Messner Reeves LLP

Attorney

• Handle litigation matters in one or more of the following practice areas: General Liability, Personal Injury, Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Professional Liability, Premises Liability, and Product Liability
• Conduct all discovery phases, including written discovery and depositions of parties and experts
• Foster strong relationships with potential clients while maintaining excellent services for existing clients
• Perform legal research, writing, and analysis
• Meet deadlines in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Adapt, multitask, and work independently
• Manage multiple competing priorities

Associate Attorney

Paralegal

• Join Messner Reeves LLP’s fast-paced, complex litigation team in California
• Interact with firm partners, associates, and clients
• Communicate with the team, witnesses, and opposing counsel to gather and organize complete information promptly
• Handle multiple attorneys with full caseloads
• Organize and index medical records electronically
• Prepare detailed documents and party record chronologies
• Identify and obtain missing records or materials
• Prepare legal documents, including propounding and responding to discovery
• Prepare initial, expert, and supplemental disclosures
• Track and record time using Prolaw or similar legal billing software
• Use communication, experience, docketed deadlines, and civil procedure rules to guide litigation work
• Anticipate needs in litigation matters through jury trial

Litigation Paralegal

Legal Assistant

• Coordinate heavy scheduling and calendaring for attorney meetings, court deadlines, and depositions.
• Provide support by drafting correspondence, memoranda and other legal documents.
• Prepare files and/or binders for hearings, depositions, meetings, and trials.
• Assist with client engagement and retention, including preparation of engagement letters, conflict checks, conflict waivers, and submitting information to open matters.
• Ability to think and act independently and with minimal supervision.
• Well versed in both federal and state court procedure and filing requirements, including e-filing in federal court.

• Manage cases in General Liability, Healthcare, Personal Injury, Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment, Insurance Defense, Professional Liability, Premises Liability, and Product Liability.
• Engage in all phases of discovery including written and oral discovery.
• Provide legal research and analysis as needed.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with clients.
• Collaborate with team members and contribute to the firm's success.