Construction Defect Associate Attorney
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- **Job Description**
- - Defend construction defect matters for developers, builders, subcontractors, and related parties
- - Handle rideshare defense and related personal injury defense matters as needed
- - Draft and argue motions, including dispositive motions when appropriate
- - Manage written discovery, meet and confer strategy, and case deadlines
- - Take and defend depositions, prep witnesses, and support trial preparation when needed
- - Coordinate with experts and manage expert discovery
- - Support mediations and settlement strategy, communicate clearly with clients and carriers
Requirements
- **Qualifications**
- - Active California Bar license (required)
- - 1+ years of civil litigation experience (insurance defense preferred)
- - Construction defect defense experience (required)
- - Bonus: rideshare defense experience, PI defense experience, general liability defense background
- - Strong legal writing, organization, and deadline management (remote readiness)
Benefits
- **Why You’ll Love Working Here**
- - Remote first culture with meaningful ownership of your work
- - High impact matters and real responsibility, not just research support
- - Professional team that values efficiency, responsiveness, and results
- Benefits:
- - Dental insurance
- - Life insurance
- - Paid time off
- - Retirement plan
- - Vision insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
civil litigationconstruction defect defenserideshare defensepersonal injury defenselegal writingdispositive motionsdiscovery managementdepositionstrial preparationsettlement strategy
Soft skills
organizationdeadline managementcommunication
Certifications
California Bar license