Legal Assistant – Employment Litigation

Job Description

Legal Assistant – Employment Single Action (FEHA) | Wilshire Law Firm

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Wilshire Law Firm, located in Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, Oakland, Sacramento. Wilshire Law Firm is a distinguished, award-winning legal practice with over 18 years of experience, specializing in Personal Injury, Employee Rights, and Consumer Class Action lawsuits. The firm is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of Excellence and Justice, united in its commitment to achieve the best outcome for clients. This role is vital for supporting attorneys and partners in the Employment Single Action practice, focusing on managing a high volume of cases, meeting critical deadlines, and ensuring clear client communication. The team is collaborative and client-focused, united by core values of Excellence, Teamwork, and Integrity.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, Oakland, Sacramento
• Pay: $25–$40 hourly
• Team: Works alongside attorneys and partners within the Employment Single Action groups.
• Mission: Manages and tracks a high volume of employment single action cases to ensure deadlines and court dates are consistently met.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Case Management: Manage and track a high volume of employment single action cases, proactively ensuring all deadlines and court dates are accurately calendared and met.
• Document Preparation: Draft, finalize, and assemble a variety of legal documents, including pleadings, complaints, and notices, for filing in both state and federal courts.
• Discovery Management: Propound and respond to all phases of discovery requests, ensuring comprehensive and timely compliance.
• Client and Counsel Communication: Serve as a professional point of contact, communicating case status and other critical information to clients, experts, courts, and defense counsel.
• Litigation Support: Provide essential support to attorneys throughout all phases of litigation, meticulously maintaining organized and accessible case files within a paperless environment.

The Must-Haves
• Background: At least three years of experience as a Legal Assistant focused on employment litigation, demonstrating a strong working knowledge of employment law, including FEHA, and state and federal court filing procedures.
• Experience: Proven capability in managing and tracking high-volume caseloads, strong knowledge of e-Filing and California rules, comfortable working in a paperless environment, and a typing speed of at least 40 words per minute.
• Skills: Exceptional ability to draft, edit, and finalize complex pleadings, motions, and other legal documents; strong written and verbal communication skills for professional interaction; meticulous attention to detail and excellent organizational skills; and the capacity to act both independently and effectively within a team-based environment.
• Bonus: Trial preparation experience is helpful for this role.