Civil Trial Attorney - Columbia

Turner Padget Graham and Laney P.A.; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive pay

Excellent benefits

Flexible work environment

Job summary

A prominent law firm in Columbia is seeking a Civil Trial Attorney with at least 2 years of insurance defense litigation experience, including first-chair courtroom work. This role requires strong analytical, research, and negotiation skills, and offers a highly competitive pay and excellent benefits, fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce culture. The firm prioritizes balancing work, family, and community engagement, enhancing the workplace environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years insurance defense litigation experience, including first-chair courtroom litigation.
• Strong knowledge of South Carolina substantive and procedural law and federal procedural rules.
• Exceptional credentials and highly motivated with analytical skills.
• Customer focus and client relation skills required
• Demonstrated case analysis ability and a record of accomplishment of proven negotiation skills

Skills

Insurance defense litigation experience

Courtroom litigation

Strategizing defense litigation

Client relation skills

Analytical skills

Research and writing skills

Oral advocacy skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

Overview

Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., a law firm with offices in South Carolina and Georgia, is seeking a Civil Trial Attorney to join our Columbia office. Highly competitive pay, excellent benefits and flexible work environment, create a balance between work, family and community involvement which Turner Padget supports.

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce, including attorneys and support staff, and conducting business with diverse clients.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years insurance defense litigation experience, to include first-chair courtroom litigation
• Ability to strategize defense litigation, formulate litigation plans, budget costs, evaluate exposures and good working knowledge of South Carolina substantive and procedural law and federal procedural rules
• Highly motivated with exceptional credentials, including strong academic background, analytical skills, research, writing and oral advocacy skills
• Customer focus and client relation skills required
• Demonstrated case analysis ability and a record of accomplishment of proven negotiation skills

The firm broadly views diversity as all differences that make us unique and special—life and work experiences, culture and beliefs, race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, education, military service, differing abilities, and other distinguishing characteristics and aspects of life. The firm strives to foster and maintain a culture that values and embraces these differences, and includes diverse people in the life and work of the firm, so that our diversity strengthens and improves the entire organization.

All employees share the responsibility for creating a workplace that values and respects diversity and inclusion and is enhanced by openness, trust, teamwork, accountability, and involvement.

The firm encourages everyone to contribute their unique perspectives, backgrounds, and capabilities to maximize client satisfaction, maintain strategic relationships with business and community leaders, create a unified and personally rewarding team culture, and generate superior business results.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a resume, cover letter and other materials to [e-mail]. All inquiries and submissions will be held in strict confidence.