Family Law Attorney

San Diego office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks a family law attorney with 7+ years of experience. The candidate will assist the supervising attorney in the management of family law cases. Will strategize, prepare for, and attend trial proceedings, mediation, and arbitration. Attend court hearings on behalf of clients and argue motions. Prepare letters, pleadings, declarations, lodgments, attachments to subpoenas, financial disclosures, mediation, and trial briefs. Propound and respond to discovery, prepare meet and confer letters, and prepare motions to compel. Prepare deposition outlines and exhibits. Prepare witness questions for evidentiary hearings and trials. Conduct legal research and prepare memorandums. Track billable time. Should preferably have 2-5 years of experience taking responsibility for client matters. Experience drafting discovery, motions, and legal documents is essential. Experience participating in settlement negotiations and mediation needed. Strong analytical skills and oral and written communication skills are essential. Should have attention to detail and accurate work product. Must be a highly motivated professional, serving the clients is the passion. Must be admitted to and in good standing with the California Bar.

If you want to work in a wonderful, old-line San Diego firm that has culture completely unique to itself, this is the place for you. This firm is one of the oldest and most respected law firms in San Diego, known in the community for its expertise, its integrity, and its service. The Firm's lawyers - inspired by its principal founder, who served as the President of the San Diego County Bar, President of the Board of Governors of the California State Bar, and Chairman of the University of California Board of Regents - are encouraged to participate in pro bono and extra-legal community activities. Following his lead, three others of the Firm's lawyers have also served as Presidents of the County Bar Association. Over the course of the Firm's long and proud history, many things have changed, while many other things have remained constant. For instance, the Firm, with new offices overlooking magnificent San Diego harbor, is constantly evolving and expanding its practice areas to better serve the times and its changing clientele. In that spirit, the Firm has grown from three attorneys to more than 60 attorneys, partly through a home-grown program that recruits, trains, and retains some of the brightest young lawyers in the community. Throughout those changes, however, the Firm has retained a deep-seated philosophy, instilled and ingrained by its founding members, based on integrity, service, and community participation. This is a place where people truly love to work!