619-342-8000Legal Assistant
Legal ASsistant Job Posting:
Would you like the opportunity to help clients, lawyers and paralegals build their case?
If so, then you could be a perfect fit for our Legal Assistant role.
We are a friendly, fast‐paced employment and consumer law firm in downtown San Diego. Our practice focuses on plaintiff’s side employment law – meaning we represent employees who have been sexually harassed, discriminated against, retaliated against, paid unfairly, or wrongfully terminated. You will be able to help them firsthand.
We are seeking a Legal Assistant to assist our attorneys, paralegals, and back up administrators with various legal assistant duties.
To Apply: Fill out the form below and please email a cover letter and a resume to careers@haelaw.com. In the cover letter, answer the following questions: 1) What is your passion in life? 2) What is the greatest challenge you have overcome? 3) What are your salary requirements?
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Requirements:
- College degree
- Organized, detail oriented, and takes pride in work product
- Clear and concise writer
- Self-motivated, problem-solver, and an infectious can-do attitude
- Able to embrace challenges and handle feedback calmly
- Puts client service above all else
- Takes a team-centric approach to work and life
- Healthy sense of passion and desire to change the world for the better
Responsibilities for this job include, but are not limited to:
- Draft letters to clients and opposing counsel
- Request, obtain, and index employment and medical records
- Work with paralegals and attorneys on various litigation tasks
- Organize case files for discovery and hearings
- Speak with potential clients over the phone when Intake Specialist is not available
Perks
A few benefits you’re sure to enjoy:
- Health insurance (including vision and dental) and disability insurance
- 3 weeks PTO plus over 2 weeks of paid holiday time
- 401(k) with company profit sharing (aka free money)
- Office in Downtown San Diego high rise with out of this world view of the San Diego Bay
- Firm retreats
- Onsite Parking
- A business that is willing to invest in its employees!
Why YOU Should Work Here
- You will become part of an incredibly crafted and unified company culture with attentive Partners and teammates who are truly dedicated to success.
- You will experience working for a company who is leading the industry in fighting for justice for marginalized communities. Complacency is not part of our vocabulary.
- You will be in an environment that is always ready to tackle a new initiative and put creative ideas into action.
- You will grow personally and professionally. Every measure is taken to ensure our team members thrive. We encourage continuing education, classes, certification, training, and book clubs.
- You will be part of a firm that values diversity and is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding employees from a variety of backgrounds regardless of race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
If you’re looking for a job that’s boring and easy, you won’t find that here. We put 110% into everything we do. Greatness is achieved through hard work, discipline, and sacrifice, and we’re determined to be great.
About
Haeggquist & Eck
Our mission is to hold corporations accountable by empowering the people. No defendant is too large or powerful for us to tackle…just ask Donald Trump. We strive to achieve that mission through our commitment to the following values:
- Just do the right thing
- Uplift with Passion and Positivity
- Succeed Through Teamwork
- Take Ownership for our work
- Instill Excellence in all we do
- Care for our clients first
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Evolve everyday, so we can always
say we’re better than yesterday
We believe in what we do. We strive to uphold our values daily in everything we do. If you’d like to be part of an inclusive, collaborative, and downright badass team, then we can’t wait to hear from you!
