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Senior Legal Assistant / Corporate Legal Specialist (On‐Site)

Location: San Jose, CA (5 days on‐site)

Compensation: $180K–$200K base + 10% bonus + Equity

A growing, fast‐paced legal department is hiring a Senior Legal Assistant / Corporate Legal Specialist to support the General Counsel of a large, well‐established company. This is a newly created, full‐time role designed for a seasoned legal professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and can anticipate needs before they arise.

About the Role

This position provides high‐level legal, paralegal, and administrative support directly to the GC and broader legal team. The ideal candidate brings a blend of corporate legal experience, including time in both private practice and in‐house, with strong paralegal fundamentals. You'll handle a mix of:

• Corporate governance support
• Contract/document management
• Legal operations support
• Vendor/matter management
• Board and entity documentation
• Signature and workflow coordination
• Legal technology and CLM systems
• Day‐to‐day legal team administrative operations

Who They're Looking For

The GC needs someone who is:

• Experienced: 10+ years supporting corporate legal functions
• Paralegal‐savvy: Paralegal background strongly preferred
• Mature and proactive: Can anticipate needs, pivot quickly, and manage shifting priorities
• Resilient and flexible: Comfortable supporting a GC with a flexible schedule
• Reliable: Willing to occasionally take calls or respond after hours/weekends
• Detail‐oriented: Strong command of legal jargon, document management, and corporate governance
• Tech‐comfortable: Familiar with CLM tools, e‐signature platforms, MS Office, SharePoint, etc.

Industry experience is a nice‐to‐have but not required.

Work Environment

• Fully on‐site, 5 days per week (some flexibility on an as‐needed basis)
• Fast‐paced legal department with high visibility to leadership
• Direct partnership with the GC
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to streamline processes and support key legal functions

National Law Firm

Litigation Legal Secretary

San Francisco, CA Office

Salary: $95K - $115K

Hybrid Schedule

National Law Firm is seeking an experienced Litigation Legal Secretary to support attorneys in the San Francisco office.

What You'll Do:

• Prep, format, proof, and file pleadings, motions & correspondence
• Handle state & federal e‐filings flawlessly
• Use advanced Word skills (TOCs, TOAs, styles, redlines, numbering)
• Manage client billing: review/edit proformas & finalize invoices
• Open new matters, run conflict checks & draft engagement letters
• Coordinate litigation calendaring with docketing
• Schedule depositions, hearings, meetings & court reporters
• Maintain organized case files & databases
• Process expenses & vendor invoices

What You Bring:

• 5+ years legal secretarial experience (civil or IP litigation)
• 2+ years supporting a billing attorney
• Strong state & federal court filing experience
• High proficiency in MS Office
• Exceptional accuracy, organization & multitasking skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast‐paced, deadline‐driven environment
• Flexible availability during peak workload periods
• High school diploma required; college degree a plus

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A leading global company is seeking a Legal Assistant to support its Litigation and Regulatory team on a contract basis. This role will focus on intake coordination, document management, and operational support across high-volume legal workflows.

Role Details

Title: Legal Assistant (Litigation & Regulatory) – Contract

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA – 3 days/week onsite)

Duration: ~8 months

Hours: Full-time (40 hours per week)

Rate: $50/hour - $60/hour

What You'll Do

• Manage intake of legal requests across email, physical mail, and third-party services (e.g., CT Corporation)
• Review and triage legal documents, ensuring timely routing to appropriate stakeholders
• Create and maintain matters within internal systems, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting
• Support audits of matter management systems in collaboration with litigation and regulatory teams
• Categorize and input data into intake and tracking tools with a high level of accuracy
• Maintain organized repositories of legal documents for internal teams and external stakeholders (e.g., outside counsel, finance)
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure smooth handling of legal workflows and documentation

Qualifications

• Experience in a Legal Assistant, Project Assistant, or similar role
• Experience supporting litigation, regulatory, or legal operations teams preferred
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience with Tonkean or similar workflow tools is a strong plus

Employment Defense Attorney (Remote – California)

