Bad Faith & Insurance Coverage Attorney

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401k with employer match

Job summary

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Las Vegas, NV seeks an associate attorney or partner to join its Insurance Bad Faith Practice. The ideal candidate has 1–7 years of experience in Insurance Bad Faith litigation and must be admitted to the Nevada Bar.

Strong research and writing skills are essential for handling drafting, discovery, motion practice, and witness depositions. The role requires effective client communication and civil litigation experience.

Qualifications

• Strong research and writing skills are required.
• Admission to the Nevada Bar is required.

Responsibilities

• Drafts answers and motions in civil litigation.
• Propounds and responds to discovery, and handles deposing witnesses.
• Maintains a clear writing voice when communicating with clients.

Skills

Civil litigation

Research and writing

Client communication

Education

Nevada Bar admission

Job description

Overview

• The practice group represents sophisticated and well-established national insurance companies.
• The role involves civil litigation activities such as drafting answers, propounding and responding to discovery, motion practice, and deposing witnesses.

Posting details

Overview

The Las Vegas, NV office of Lewis Brisbois, a full-service AmLaw 100 firm, is actively seeking an associate attorney and partner to join its Insurance Bad Faith Practice.

The ideal candidate will have at least one (1) to seven (7) years of experience in Insurance Bad Faith litigation. This area of law enables practitioners at LBBS to develop their civil litigation skills while representing sophisticated and well-established national insurance companies. LBBS bad faith insurance defense attorneys rely upon their skills in contract interpretation, statutory interpretation, and analysis of a pre-litigation record in matters involving contract law, tort law, and even statute-based law. When communicating with a client, such attorneys rely on a clear writing voice, but especially so when litigating a client’s cases. Thus, new practitioners joining this practice group will be most successful if they can bring some experience with civil litigation, including: drafting answers, propounding and responding to discovery, motion practice, and deposing witnesses. Strong research and writing skills are required. Admission to the Nevada Bar is required.

Our practice group values curiosity, hard work, thoughtful analysis, and (perhaps most importantly), superb interpersonal skills. For an attorney with a few years of civil litigation experience who would like to explore a field of law where torts, contracts, and statutes intertwine daily, LBBS’ insurance bad faith practice group can provide such an attorney an excellent opportunity for professional development.

We offer competitive compensation and in addition, Lewis Brisbois offers a range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401k with employer match.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• 401k with employer match