Job Description

Job Description

Note: The pay range includes bonuses.

Are you an experienced California-licensed attorney with a strong litigation background, seeking meaningful work?

Are you interested in doing legal work that can deliver life-changing results to deserving clients?

Are you comfortable with technology, including the integration of AI into your law practice, and interacting with a global team via the latest videoconferencing technology?

Are you looking to join a team of smart, hardworking, and high-energy attorneys and legal professionals from around the world at a firm that has been recognized by Inc. 5000, Law Firm 500, Great Place to Work®, Fortune Best Places to Work (Small & Midsize Firms Bay Area), San Francisco Business Times, and Super Lawyers®?

If you’ve answered yes to these questions, and your current employer does not offer the following perks:

1. 100% remote work with state-of-the-art firm-issued computer and telecommunications equipment;

2. Competitive compensation that includes unlimited bonuses tied to the achievement of objective milestones;

3. Open (unlimited!!!) paid time off;

4. Health, dental, vision, and life insurance after sixty days of full-time employment;

5. Paid holidays (ten days per year) and paid sick leave in accordance with state law;

6. CLE credit through weekly Lunch & Learns offered at no charge by the firm;

7. Payment of California State Bar annual fees;

8. Professional growth opportunities; and

9. A 401(k) retirement plan with a mandatory employer contributions after one year of employment.

YOU MAY JUST BE THE PERSON WE’RE LOOKING FOR.

We are a fast-growing 100% virtual tenant rights law firm that helps California tenants who have been illegally evicted, discriminated against, harassed, or forced to endure uninhabitable living conditions recover money from their landlords. We are seeking to hire a rock star Litigation Attorney who can hit the ground running.

The primary responsibilities of the Litigation Attorney are to oversee the prosecution of a portfolio of litigation matters working as part of a team or “Pod” consisting of at least two Paralegals and one or more Case Management Assistants; ensure timely progression of litigation matters through the pipeline; give legal advice to clients; review the work of non-attorneys, appear at all hearings, mediations, and trials; and directly negotiate settlements with opposing counsel and insurance adjusters. This position will be responsible for critically important work, including:

• Acting as the primary handling attorney for a portfolio of matters, attending court hearings, defending clients at depositions, taking opposing party and third-party depositions, attending mediations, and first- or second-chairing trials;
• Providing legal advice to clients with questions that cannot be answered by the Paralegals;
• Overseeing and monitoring the job performance of the Paralegals and Case Management Assistants;
• Reviewing the work product of the Paralegals;
• Directly negotiate settlements with opposing counsel and insurance adjusters;
• Recording productive time in Clio Manage;
• Tracking Key Performance Indicators; and
• Attending daily huddles, weekly attorney roundtables, weekly team meetings, weekly Lunch & Learns, and quarterly action planning sessions focused on the Litigation Attorney’s personal, professional, and financial goals.

If the following statements describe you, then you may be our Litigation Attorney:

• Your litigation style is aggressive, but practical. When interacting with opposing counsel, you believe in the Golden Rule.
• You have thick skin—an ability to roll with the punches and not take criticism from clients, adjusters, or opposing counsel personally.
• You believe in the firm’s commitment to work-life balance but are nonetheless prepared to arrive early, stay late, and work on weekends when necessary to get the job done.
• You have an empathetic and understanding manner with clients.
• You have great attention to detail. You proofread documents and emails; can spot and fix grammar errors, spelling errors, typos, formatting errors, etc.; you do not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• You expect personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
• You are trustworthy, do not cut corners ethically, earn trust and maintain confidences when appropriate, and, most importantly, do what is right, not just what is expedient.
• You are innovative, growth-minded, can generate new and creative approaches to problems, and can maximize value and use of technology and other resources.
• You can act without being told what to do and bring new ideas to the CEO.
• You work at a fast pace with the ability to move between tasks quickly, are not overwhelmed with volume or by deadlines, and spend time on tasks that add value.
• You develop and nurture productive and professional relationships with clients and staff and are both approachable yet stern when the circumstances require.
• You are self-directed, able to assess a situation and determine what needs to be done and then do it.
• Your middle name is “No Drama.”
• You are an awesome juggler of tasks and can change gears quickly.
• You do not think of any task as “beneath you.”

While we do not have a minimum years-in-practice requirement, we believe an attorney with civil litigation experience (preferably plaintiff-side), who speaks and writes Spanish, and is skilled at taking and defending depositions, (preferably) attending mediations, and negotiating settlements/pleas would be an ideal candidate. The Litigation Attorney must be an active member of the State Bar of California with a discipline-free record. The Litigation Attorney must be able to manage a portfolio of litigation matters, lead a team, take initiative on work that needs to be done, prosecute claims aggressively and efficiently, and complete tasks with minimal handholding. The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude and sense of humor, and be willing to follow policies, systems, and procedures.

This is a fulltime job, and you absolutely must be able to work for at least forty hours per week. Work will be done 100% virtually. Salary depends on experience. Total compensation includes bonuses tied to the achievement of objective quarterly milestones (in full compliance with California law and the California Rules of Professional Conduct); open (unlimited) PTO; health, dental, and vision benefits after sixty days of full-time employment; paid holidays (ten days per year), and paid sick leave in accordance with state law; payment of California State Bar annual fees; CLE credit through weekly Lunch & Learns offered at no charge by the firm; and a 401(k) retirement plan with a mandatory employer contribution after one year of employment.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Company Description

Founded in January 2016, Tenant Law Group is dedicated exclusively to the representation of renters, helping California tenants who have been illegally evicted, harassed, or forced to endure unlivable conditions recover money from their landlords. Tenant Law Group has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as among the five thousand fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States in 2022 (#3,448) and 2024 (#3,005); Law Firm 500 as among the 100 fastest growing law firms in the United States every year since its first year of eligibility in 2019 (#22 in 2019, #12 in 2020, #40 in 2021, #78 in 2022, #58 in 2023, and #73 in 2024); Great Place to Work as a Great Place to Work® every year since 2021; Fortune Best Places to Work (Small & Midsize Firms Bay Area) (#67 in 2024); San Francisco Business Times as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area in 2024; and Super Lawyers®. Our clients are California renters who are experiencing any type of dispute with their landlord. We have offices in San Francisco (headquarters), Oakland, and Los Angeles. We are a majority female, majority minority, and majority Spanish speaking law firm. We are committed to the work we do for our clients, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously and really value professional development and team building.

Company Description

Founded in January 2016, Tenant Law Group is dedicated exclusively to the representation of renters, helping California tenants who have been illegally evicted, harassed, or forced to endure unlivable conditions recover money from their landlords. Tenant Law Group has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as among the five thousand fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States in 2022 (#3,448) and 2024 (#3,005); Law Firm 500 as among the 100 fastest growing law firms in the United States every year since its first year of eligibility in 2019 (#22 in 2019, #12 in 2020, #40 in 2021, #78 in 2022, #58 in 2023, and #73 in 2024); Great Place to Work as a Great Place to Work® every year since 2021; Fortune Best Places to Work (Small & Midsize Firms Bay Area) (#67 in 2024); San Francisco Business Times as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area in 2024; and Super Lawyers®. Our clients are California renters who are experiencing any type of dispute with their landlord. We have offices in San Francisco (headquarters), Oakland, and Los Angeles. We are a majority female, majority minority, and majority Spanish speaking law firm. We are committed to the work we do for our clients, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously and really value professional development and team building.