Family Law Contract Attorney

Our client is a small family law firm with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Region looking for additional part-time help. They’re looking for a contract attorney to work part-time on all family law issues, including divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, domestic violence, prenuptial agreements and Marvin actions.

Core responsibilities

1. Draft declarations, legal briefs, and family law forms
2. Manage discovery
3. Work with forensic and other types of experts
4. Work with staff and clients to negotiate written and oral presentations

Qualifications/Skills

1. The attorney must have 5+ years of experience as a family law attorney
2. The attorney must be licensed as an attorney in California
3. No history of discipline with the State Bar of California
4. No malpractice claims levied against the Client
5. High degree of professional ethics, integrity and gravitas
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
7. Deep knowledge of California family law
8. Knowledge of Microsoft Office
9. Ability to use legal research software like Lexus and Westlaw.
10. Ability to create support calculations using Dissomaster and the DCSS child support calculator
11. Enough facility with math to read/create property division matrices, valuations and child/spousal support calculations
12. Experience in any of the counties in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Region is required (the more the better)

This role is extremely part-time (5+ hours/week) and for an independent contractor. Compensation is on an hourly basis and very competitive. There are no benefits. This position is 100% remote.

The position is ideal for a lawyer with their own practice who wants to top off their hours every week. The position is also ideal for a person emerging from a maternity/paternity leave or family medical leave.

The number of hours may increase as trust is developed and business dictates.

Interested parties should email a cover letter, resume and brief points and authorities as a writing sample. Please indicate whether you have experience in the Bay Area and/or Sacramento region.