Base Salary: $170,000 - $300,000(2+ yrs of experience)

About the Role

The position focuses on defending employers in a wide range of employment disputes, including wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and PAGA matters. The role offers substantive litigation responsibility and consistent client interaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage employment defense cases from intake through resolution
• Draft and argue motions, including demurrers and summary judgment
• Conduct and defend depositions
• Handle written discovery and case strategy
• Represent clients at mediations, hearings, and court appearances
• Advise employers on compliance and risk mitigation

Qualifications

• Active California Bar license
• 2+ years of employment defense experience
• Strong motion practice and discovery skills
• Experience handling wage & hour and discrimination matters
• Ability to independently manage a litigation caseload in a remote setting

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $170,000 – $300,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (20 days)
• 401k

Employment Lawyer

Experience Lawyer required by highly regarded Law firm to advise on a range of employment law issues.

This will include employment law litigation, including defense against FEHA and Title VII claims, wage and hour claims, class and PAGA claims, and the defense and prosecution of trade secret and unfair competition claims.

Experience representing clients in court, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, CRD, and DLSE, is required.

About the Role

A well-established multi-service law firm in the Bay Area is seeking a Senior Employment Law Attorney to join its growing Employment Law practice. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a trusted advisor and significant experience advising and counseling employers on the full spectrum of employment law matters, as well as representing clients in employment litigation. This includes defending claims involving FEHA, Title VII, wage and hour disputes, class actions, and PAGA claims, as well as matters involving trade secrets and unfair competition. Candidates should have experience representing clients in court, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, including the EEOC, CRD, and DLSE. A partial portable book of business is preferred.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
• Active membership in the California State Bar
• Minimum 8+ years of employment law litigation experience
• Demonstrated success handling complex employment law matters
• Strong analytical, negotiation, consulting, and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal counsel and representation in employment law litigation
• Defend employers against FEHA, Title VII, and related common law claims
• Handle class actions and PAGA litigation
• Manage trade secret and unfair competition matters
• Defend wage and hour claims
• Represent clients before state and federal administrative agencies
• Build and maintain strong client relationships as a trusted advisor
• Support business development initiatives to grow the employment law practice
• Present employment law trainings and seminars for clients
• Mentor and supervise junior attorneys

Location

Location This position can be based in any of our offices: Silicon Valley (downtown San Jose), Tri-Valley (Pleasanton), or Peninsula (San Mateo). Travel between locations may be necessary.

From Tangerine Search:

Tangerine Search is an equal opportunity agency that values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Title: Trial Attorney – Personal Injury

Location: Fully Remote (California)

About The Firm:

The client is a nationally recognized personal injury law firm dedicated to advocating for individuals who have been seriously injured due to negligence. For over three decades, the firm has built a strong reputation for delivering exceptional results and compassionate representation for clients throughout California.

As the firm continues to grow, they are seeking an experienced Trial Attorney to join its litigation team. This is an exciting opportunity for a driven litigator who thrives in the courtroom and wants to handle significant personal injury cases while working remotely.

Position Overview:

The Trial Attorney will manage a caseload of complex personal injury matters and take cases through all phases of litigation, including trial. The ideal candidate is comfortable handling depositions, arguing motions, and presenting cases in front of juries.

This role offers the opportunity to work on high-value cases while collaborating with an experienced litigation team and support staff.

Responsibilities:

• Manage personal injury cases from litigation through trial
• Conduct depositions of parties, witnesses, and experts
• Draft and argue motions, including dispositive motions
• Develop case strategy and trial preparation plans
• Prepare witnesses and clients for testimony
• Represent clients in court hearings, mediations, and trials
• Collaborate with paralegals, case managers, and support staff
• Maintain strong client communication and case updates

Qualifications:

• Active license and good standing with the California State Bar
• 5+ years of personal injury litigation experience
• Trial experience strongly preferred (first or second chair)

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between [$250,000 – $300,000 annually]. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [life insurance] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [2 to 3 weeks of paid time off]

Civil Litigation Paralegal-San Francisco, CA

About Us:

Lorber, Greenfield & Olsen, LLP is a prestigious civil litigation defense firm with 44 years of experience. Since 1980, we have specialized in construction defect and casualty claims, successfully representing developers and general contractors in major cases. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Flexible Work Environment:

We believe in empowering our employees to work where they're most productive. Whether you prefer being onsite, working remotely, or a hybrid approach, the choice is yours. We trust our team members to choose the work arrangement that best fits their lifestyle and working style.

