Insurance Defense Trial Attorney

• Represent clients in all areas of insurance defense practice
• Manage primarily low to moderate complexity and exposure cases from intake to resolution
• Prepare pleadings, motions, discovery, and briefs
• Attend hearings, conferences, interviews, mediations, arbitrations, and trials
• Proactively inform leadership of case-handling opportunities and challenges
• Consult with the Claims Department on legal aspects of files and jurisdictional issues
• Perform tasks and duties to ensure efficient case management
• Handle second-chair trials and trials involving moderate complexity or exposure
• Support senior attorneys on cases with greater complexity or exposure
• Receive developmental assignments involving high-complexity or high-exposure matters

Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in applicable states required upon hire
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Three years of insurance defense litigation and/or personal/bodily injury experience preferred
• Second-chair trial experience strongly preferred
• Multistate jurisdictional practice preferred
• Public speaking ability
• Ability to handle high caseloads in adversarial or confrontational situations
• Driving ability
• Strong verbal communication and listening skills
• Excellent written communication skills
• Effective negotiation skills
• Demonstrated conflict management skills
• Ability to represent the company with external constituents
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
• Time management and priority-setting skills
• Ability to work within tight timeframes and meet strict deadlines
• Strong technical aptitude
• Proficiency using technology in a virtual, paperless environment
• Ability to travel to required in-person appearances

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in insurance defense litigation, including case management from intake to resolution, and possesses strong verbal and written communication skills essential for effective representation and negotiation. Proficient in handling trials and managing high caseloads while maintaining excellent judgment and decision-making abilities.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Licensed To Practice Law
• Insurance Defense Litigation
• Second-Chair Trial Experience
• Public Speaking Ability
• Multistate Jurisdictional Practice

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Pleadings Preparation
• Motions Preparation
• Discovery Preparation
• Briefs Preparation
• Trial Management
• Conflict Management
• Negotiation Skills
• Time Management
• Case Management
• Bodily Injury Experience

Soft Skills

• Strong Verbal Communication
• Excellent Written Communication
• Listening Skills
• Judgment
• Decision-Making

Certifications & Qualifications

• Licensed To Practice Law

Industry Keywords

• Insurance Defense
• Personal Injury
• Adversarial Situations
• High Caseloads
• Jurisdictional Issues

Tools & Technologies

• Virtual Environment Proficiency
• Paperless Technology Use