Elder Abuse Litigation Legal Assistant (Remote) | Nicaragua

Overview

Full-time contractor position with a remote workplace. This role supports an active California plaintiff-side litigation practice focused primarily on elder abuse and medical malpractice matters, including related nursing home negligence, wrongful death, and complex personal injury cases.

This is a hands-on litigation position (not a general administrative role) involving discovery, subpoenas, medical records, court filings, depositions, calendaring, and case preparation.

Responsibilities

• Draft responses to Form Interrogatories, Special Interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission for attorney review.
• Organize written discovery, medical records, facility records, supporting evidence, and document indexes so attorneys can quickly identify information needed to move each case forward.
• Track discovery deadlines, outstanding responses, hearings, depositions, mediations, and other litigation milestones across multiple active matters.
• Prepare subpoenas, deposition notices, proofs of service, and related litigation documents accurately and on schedule.
• Support cases involving issues such as pressure injuries, falls, medication errors, dehydration, malnutrition, and neglect.
• Build and maintain medical chronologies and organized case records to help attorneys and experts understand treatment history and key factual developments.
• Coordinate medical record collection, expert reviews, depositions, and communications with clients, opposing counsel, healthcare providers, process servers, and expert witnesses.
• Support California service of process, including personal service, substituted service, summonses, complaints, subpoenas, and preparation or tracking of proofs of service.
• Assist with California electronic court filings and maintain accurate electronic litigation files, correspondence, exhibits, and supporting documents.
• Help prepare cases for mediation and trial, including organizing exhibits, witness information, medical evidence, and other attorney-requested materials.

Requirements (Must-Have)

• At least 2 years of hands-on California civil litigation experience.
• Practical experience assisting with written discovery responses (interrogatories, Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission) for attorney review.
• Working knowledge of California litigation procedures, including court calendaring, electronic filing, subpoenas, depositions, and service of process.
• Ability to distinguish expert witness testimony and opinions from lay witness testimony to support related litigation preparation.
• Strong written and verbal English with the accuracy required for legal documents, professional correspondence, and deadline-sensitive work.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and legal case management or document management systems.
• Provide a redacted legal writing sample personally drafted by you (preferably a discovery response, pleading, or other litigation-related document) with all confidential and identifying client information removed.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Plaintiff-side experience involving elder abuse, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, or complex personal injury litigation.
• Familiarity with medical terminology, healthcare and facility records, medical experts, and common clinical issues involved in elder abuse or malpractice cases.
• Familiarity with California Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act litigation.
• Legal education or formal legal studies.
• Experience with Litify or a similar legal case management platform.
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.

Compensation & Benefits

• USD $1,500 - $1,700/month

Location & Schedule

• Workplace: Remote
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm PDT
• Employment Type: Full-Time Contractor