The Position:

We are seeking a full-time Civil Litigation Paralegal to join our talented legal team in San Francisco, CA. (Remote position, however, must live within driving distance to the local office as occasional onsite work may be required.) Experience in the areas of Construction Defect Litigation (developer representation) and General Casualty/PI preferred, or recent civil litigation experience. Ideal candidates will excel in document management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Records management: indexing records received; following up on missing records; reviewing records for additional sources; initiate processes to obtain records from those additional sources.
• Public Records Requests for both CD and PI cases
• Preparation of authorizations and subpoenas and follow up on responses thereto
• Preparation of draft discovery responses through review of file materials and client follow-up, including signed verifications
• Compiling and preparing records for production
• Facilitate expert retention and liaison with expert throughout life of case
• Professionally communicate with clients, witnesses, experts and counsel
• Adherence to billing minimums and differing requirements of the carriers
• Offer trial support, including creating demonstrative aids.
• Meet and maintain annual firm billable requirements monthly.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of Civil Litigation Paralegal experience
• Adherence to assignment/calendar/court deadlines
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook and Adobe
• Application of Bates numbering via Adobe
• Follow firm's protocol
• Strong organizational skills for cases with large volumes of documentation
• Proficiency in current state and federal rules of civil procedure
• Knowledge of local county court rules and procedures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities
• Ability to work effectively both autonomously and collaboratively
• Self-motivated with ability to work with deadlines and communicating progress

Benefits of Joining Lorber, Greenfield & Olsen, LLP:

• Collaborate closely with firm Partners
• Bonus Opportunities
• Incredible teams and work life balance
• Fully Remote
• Generous Paid Leave
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Flex Spending Plan
• 401K + Employer Match

The anticipated compensation for this role falls between $60,000 and $85,000 annually. While we expect to offer a salary within this range, the final figure will be determined based on several factors, including the selected candidate's expertise and background.

Family Law Associate | Silicon Valley | $175,000 – $245,000 - +++

Are you a passionate Family Law Associate who wants to do sophisticated work, earn well, and actually have a life outside the office?

This could be exactly what you've been looking for.

What's in it for you?

Exceptional compensation , a base salary of $175,000 to $245,000, reflecting the firm's commitment to attracting and retaining top talent.

Sophisticated, meaningful work , you'll handle complex, high-net-worth matters including intricate financial disputes, custody cases, domestic violence matters, and high-stakes negotiations. This is not a volume shop. You'll work on cases that genuinely challenge and develop you.

A team that has your back, you'll collaborate with experienced attorneys who care about doing great work together. The culture is supportive, collegial, and refreshingly free of BigLaw politics.

A genuine path to partnership , this firm promotes from within and values long-term relationships with its attorneys. If partnership is your goal, this is a place where that conversation is real.

Balance and growth , the firm is proud of its sustainable attorney model and actively supports ongoing professional development and community engagement. You'll be challenged, but you won't burn out.

What you'll be doing

You'll manage a broad range of family law matters from start to finish , representing clients before judicial officers, appearing in mediations, drafting pleadings and discovery, preparing financial disclosures, and leading settlement negotiations. You'll work closely with experts including forensic accountants and custody evaluators, and collaborate closely with colleagues to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.

What they're looking for

• 4+ years of family law experience in private practice
• Active California State Bar membership
• Courtroom and mediation experience
• Strong drafting skills across pleadings, discovery, and financial disclosures
• Ability to handle matters independently while thriving as part of a team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially in court

This is a firm that genuinely invests in its people ,with a real and transparent path to partnership for the right person.

Location: San Jose, CA / Silicon Valley

This role is being managed confidentially. The firm and full details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

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