Associate Attorney

Pay: $140,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a growing boutique firm where you can get meaningful responsibility early and work closely with business owners and decision-makers
• Handle a broad mix of civil litigation, real estate, landlord/tenant, employment counseling, and outside general counsel style matters
• Build strong client relationships and become a trusted advisor, not just a task-doer
• Work directly with experienced leadership in a firm that values responsiveness, practical thinking, and business-minded legal strategy
• Strong compensation potential with bonus opportunity, benefits, 401(k), and profit sharing

Location: Santa Barbara, California. Preferably on-site for strong collaboration and community connection, with openness to a hybrid arrangement for the right candidate.

Note: Must be licensed in California and have strong ties to the Santa Barbara area or surrounding community. Civil litigation experience is strongly preferred.

About Us

We are a growing law firm focused on delivering high-touch, business-minded legal counsel to a sophisticated client base. Our approach is practical, strategic, and relationship-driven — we aim to become long-term partners in our clients' success, not just handle isolated legal issues. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Handle matters across civil litigation, real estate, landlord/tenant, employment counseling, and related business matters
• Take ownership of cases and client work from early stages through resolution
• Draft pleadings, motions, discovery, correspondence, and other legal documents
• Conduct legal research and develop practical, business-oriented recommendations
• Participate in hearings, depositions, negotiations, mediations, and trial preparation
• Communicate directly with clients and help guide strategy on active matters
• Collaborate with firm leadership while working independently on day-to-day case responsibilities
• Support a client-service model centered on responsiveness, judgment, and long-term partnership

Qualifications

• Active California Bar membership
• 2+ years of attorney experience, ideally with civil litigation exposure
• Strong legal writing, research, and analytical skills
• Comfortable managing substantive work with appropriate supervision
• Excellent communication and client-facing ability
• Existing ties to Santa Barbara or the surrounding community strongly preferred
• Real estate, landlord/tenant, employment defense, or business counseling experience is a plus

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will join a firm where your work matters and your judgment is valued. This is a chance to build real client relationships, expand your practice across multiple areas, and grow with a team that emphasizes strategy, service, and long-term impact over bureaucracy.

JPC-807

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-haves: CA bar license. 1+ yr civil litigation exp. ‘Open to more sr attorneys’

• Nice to haves: Professional ties to the area, civil litigation exp plus exposure to real estate, landlord/tenant, employment counseling, or business advisory work.

• Additional context: Relocation- [yesno]. Packages - [yesno]

Submissions Name / Robert - robert@rivieralg.com

Quick Recruiter Reference (Internal Summary)

Boutique Santa Barbara firm serving business clients with a mix of civil litigation, real estate, landlord/tenant, employment counseling, and fractional GC-style work. They want a self-driven California attorney who can take ownership of matters early and work closely with clients. Strong local ties are a major factor, and they prefer on-site but may flex to hybrid.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Associate Attorney – Riviera Law Group, PC - JPC 807 - Source

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• Client job title: Associate Attorney

• Location: Santa Barbara, CA

• On-site, hybrid, remote: Hybrid

• Experience: 1

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Associate Attorney, Litigation Associate, Civil Litigation Attorney, Business Litigation Attorney, Real Estate Attorney, Landlord Tenant Attorney, Employment Defense Attorney, Commercial Litigation Attorney, General Business Attorney, Outside General Counsel, Counsel, Trial Attorney, Litigation Counsel, California Bar

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: YES

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): Need only CA bar, 88k pop, surrounding Oxnard at 201k pop, not great. Seems open to various levels tho