Support attorneys in professional license defense, administrative law, regulatory, and healthcare-related legal matters.
• Manage and organize case files, legal documents, deadlines, calendars, and client communications.
• Draft, proofread, and prepare legal correspondence, pleadings, filings, exhibits, and hearing materials for attorney review.
• Assist with matters involving healthcare practitioners, licensing boards, administrative agencies, and regulatory proceedings.
• Coordinate hearings, deadlines, agency communications, document collection, and matter updates.
• Communicate professionally with clients, agencies, opposing parties, experts, and internal team members.
• Help maintain smooth daily legal operations, including tracking deadlines, updating files, and supporting billing or administrative workflows.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and help ensure matters move forward efficiently and accurately.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of legal services experience as a Legal Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Administrative Assistant, or similar legal support role.
• Experience supporting litigation, administrative law, healthcare law, professional license defense, or regulatory matters preferred.
• Strong drafting, proofreading, document management, calendaring, and deadline tracking skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, proactive, and reliable under pressure.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable interacting with clients and handling sensitive professional matters with discretion.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, legal document systems, and general office technology.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced legal environment.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will be part of a specialized practice where your work truly matters.
• You will gain exposure to unique healthcare licensing and administrative defense matters.
• You will work closely with attorneys who rely on strong legal support and value initiative.
• You will have the opportunity to grow into a highly trusted role within the firm.
• You will join a professional, client-focused team that takes pride in protecting careers, reputations, and livelihoods.

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Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-haves: 3+ years of legal services experience. “Interested in a 20 yr vet but you can expand search to candidates with 3+ years of legal services experience and healthcare professional license defense background.”

• Nice to haves:

• Additional context: Relocation- [no]. Packages - [no]

Submission Email: Kevin - [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference

Specialized San Diego law firm focused on healthcare professional license defense, administrative law, regulatory matters, and litigation. Role is an on-site Legal Administrative Paralegal supporting attorneys with case management, drafting, calendaring, client communication, filings, hearings, and legal operations. Strong fit for legal assistants, paralegals, or legal admins with 3+ years of legal services experience and healthcare, administrative, regulatory, professional licensing, or litigation exposure.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Legal Administrative Paralegal - Murphy Jones APC - JPC 1001 - Source

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• Client job title: Legal Administrative Paralegal - Healthcare License Defense

• Location: San Diego, CA

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 3

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• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO

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