Litigation Paralegal with Real Estate Company

An established real estate company in Long Beach seeks a litigation paralegal to work with their in-house legal department. This company has over 10,000 properties throughout Southern California.

They are seeking a litigation paralegal who can handle landlord tenant related cases.

Responsibilities:

• legal research
• calendaring court deadlines
• gathering evidence and documents from clients
• drafting preliminary motions, pleadings, and briefs
• managing the discovery process
• assisting with trial preparation (exhibits, depo transcripts, and PowerPoint slides)

Experience with real estate law, landlord tenant, or unlawful detainer matters is highly preferred.

Perks of Company:

• In-house litigation - more work/life balance than a law firm – “litigating without the rat race”
• Autonomy. If you know how to run a case, you will be left alone to run it.
• Great tenure: long term employees, and even second-generation employees!
• Family-owned company, and “we try to treat our people as family too!”
• “We are making decisions for the long haul (30-40 years down the line, how will this affect us?) and are not short-sighted in our business practices.”
• “We try to be open-minded group of folks.”

Compensation:

• Salary: Around $85-100K, but potentially flexible for the right person
• Bonus: Discretionary annual
• Benefits:
• Healthcare: yes
• 401K: match
• PTO: yes
• Solid understanding of CA civil codes and procedures (discovery, court deadlines, etc.)
• 3+ years of litigation experience in CA
• Knowledge of landlord tenant, unlawful detainer, or real estate law
• Ability to commute to Long Beach most days (a day remote is given after the onboarding period)

Ready to be considered? Please send your resume directly to Melanie.Kent[at]roberthalf[dotcom] with "Long Beach In-House Litigation Paralegal" as the subject line.

We also have a similar role in Orange County, so feel free to apply to both!