Top Legal Jobs in San Diego, CA

Manage moderately complex civil litigation (up to ~$500K exposure), draft complex dispositive and discovery motions, perform advanced legal research, develop litigation strategy, use e-discovery and case management tools, lead settlement negotiations and hearings, mentor junior attorneys, advise clients/claims, and ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards.

Negotiate delinquent accounts with law firms to secure reduced balances, extended payment terms, or lump-sum settlements. Review legal documents, manage escalated portfolios and client accounts, maintain attorney relationships, meet monthly settlement and compliance goals, and handle high-volume inbound/outbound calls to resolve lawsuits and prevent further legal action.

As Vice President, Legal Commercial, you will lead GitLab's global commercial legal function, advising on strategies, managing a legal team, and overseeing AI governance and contracting.

As Commercial Legal Counsel at GitLab, you will negotiate and draft various complex agreements, advise on risk allocation, support public sector transactions, and enhance the legal team's efficiency and training initiatives.

Lead and operationalize responses to subpoenas and eDiscovery demands; manage the end-to-end eDiscovery lifecycle; coordinate internal and external stakeholders; draft and improve policies and processes for customer data requests; monitor legal and regulatory developments; and act as project manager to drive litigation operations and legal tech–driven workflow improvements.

Build and run AI-first processes for legal e-billing and outside counsel management. Administer Brightflag, manage monthly accruals and vendor onboarding, analyze OC spend using SQL/Snowflake/Looker, produce reports and scorecards, and partner with FP&A, Sourcing, and stakeholders to optimize budgets, forecasting, and outside counsel strategy.

Part-time remote legal internship supporting regulatory and marketing compliance. Conduct FDA/FTC and advertising legal research, review marketing materials, draft memos, assist with contract lifecycle and corporate records, and support policy and training development.

Lead design and implementation of AI-assisted legal operations and knowledge-management workflows. Manage daily legal department operations, project-manage cross-functional company initiatives, evaluate and deploy AI tooling, and track adoption and efficiency. Drive process improvements and stakeholder alignment to scale legal support for a fast-growing healthcare technology company.

Provide legal guidance on healthcare regulatory matters and commercial contracting for payor and clinical partnerships. Advise on corporate practice of medicine, fraud and abuse, telehealth, HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid, AI clinical governance, and negotiate provider, payor, and commercial agreements to enable compliant growth.

Lead and scale U.S. public sector contracting: draft and negotiate SaaS/cloud and subcontract agreements, advise on FAR/DFARS/GSA/FedRAMP compliance, support RFPs and audits, build legal playbooks, and partner with cross-functional teams to mitigate regulatory and export control risk.

Provides strategic legal counsel on commercial contracts, complex customer negotiations, go-to-market initiatives, vendor and collaborator agreements, operational legal processes, and M&A diligence and integration. Partners with finance, commercial, product management, and other teams to manage risk, implement contractual controls, and support strategic transactions. Leads legal workstreams and maintains critical customer relationships.

Support USAO attorneys by reviewing and analyzing case materials, conducting legal research, drafting correspondence and reports, organizing trial exhibits, interviewing witnesses, preparing testimony summaries, and assisting with litigation support and trial preparation.

Responsible for contracts administration including processing contracts, maintaining the contract management system, and ensuring timely execution. Supports contract lifecycle management and creates workflow status reports while maintaining relationships across the organization.

Support USAO attorneys by reviewing and analyzing case materials, preparing legal research and citations, drafting correspondence and reports, organizing trial exhibits and evidence, interviewing witnesses, summarizing testimony and depositions, and performing factual and records research to prepare cases. Assist with pre-trial preparations and other assigned duties in a high-pressure, team-oriented government legal environment.

Provide intake and eligibility screening, assist clients and staff, maintain client and volunteer records, coordinate volunteers and trainings, prepare documents, translate as needed, travel locally for court filings and clinic support, and perform other administrative tasks to support legal services for victims of abuse.

Provide litigation support for civil and insurance defense matters: draft, format, file and e-file court documents, manage dockets and calendars, schedule depositions/hearings, conduct Westlaw research, assist with trial preparation, handle document management, and perform daily administrative tasks while maintaining confidentiality and meeting deadlines.

Provide executive-level administrative support to patent litigation attorneys: manage projects, calendars, billing, travel, and filings; draft and proofread documents; conduct research; liaise with clients and internal teams; delegate and mentor support staff; maintain DMS and ensure timely, accurate delivery of work products.

Provide strategic employment law advice across multiple jurisdictions; lead complex advisory and contentious employee matters; implement scalable legal solutions; drive cross-functional initiatives; build team knowledge resources and governance; manage external local counsel and oversee complex employment projects.

Provide day-to-day legal support to commercial, marketing, and functional teams across Dental Solutions and Health Information Systems. Review routine commercial and operational matters, support marketing/claims and contracting activities, maintain legal templates and processes, deliver training, coordinate with Regulatory, IP, Privacy, and Compliance, and help ensure timely, compliant business execution.

Part-time legal research intern to read and analyze judicial opinions, verify AI-extracted outputs against source materials, identify errors or edge cases, and collaborate with legal researchers and ML engineers. 10–20 hours/week; ideal for 2L or 3L law students.

Support attorneys with legal research, document preparation (briefs, memos, reports), case management, and regulatory monitoring. Analyze environmental law issues, maintain organized case files, collaborate on case strategies, and assist in preparing materials for client matters.

Author and verify rigorous multiple-choice legal assessment items for AI benchmarks across multiple legal specialties. Create clear, self-contained questions with one correct answer and nine plausible distractors, classify difficulty, provide structured solution explanations and references, and review/edit questions for legal accuracy and clarity. Work remotely, asynchronously, as an independent contractor, committing 10+ hours weekly.

Draft, review, negotiate, and file routine and complex contracts; advise internal partners on contractual risk and mitigation; support contract management system administration; assist with financial requisitions; research legal issues; provide timely legal support, training, and documentation; collaborate cross-functionally and work independently with minimal supervision.

Build and run the holding companys day-to-day legal function across portfolio companies: intake and triage, contract template management, outside counsel coordination, routine commercial contract negotiation, entity governance, post-acquisition legal integration, and escalation of specialist matters.

Partner with corporate legal departments to design and implement AI-driven workflows and LexisNexis solutions. Conduct demos, trainings, executive briefings, and workshops; advise on AI adoption and governance; identify expansion opportunities; collect client feedback and relay product recommendations. Travel frequently to support client engagements.