Remote Late Shift Remote Legal Assistant (Southern California)

November 3, 2026

Salary range: $79K - $91K

Location: Irvine, CA

Visa Sponsorship Details: Not open to any visas (e.g. US citizen, Green Card holders)

Remote work policy: Remote after the first 30 days in-office in Irvine, CA (regular daytime hours during onboarding). Must live near Irvine. After onboarding, the hours are Monday–Friday, 11am–8pm PT, sometimes later with overtime. Optional in-office days in Irvine are welcome.

About this role

We are looking for a Late Shift Remote Legal Assistant with 5+ years of litigation experience to be the evening e-filing go-to for CDF Labor Law, one of the few California-wide boutique labor and employment firms. Once the daytime legal assistants log off at 5, you take over and get time-sensitive filings, including late-evening appellate work, across the finish line for all five offices.

What will you be doing?

Handle evening e-filing in state, federal and appellate courts, including filings that wait on signed verifications or settlement agreements coming in through DocuSign

Build litigation document shells such as master captions, motions and discovery for attorneys and legal assistants across all five offices

Prepare filings for court: tables of authorities, exhibit bookmarking, redactions and Bates stamping

Log and work overflow requests from a shared inbox with a 3-person remote Legal Support Team (your shifts overlap about 5 hours a day)

Help with administrative work as needed, such as attorney timesheets, expense reports and travel arrangements

Key Requirements

5+ years as a Litigation Legal Assistant or Paralegal in a litigation setting (internships don't count; no maximum)

Extensive hands-on e-filing in state and federal courts (PACER/ECF); appellate e-filing strongly preferred

Strong attention to detail and knowledge of litigation documents and court rules, including the ability to spot obvious errors in a document (tested in a scenario exercise)

Must live near Irvine, CA for 30 days of in-office onboarding; after that, available to work remotely Monday–Friday, 11am–8pm PT, sometimes later (until 9–9:30pm)

Steady work history (repeated stints of 2 years or less are a red flag); proficient in MS Office 365. A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required, and a paralegal certificate doesn't matter

Role responsibilities

• Managing litigation cases

• Providing overflow support

• Travel arrangements

• Expense reports

• Entering attorney timesheets

• Administrative duties

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