Associate Counsel - Litigation / Employment Contract

Primary Purpose

Under the direction of SDG&E’s Litigation attorney team, carry out investigations, preparation of pleadings, motions, discovery, mediation and trial preparation for multiple legal cases, including legal research and writing assignments as required. Note, this position is a limited-term contract with an initial 1½ year period and optional 1-year extension.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts legal research on assigned points of procedural and substantive law.
• Prepares preliminary drafts or briefs, arguments, contracts, affidavits, and various legal documents as directed; maintains related document files and legal correspondence.
• Counsels witnesses, prepares witnesses to testify, and conducts studies.
• When accepted as a member of the California Bar, represents the Company before courts, commissioners, boards, hearing officers, and public agencies under the guidance and supervision of an experienced attorney.
• Uses computerized databases in the execution of legal research assignments.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).