Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hire Counsel is working with a well-established law firm with a growing litigation practice. They are seeking an experienced litigation attorney to support their Seattle office by litigating insurance and bad faith actions and providing a wide range of insurance coverage services to clients.
Responsibilities
• Litigate insurance and bad faith actions in Washington State and other jurisdictions
• Provide a wide range of insurance coverage services to the firm’s clients
• Conduct legal research
• Engage in legal writing
• Prepare pleadings and briefs
• Manage discovery
• Conduct and defend depositions
• Provide liability analyses to clients
• Fashion litigation strategies commensurate with the case
Skills
• JD with excellent academic credentials
• At least three years (3+ yrs.) of solid litigation experience
• Demonstrated experience handling coverage matters and litigating bad faith and/or insurance related actions
• Ability to handle breach of contract, bad faith, and all facets of insurance litigation from inception to trial, including conducting legal research, doing detailed analysis, engaging in legal writing, preparing pleadings and briefs, managing discovery, and conducting and defending depositions
• Demonstrated experience providing liability analyses to clients and fashioning litigation strategies commensurate with the case
• Experience with both state and federal court proceedings
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a timely and professional manner
• Current Washington State Bar admission in good standing
Benefits
• Benefits and bonus information is available from the firm.
Company Overview
• Hire Counsel is a leading innovative services provider to law firms, corporations and government agencies for today’s new legal economy It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.hirecounsel.com/.