Elder Abuse Litigation Legal Assistant | Nicaragua

Employment Type: Full-Time Contractor Workplace: Remote Compensation: USD $1,500 - $1,700/month Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm PDT About Us Our client is a California plaintiff-side litigation firm representing individuals and families in elder abuse, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, and complex personal injury matters

The team

handles medically and legally detailed cases where strong litigation support can make a meaningful difference in the outcome

About the role

As a Litigation Legal Assistant, you will support an active California litigation practice focused primarily on elder abuse and medical malpractice matters. This is a hands-on litigation position, not a general administrative role: you will work directly with discovery, subpoenas, medical records, court filings, depositions, calendaring, and case preparation.

You will be trusted to manage routine litigation assignments independently under attorney supervision while keeping cases organized and deadlines moving. The strongest candidates will already understand California civil litigation procedures and be comfortable working with medical evidence, expert witnesses, and detailed discovery

Responsibilities

• Prepare 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 the information needed to advance each case.
• 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 elder abuse, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, and complex personal injury matters involving issues such as pressure injuries, falls, medication errors, dehydration, malnutrition, and neglect.
• Build and maintain medical chronologies and organized case records that 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