Join our dynamic 30-person plaintiffs-side civil litigation law firm focused on housing rights, discrimination, and sexual harassment! We are looking for an attorney with three to six years of litigation experience to work in our busy and well-established practice. We represent tenants across the Bay Area and Los Angeles in lawsuits against landlords, developers, and property managers for discrimination, slumlord conditions, and wrongful eviction. We believe in top-notch litigation, social justice for our clients, employee activism, and a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, diverse, open, and collaborative working environment, generous salary and benefits, including subsidized medical, dental, 401k, profit share, and liberal vacation policy. Each attorney is also given the opportunity to donate two paid hours each week to volunteer with nonprofits in the community. We are also committed to being the best in our industry, producing high-quality and professional work product. Our firm has very little turnover because we value work/life balance, merit-based reward, and being a creative, fair, and respectful workplace. We have a flexible work-from-home policy and the attorney can be based out of our SF or Oakland office, with preliminary training in the SF office. The starting salary range is $115,000 to $150,000 DOE. You can learn more about us here: https://www.tobenerlaw.com/.
Qualifications:
At least 3 years experience in civil litigation
Passion for litigating
Commitment to social justice and equity expansion
Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
Excellent case management and interpersonal skills
Excellent written and verbal skills
Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
Professional etiquette and ability to speak to judges, mediators, defense counsel, and clients
Experience with the following strongly preferred: motion work (drafting and arguing), mediations (drafting briefs and attending), depositions (taking and defending), and trial prep.
Attorney will be expected to manage their cases from start to finish.
Please email a cover letter and resume in PDF format only.