Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney

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$120K — $150K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of workers' compensation defense experience, preferably in California
  • Active California Bar admission
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain sustainable billing rates
  • Long-term commitment to workers' compensation defense as a career
  • Precise and clear compensation expectations with defined structure

Responsibilities

  • Manage a complete caseload of workers' compensation defense cases from start to finish
  • Conduct depositions and attend hearings regarding cases
  • Develop and execute case strategies independently
  • Build and nurture relationships with clients to enhance business development
  • Achieve and exceed a monthly billing target of 225+ hours
  • Mentor junior associates through structured training programs
  • Participate in firm-related bonus structures tied to performance

Benefits

  • Family-oriented firm culture
  • Transparent bonus structure with clear performance metrics
  • Path to partnership with recent successful promotions
  • Monthly bonuses associated with billing achievements
  • Formal mentoring and training opportunities for professional growth
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney with 5+ years of experience to handle a full caseload of WC defense matters for prestigious national companies and professional sports teams. You'll join a firm with a family-oriented culture, transparent bonus structures, and a real path to partnership - four attorneys were promoted to partner in the last 13 months alone.

What will you be doing?

Owning and managing a full caseload of workers' compensation defense files from investigation through trial

Conducting depositions, attending hearings, and handling all aspects of case strategy

Building and maintaining client relationships with the firm's BD bonus structure ($10/hr on all originated work)

Billing 225+ hours/month with transparent monthly billing bonuses ($1,000 at 225 hrs + $40/hr above that)

Mentoring junior associates through the firm's WC boot camp and shadow-the-partner programs

Key Requirements

5+ years of workers' compensation defense experience (California-focused practice strongly preferred)

Active California Bar admission

Ability to provide a realistic, sustainable monthly billing number (not an all-time peak)

Views WC defense as a long-term career destination - not a stepping stone to plaintiff work or another practice area

Precise total compensation expectation with clear definition (base vs. base + bonus)

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