First-Chair Trial Attorney: PI & Med Mal (Hybrid)

Correll Law Firm, PC; Winchester (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO from day one

Relocation stipend

Job summary

Correll Law Firm, PC in Winchester, VA, seeks a Trial Attorney to handle a docket of litigated civil matters from filing through verdict. This is a hybrid role with in-person court appearances and remote work on most days.

You will chair your own cases with substantial support from firm paralegals and case managers, handling PI and medical malpractice files in Virginia circuit courts.

Qualifications

• Active Virginia State Bar license in good standing; West Virginia admission a plus.
• 5+ years of civil litigation experience.
• At least two jury trials as first chair.
• Deposition experience, including medical providers or experts.
• Comfortable reading and summarizing medical records.
• Clear, persuasive writing; timed writing exercise.
• Insurance defense and insurer staff-counsel experience welcome.
• $140,000-$175,000 base salary, depending on trial experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage litigated PI and med mal matters from complaint through trial or resolution.
• Take and defend depositions of parties, treating physicians, and experts.
• Work through medical records and bills to build damages and value cases.
• Draft and argue motions, designations, and trial briefs.
• Try cases to verdict in Virginia circuit courts.
• Negotiate and mediate against insurers and defense counsel.
• Join the weekly Monday case meeting (remote is fine).

Skills

Civil litigation

Trial experience

Deposition experience

Oral advocacy

Legal writing

Reading medical records

Education

Active Virginia State Bar license

West Virginia admission a plus

Job description

Correll Law Firm, PC in Winchester, VA, seeks a Trial Attorney to handle a docket of litigated civil matters from filing through verdict. This is a hybrid role with in-person court appearances and remote work on most days.

You will chair your own cases with substantial support from firm paralegals and case managers, handling PI and medical malpractice files in Virginia circuit courts.