Salary range: $85K - $96KLocation: San Francisco, CA, San Diego, CA, Irvine, CA
Hybrid work policy: 5 days in-office in SF, SD, or Irvine offices during the 90-day training period, then hybrid. Hours are Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.
About this roleWe are looking for a
Litigation Legal Assistant with
5+ years of litigation experience to support three attorney desks in CDF Labor Law's San Francisco office. You'll own calendaring and state and federal e-filing for those attorneys. CDF is a California-wide labor and employment boutique whose founders came from AmLaw 100 firms, and its five offices work as one team. Every legal assistant is cross-trained and closely supported by a Director of Legal Ops who spent 16 years as a legal assistant herself.
What will you be doing?- Supporting 3 litigation attorneys' desks, working directly with the Office Managing Partner and the Director of Legal Operations
- Owning desk-level calendaring in Milana: researching court, local and judge's rules and cross-checking deadlines (the firm has no central docketing team)
- E-filing in state and federal courts, including tables of authorities, bookmarking exhibits, redacting and Bates stamping
- Working with legal assistants and attorneys in all five offices on shared cases, and sending document shells and overflow work to the remote legal support team
- Handling admin work such as travel arrangements, expense reports and entering attorney time
Key Requirements- 5+ years as a legal assistant or paralegal in litigation (only litigation experience counts; time in non-litigation practice areas does not)
- Strong e-filing experience in both California state and federal courts
- Hands-on calendaring with docketing software such as Milana, eDockets or CompuLaw, plus experience researching court rules
- Close attention to detail: in the interview you'll do a scenario test where you review documents and spot obvious errors
- Stable job history (several stints of 2 years or less are a red flag) and skill with MS Office 365. A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required; a paralegal certificate isn't needed
Role responsibilities• Provide support to 3 attorneys desks
• Calendaring
• Researching court rules/local rules/judge's rules
• Cross-check calendaring using software
• eFiling in State and Federal courts
• Creating tables of authority
• Bookmarking exhibits
• Redacting and Bates stamping
• Travel arrangements
• Expense reports
• Entering attorney timesheets
• Other administrative duties as assigned
