Jobs at Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP

Provides secretarial, administrative, and clerical support to attorneys in a litigation practice. Responsibilities include drafting and filing legal documents, managing calendars and deadlines, scheduling meetings, client and vendor communication, billing, trial preparation, file maintenance, travel coordination, and expense reporting.

Associate Attorney to support defense litigation and trial preparation: discovery, records review, witness/client interviews, depositions, motions practice, and legal research. Work with national teams on high-risk litigation across multiple practice areas. California bar membership expected; post-bar candidates awaiting results may apply.

Manage a caseload of litigated claims, develop defense strategies, attend depositions, hearings, and mediations, analyze discovery and medical records, research legal issues, investigate parties and worksites, and draft briefs, memoranda, and client updates. The role requires substantial deposition experience, Illinois bar licensure, strong organizational skills, deadline management, independent judgment, and effective teamwork. Toxic tort experience is preferred, and applicants must submit a writing sample.

Litigation-focused associate responsible for trial preparation, legal and factual research, drafting briefs and memos, client and witness interviews, and attending depositions, hearings, and mediations while gaining trial experience on a collaborative litigation team.

Manage national recruiting for administrative, professional, and attorney roles. Partner with hiring managers to source, screen, interview, and extend offers. Support onboarding, offboarding, maintain HR/ATS records, and assist with HR projects and employee engagement.

Provide secretarial, administrative, and clerical support to multiple attorneys in a busy litigation practice: draft and file pleadings, manage calendars, schedule meetings, communicate with clients and vendors, handle billing, assist with trial prep, maintain files, coordinate travel and expenses.

Provide secretarial, administrative, and clerical support to multiple attorneys: draft and file pleadings, manage calendars, schedule meetings, handle billing, assist in trial preparation, maintain files, coordinate travel and expenses, and communicate with clients and vendors.

Provide administrative and clerical support to a litigation team: draft and edit pleadings, e-file and manage court calendars, schedule meetings, handle billing, assist with trial preparation, maintain files, coordinate travel and expenses, and communicate with clients and vendors.

Manage operations and staffing across multiple regional law offices, overseeing office support teams, hiring, training, facilities, vendor/property management, budgeting, IT liaison, and special projects to ensure consistent firm-wide office standards and positive workplace culture.

Defend complex, high-exposure civil litigation matters in Orange County. Take and defend depositions, prepare and argue motions, develop case strategy with partners, conduct research and briefing, and help prepare cases for trial alongside nationally recognized trial lawyers.

Defend high-exposure litigation matters in Los Angeles across general liability, transportation, construction, product and toxic torts. Take and defend depositions, prepare and argue motions, develop case strategies with partners, conduct discovery, research and briefing, and assist trial preparation under nationally recognized trial lawyers.

Represent clients in litigation matters: manage caseloads, prepare for trial (discovery, witness prep), conduct research, take/defend depositions, draft and argue motions, attend hearings, and communicate with clients across product liability, tort, and environmental cases.

Support litigation matters through case management, document control, calendaring, discovery drafting and productions, deposition and medical record review/summaries, preparation for depositions and hearings, coordination with local counsel, and various administrative and document organization tasks for a national litigation team.

Join a national litigation firm handling all case stages from pre-suit investigation to trial and appeal. Responsibilities include trial preparation, legal and factual research, drafting briefs and memos, client interviews, and attending depositions, hearings, and mediations. Ideal candidate has 2–4 years defense litigation experience, strong academics, active bar license, excellent writing and analytical skills, and a client-focused, self-starting mentality.

Support toxic tort litigation team by managing case documents, calendaring, coordinating local counsel, drafting discovery, reviewing and summarizing depositions and medical records, preparing attorneys for depositions and hearings, and coordinating document productions and record requests.

Support litigation team with case management, document control, calendaring, and coordinating case events. Prepare and organize pleadings, discovery, productions, deposition and medical record summaries, and assist attorneys with deposition and hearing preparation. Request records and draft discovery documents.

Provide litigation support for toxic tort matters: case and document management, calendaring, deposition and medical record review and summaries, discovery drafting and productions, and preparing attorneys for hearings and depositions.