Associate Attorney – Healthcare Fraud & Complex Litigation

Pay: $115,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Build hands-on experience in sophisticated, high-stakes healthcare and insurance fraud litigation.
• Work directly with senior attorneys who have handled some of California's largest and most complex healthcare fraud matters.
• Take real ownership of depositions, discovery, investigations, legal analysis, and case strategy rather than simply supporting from the sidelines.
• Develop expertise in California False Claims Act and qui tam litigation involving significant financial exposure and complex factual records.
• Turn claims data, billing records, and investigative evidence into litigation strategies that directly influence case outcomes.
• Gain meaningful trial preparation exposure without requiring prior trial experience.
• Expand your practice through additional complex business, fraud, contract, and employment-related litigation matters.

Location:

This is an on-site opportunity in Newport Beach, California, offering direct collaboration with experienced attorneys and meaningful involvement in sophisticated litigation matters.

Note:

Candidates must be actively licensed with the State Bar of California with no public disciplinary history. We are targeting attorneys with 2+ years of civil litigation experience who bring strong legal writing and analytical skills and are comfortable taking ownership in complex, data-intensive matters.

About Us

We are an established law firm providing sophisticated litigation and transactional services throughout California and Nevada. Our attorneys represent businesses, institutions, and individuals across complex legal matters, combining deep experience with responsive, practical client service. We value attorneys who are analytical, curious, accountable, and eager to take meaningful responsibility early in their careers. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Investigate healthcare billing practices, insurance claims, and alleged fraud schemes.
• Analyze claims data, billing records, and large volumes of supporting documentation.
• Develop compelling case theories and litigation strategies from complex factual records.
• Build cases designed to satisfy heightened fraud pleading requirements.
• Design and execute discovery strategies across complex, multi-claim litigation.
• Draft interrogatories, requests for admission, document requests, pleadings, complaints, motions, and oppositions.
• Organize high-volume evidence into claim matrices, analytical spreadsheets, evidentiary summaries, and other litigation tools.
• Prepare detailed legal opinions supported by data analysis, investigative findings, and expert input.
• Conduct research involving healthcare fraud, insurance fraud, False Claims Act matters, and complex civil litigation.
• Prepare for and take depositions of fact witnesses, corporate representatives, and experts.
• Analyze deposition testimony and incorporate key evidence into litigation strategy.
• Assist with trial preparation, including witness outlines, exhibits, evidence organization, and case themes.
• Communicate directly with clients, insurance carriers, investigators, government entities, and other stakeholders.
• Handle additional complex business litigation involving contracts, fraud claims, and employment-related disputes.
• Participate actively in hearings, motion practice, discovery, and litigation from inception through resolution.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of civil litigation experience.
• Active California Bar license with no public disciplinary history required.
• Juris Doctor degree required.
• Strong legal research, writing, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand and manage complex factual records and data-intensive cases.
• Comfortable taking significant responsibility and working directly with senior attorneys.
• Experience or strong interest in healthcare fraud, insurance fraud, False Claims Act, qui tam, or complex civil litigation.
• Deposition experience preferred.
• Strong discovery and motion practice experience preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-responsibility litigation environment.

Why You Will Love Working Here

This is an opportunity to develop sophisticated litigation skills quickly while working alongside attorneys with deep experience in complex fraud matters. You'll be trusted with substantive assignments, direct client-facing work, discovery strategy, depositions, and meaningful case ownership. For an attorney who enjoys digging into complicated facts, solving difficult legal problems, and developing into a well-rounded litigator, this role offers unusually strong exposure and growth potential.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance