• Los Angeles, CA
  • $75,000 Per Year
5 days ago

Job Description

Overview

The Los Angeles, CA office of Lewis Brisbois is seeking an experienced Medical Malpractice / Long-Term Care Defense Paralegal to support a sophisticated, high-volume defense practice. This role partners directly with attorneys handling complex medical negligence, nursing home, and assisted living litigation from pre-suit investigation through trial. The ideal candidate brings deep substantive knowledge of medical records analysis, regulatory frameworks (state licensing/survey standards, CMS regulations), and the procedural demands of defending healthcare providers and facilities.

We offer competitive compensation and in addition, Lewis Brisbois offers a range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with employer match, as well as sick and vacation time. We also offer excellent opportunities for growth and advancement while working with a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

Job Specifications/Requirements:

  • Paralegal certificate or degree preferred; equivalent professional experience considered
  • Minimum 3-5 years of paralegal experience in medical malpractice and/or long-term care defense litigation (insurance defense strongly preferred)
  • Familiarity with nursing home/assisted living regulatory frameworks (state survey process, CMS/OSHA standards) a strong plus
  • Proficiency with litigation support and e-discovery tools (e.g., Relativity, iManage, Trial Director, or similar)

The following list of essential functions is not exhaustive and other duties may be assigned in addition to those listed. The items listed are considered daily functions associated with this position.

  • Manage full litigation lifecycle support for medical malpractice and long-term care defense matters, including case intake, discovery, depositions, and trial preparation
  • Analyze, organize, and summarize voluminous medical records, chronologies charts, and facility documentation (MARs, care plans, incident reports, survey/citation history)
  • Coordinate with expert witnesses, including record production, CV/report tracking, and deposition logistics
  • Draft and manage discovery responses, subpoenas, and medical record requests/authorizations
  • This position has an annual billable requirement of 1,600 hours

Lewis Brisbois is not accepting search firm submissions for this position.

Qualifications

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Minimum Salary

USD $75,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary

USD $90,000.00/Yr.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLos Angeles, CA
IndustryLegal Services
Company Size1,500 to 1,999 employees
Year Founded1979
Websitehttp://lewisbrisbois.com/

About Company

Our national practice is sophisticated, multi-faceted and well-versed in current legal trends, while our individual state practices provide vast resources and knowledge of procedural and legal nuances. Lewis Brisbois offers legal practice in more than 35 specialties, and a multitude of sub-specialties associated with each practice area. Our attorneys have broad knowledge, expertise, and sensitivity to their clients’ unique needs. Through interaction among its practice groups, Lewis Brisbois provides a wide range of legal services to each client with a continuity of representation over multiple disciplines. We have built longstanding relationships with corporate and institutional clients based on our ability to provide comprehensive service on a national scale.

At Lewis Brisbois, diversity is an integral part of our firm culture and our daily life. We accomplish diversity not by committee or initiative, but through the true and committed practice of hiring the best people for the job and consistently rewarding excellence. The success of these policies is reflected in the fact that Lewis Brisbois has repeatedly received national recognition for its commitment to embracing diversity. Lewis Brisbois is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse group of talented lawyers and staff, and demonstrates that commitment through non-discriminatory hiring, retention and promotion policies. The diversity of the firm’s client base is matched by the diversity of our attorneys.

With offices from Los Angeles to New York, our attorneys reflect the communities in which they live. The firm’s culture has fostered a diverse group of professionals committed to promoting the best interests of our clients, our communities and the legal profession. We are committed to supporting diversity through new and ongoing relationships with minority and women-owned businesses.

Lewis Brisbois is known for its commitment to principled advocacy, an unflinching work ethic, and unyielding recognition of our duty to provide the highest level of service to our clients, who choose us because we take the time to understand their business interests and philosophies. We have developed sophisticated proprietary risk evaluation and litigation management processes that many of our clients have incorporated into their business practices, and we help them manage and defend claims and litigation. As a result, they are avoiding and reducing losses that impact their bottom line.

Our practice includes pre-suit counseling and problem solving based on a structured and accurate analysis of likely outcome. We know our clients’ objectives are often best served by a pre-suit resolution, and we are often judged by the advice and counsel we provide toward that end. However, when trial is the answer and in the client’s best interest, no law firm in this country understands and better executes a trial strategy than Lewis Brisbois. We are truly client driven and result oriented.

Skills

  • Accounts Receivableunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Assisted Livingunmatched
  • Content Management Systems (CMS)unmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Healthcare Providersunmatched
  • Insuranceunmatched
  • Legal Support Skillsunmatched
  • Licensingunmatched
  • Litigationunmatched
  • Logisticsunmatched
  • Long-Term Careunmatched
  • Medical Office Administrationunmatched
  • Medical Recordsunmatched
  • Nursing Homeunmatched
  • OSHAunmatched
  • Paralegalunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Relativityunmatched
  • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
  • iManageunmatched

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