Employment Litigation Manager/Paralegal

General Purpose

The Employment Litigation Manager contributes to the success of PACS operations and client relations by

managing all aspects of pre-litigation and litigation cases, including ensuring high quality and expeditious

investigation and record collection efforts, preparing legal information and responses, providing support to the

client and acting as liaison between the client and outside counsel.

Essential Duties


* • Perform initial intake of cases including fact investigation and development.


* • Conduct interviews and monitor all work associated with assigned projects to ensure record collection


* efforts, case coordination efforts and work product creation meet client needs.


* • Act as liaison between client and outside counsel to facilitate case.


* • Coordinate responses to demand letters, subpoenas and discovery requests, including responsibility for


* communicating with personnel and collecting and producing responsive documentation.


* • Generate regularly scheduled client reports, status updates, and ad hoc reporting as required by project


* parameters or upon request.


* • Drafting responses to administrative case claims and charges (EEOC, DOL, DIR, CCRD) and attend


* administrative hearings and mediations.


* • Knowledge of key US employment laws such as EEO, FMLA, ADA, ADEA and California Wage


* and Hour laws desirable.


* • Monitor and support case management activity to alert General Counsel and escalate issues as needed.


* • Ensure compliance with legal standards with authorization assignment and requesting of records


* • Other projects as outlined by supervisor.

Supervisory Requirements

This position does not have supervisory requirements.

Qualification

-Education and/or Experience


* • Bachelor degree from an accredited college required.

• 3-5 years of experience in litigation defense, particularly healthcare liability/personal injury and employment litigation with a fast-paced large law firm or corporation.

Language Skills


* Must possess the ability to make independent decisions, to follow instructions, and to accept constructive criticism.

Ability to deal tactfully with client, personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the public.

Ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing maintenance practices.

Mathematical Skills


* Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability


* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations


* Paralegal certificate a plus

Physical Demands


* The physical demands des...