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Bargaining Unit: Non Represented - Professional

Rate of Pay: $164,299 annual + DOE

Summary

The Legal Associate manages litigation, calendars case dockets and conducts pre-trial litigation for contract and employment matters.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages litigation case dockets, and conducts pre-trial litigation for contract and employment matters.
• Litigates uninsured cases to completion.
• Communicates with opposing counsels and regulatory administrators.
• Raises awareness of current and pertinent legal matters to Legal and other departments.
• Tracks and responds to all legal and court-related documents, including pleadings and discovery.
• Verifies subpoenas and educates staff as appropriate.
• Approves any outside firm invoices.
• Conducts research on either WestLaw or Lexis.
• Cross trained with Contracts, Risk, Compliance and Privacy and serves as a liaison and backup if one of those individuals are out.
• Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
• Complies with System policies and procedures.
• Other duties as may be assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Carries out supervisory responsibility in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, assigning, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; administering scheduling systems; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; enforcing policies and procedures.

Minimum Education/Experience

Doctoral Degree JD from an accredited law school and licensed to practice in the state of California and 3 or more years relevant experience

Required Licenses/Certifications

None

Other Experience/Qualifications

Required:

• Proficient with research on either WestLaw or Lexis.
• 3+ years of litigation experience
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience in the healthcare industry for either payers or providers

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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