Attorney

Medical Malpractice Associate or Partner | Raleigh, NC | $135,000 to $240,000

You learn more about a law firm from who stays than from anything on its website.

At this one, people hardly ever leave.

• I’m Clark Pollins at Distinct Recruitment, hiring a medical malpractice defense attorney for a national firm’s Raleigh office.
• I can tell you what it’s really like inside before you commit to anything.

Why low turnover should matter to you

• Lawyers don’t stay somewhere for years out of politeness. They stay because the work keeps them interested and the people are worth learning from.
• The partner who shows you how to take apart a plaintiff’s expert this year will still be down the hall in five years.
• The team you join is the team you keep. You won’t be retraining a new supervising attorney every eighteen months.
• Openings here are rare. That’s the flip side of nobody leaving.

The work

• Defending hospital systems, physicians and their carriers in claims where the standard of care is the whole case.
• Med mal is one of the few practices where cases still regularly reach a jury. When the care was right, defending it in court is the job.
• Heavy on experts, heavy on detail. You’ll learn the medicine well enough to cross examine a physician on it.
• A billable target of 1,800 hours.
• The firm works hybrid. You and the team agree how your week splits.
• A national platform, with a Raleigh team small enough that you’ll know everyone’s name.

If you’re bringing a book

• A national firm behind your Raleigh clients means the bench depth to say yes to bigger matters.

Why the range is wide

• The firm is hiring across two levels.
• If you’re a couple of years in and building your deposition and motion practice, you’ll come in toward $135,000.
• If you’ve already taken med mal files through to trial, handled experts on your own and have a portable book of business, you’d be looking at the upper end, up to $240,000, with a partner title to match.

What you bring

• 2+ years of litigation experience.
• Licensed in North Carolina.
• Trial or trial preparation experience is a strong plus.
• Medical malpractice experience is ideal.

If your background is close but not a perfect match, call me anyway. I’d rather have the conversation.

Questions first, or want to talk it through? Call me, Clark Pollins at Distinct Recruitment, on 252 516 4403, email Clark@distinctrecruitment.com, or find me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/clark-pollins-039488299.