Legal Assistant – Join a Leading Litigation Team!
Support. Organize. Thrive.
📍 Full-Time | Flexible Work Options Available
Are you an experienced litigation legal assistant looking for a dynamic and rewarding opportunity? Tyson & Mendes, a nationally recognized law firm, is seeking a detail-oriented, proactive legal professional to support our attorneys in civil litigation and insurance defense. If you thrive in a fast-paced legal environment and are ready to contribute to a high-performing team, we want to hear from you!
Why Tyson & Mendes?
✔ Collaborative Legal Team – Work alongside top-tier attorneys and legal professionals in a supportive, team-focused environment.
✔ Growth-Oriented Culture – Join a firm that prioritizes professional development, mentorship, and continuous learning.
✔ Respect & Inclusion – We foster a diverse, inclusive workplace that values respect, transparency, and teamwork.
✔ Stability & Recognition – Be part of an award-winning law firm known for its outstanding litigation results and client advocacy.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide comprehensive litigation support to attorneys handling civil litigation and insurance defense cases.
- Draft, proofread, and manage legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence.
- Prepare and file court documents in both state and federal courts, ensuring compliance with deadlines.
- Coordinate case scheduling, depositions, hearings, and trial preparation.
- Communicate with clients, courts, and outside counsel, maintaining professionalism and confidentiality.
- Utilize case management software and legal technology to enhance workflow and efficiency.
Who You Are:
✅ Experienced legal assistant with a background in civil litigation, insurance defense, or personal injury law.
✅ Skilled in case management, e-filing, and legal document preparation.
✅ Highly organized and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
✅ A proactive communicator who thrives in a team-oriented legal setting.
✅ Proficient in legal software, Microsoft Office, and document management systems.
📩 Ready to take the next step in your legal career? Apply today and become part of a firm that values your expertise and contributions!
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys with daily administrative tasks.
- Docket deadlines.
- Coordinate attorney travel arrangements.
- Format all pleadings and correspondence.
- Schedule depositions, hearings, conference calls.
- Assist with trial preparation.
- File and E-file documents in State and Federal Courts.
- Assist with document management and file organization.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3+ years’ experience as a litigation legal assistant.
- Preferred insurance defense and/or personal injury experience.
- Solid understanding of civil litigation (state and federal calendar deadlines and rules).
- Experience with state and federal court filings in California.
- High proficiency in MS Suite, specifically Word, PowerPoint and Outlook and Adobe Acrobat.
- Ability to think and act independently and with minimal supervision.
- Articulate, organized and a team player with excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
- Professional appearance and demeanor
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans (some at no cost to the employee)
- 401K matching
- Paid parental leave
- Internal diversity and inclusion programs, such as the Women’s Initiative and Young Professionals Initiative
- Firm-wide charitable giving program
- Numerous social and off-site events each year to enrich your relationships with your colleagues
- Employee Assistance Program through HealthAdvocate
- Access to Maven resources for new parents through Blue Shield
Why Tyson & Mendes?
We are one of the country’s fastest growing civil defense firms. We have steadily and successfully made our mark as a trailblazer in the legal ecosphere. We are a progressive, dynamic and diverse firm that prides ourselves in breaking the mold upheld by the “traditional” law firm. Here, you will discover an exceptionally smart, deeply talented team, who have continuously made a profound impact on the lives of literally hundreds of thousands of people. From Howell vs. Hamilton Meats, to our many trial wins, our mission every day is to provide unparalleled service and achieve exceptional results for our clients.
In addition to our outstanding legal work, we take an innovative approach to law firm management that invests wholly in our employees.
OK, now for the legal copy (we are a law firm, after all). It is Tyson & Mendes’ policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. By the way, if you read all of this, congratulations – we can already tell your attention to detail is exceptional.
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Pay Range
$25—$45 USD
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What We Do
Tyson & Mendes’ goal is to achieve justice for all through innovation, collaboration, and outstanding service. Founded in 2002 by principal trial attorneys Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes, we are an AV-rated litigation firm of more than 200 attorneys across the U.S. specializing in defending insurers, corporations, and insureds in civil litigation. Tyson & Mendes represents clients throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. In addition to these states, our attorneys also serve clients in Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.
We have handled some of the most contentious cases that have helped define insurance defense litigation, and we have earned our reputation for targeting the threat of and putting a stop to Nuclear Verdicts® – runaway jury verdicts in excess of $10 million.
Our trial-only subsidiary firm, TM HALO®, is wholly dedicated to stemming the tide of Nuclear Verdicts®. Comprised of Tyson & Mendes’ elite defense attorneys with decades of courtroom experience, TM HALO lawyers parachute in to handle the thorniest, highest stakes cases and prevent Nuclear Verdicts®.
Back at home, we are ensuring all of our attorneys have the tools they need to achieve exceptional results and protect our clients from unfounded damages awards. We are committed to ongoing education and development. Through comprehensive programs like our TM University and the Tyson & Mendes Trial Academy, Tyson & Mendes attorneys receive in-depth training on the proven defense methods outlined in Managing Partner Robert Tyson’s best-selling book, “Nuclear Verdicts®: Defending Justice for All,” which is the first playbook for the defense on how to avoid runaway jury verdicts
