Construction Litigation Associate (Mid/Senior) – Hybrid, Charleston

Distinct | North America; Charleston (SC); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Distinct | North America in Charleston, SC seeks a Construction Litigation Associate (Mid Level or Senior) to handle disputes for general contractors, owners, developers, and design professionals. You will work on mechanic’s liens, bond and surety claims in court, arbitration, and mediation across public, commercial, industrial, and residential projects.

You’ll take client calls, shape the expert strategy, take depositions, and argue your own motions while building lasting client relationships.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of litigation experience.
• Admitted in South Carolina, or can waive in or sit for the next bar.
• Ability to distill a 400-page spec book into three sentences a juror will remember.
• Construction experience in insurance defense, real estate, commercial, products liability, surety or design professional litigation counts.

Responsibilities

• Take the client call yourself
• Shape the expert strategy, not just schedule the experts
• Take depositions and argue your own motions
• Work with the same clients and experts across your files, so relationships build file after file
• Defect, delay, payment and contract disputes for general contractors, owners, developers, homebuilders, design professionals and sureties
• Mechanic’s lien, bond and surety claims, in court, in arbitration and at mediation
• Public and commercial builds, industrial facilities, residential communities
• Retainage fights. Differing site conditions. A change order log that quietly contradicts the contract. If that makes you reach for the file, keep reading.

Skills

Litigation experience

Legal writing

Education

SC Bar admission

Job description

Distinct | North America in Charleston, SC seeks a Construction Litigation Associate (Mid Level or Senior) to handle disputes for general contractors, owners, developers, and design professionals. You will work on mechanic’s liens, bond and surety claims in court, arbitration, and mediation across public, commercial, industrial, and residential projects.

You’ll take client calls, shape the expert strategy, take depositions, and argue your own motions while building lasting client relationships.