Elder Abuse Litigation Legal Assistant
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HireHawkCivil litigation
Source API remote eligibility restrictions: Nicaragua, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm PDTContractJunior
Salary1,500 - 1,700 USD per month
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Job Details
- Languages
- Strong written and verbal English; bilingual English/Spanish communication skills are a plus.
- Experience
- At least 2 years of hands-on California civil litigation experience.
- Required Skills
- Microsoft Office
Requirements
- At least 2 years of hands-on California civil litigation experience.
- Practical experience assisting with written discovery responses, including interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission, for attorney review.
- Working knowledge of California litigation procedures, court calendaring, electronic filing, subpoenas, depositions, and service of process.
- Ability to distinguish expert witness testimony and opinions from lay witness testimony and support related litigation preparation.
- Strong written and verbal English for legal documents, professional correspondence, and deadline-sensitive work.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience with legal case management or document management systems.
- Ability to provide a personally drafted, redacted legal writing sample, preferably a discovery response, pleading, or other litigation-related document.
- Plaintiff-side experience in elder abuse, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, or complex personal injury litigation is a plus.
- Familiarity with medical terminology, healthcare and facility records, medical experts, or California Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act litigation is a plus.
- Legal education or formal legal studies is a plus.
- Experience with Litify or a similar platform and bilingual English/Spanish communication skills are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Prepare draft responses to Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission for attorney review.
- Organize written discovery, medical and facility records, supporting evidence, and document indexes.
- Track discovery deadlines, outstanding responses, hearings, depositions, mediations, and other litigation milestones across active matters.
- Prepare subpoenas, deposition notices, proofs of service, and related litigation documents.
- Build and maintain medical chronologies and organized case records.
- Coordinate medical record collection, expert reviews, depositions, and communications with clients, opposing counsel, healthcare providers, process servers, and expert witnesses.
- Support California service of process, including personal and substituted service, summonses, complaints, subpoenas, and proofs of service.
- Assist with California electronic court filings and maintain electronic litigation files, correspondence, exhibits, and supporting documents.
- Help prepare cases for mediation and trial by organizing exhibits, witness information, and medical evidence.
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