Job Description

Associate Attorney | Death & Horses | Calabasas, CA$125,000 to $175,000 base, depending on experience, plus production and origination bonuses

Most law firms are looking for a serious associate. We’re looking for a seriously good litigator who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

The Yoshida Firm is a litigation boutique in Calabasas. We handle life’s toughest disputes, and our practice fits in three words: Death and Horses. That means contested trusts and estates, elder financial abuse, wrongful death, and disputes in the equestrian world of showjumping.

You’ll be our first associate. There’s no cubicle farm and no seven-layer approval chain. Nobody will tell you “that’s how we’ve always done it,” because we opened in 2025 and haven’t always done anything. We like creativity, ingenuity and good ideas, wherever they come from.

What you’ll do

Litigate contested trust, estate and elder abuse matters from petition to trial: depositions, motions, probate court, the whole rodeo
Help families get justice in wrongful death cases
Put AI agents to work on the grind so you can spend your brain on strategy and people
Build your own book of business and get paid when you bring in clients
Pitch ideas about how a modern law firm should run, and then help us build it

You might be our person if

You are a California Bar licensed attorney with no disciplinary record
You have 3 to 7 years of California litigation experience, including contested trust and estate work
You’ve taken depositions, argued motions and stood up in court on your own
You’ve built or run AI agents and workflows, and you check their output the way opposing counsel will
You genuinely like meeting people, and you know a coffee meeting can turn into a client
You can make a short video that people watch on purpose
You’re funny, or at least you know when to be

Bonus points

Wrongful death or personal injury experience
You ride, own, train, groom or otherwise spend weekends around horses

What we offer

$125,000 to $175,000 base, depending on experience
Monthly production bonuses and origination bonuses on clients you bring in
Direct mentorship from the founder and a real path to running your own caseload
Negotiable benefits, including health insurance and a 401k
A firm where your ideas get used, not filed away

How to apply We skip the writing sample. Send your resume and a short note telling us about:

A case you’re proud of
An AI workflow you built
Your horse story, if you have one (no horse story? Tell us something that makes us laugh)

The Yoshida Firm

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