Insurance Defense and Coverage Associate

Distinct | North America; California; Remote; USD 175,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking an Insurance Defense and Coverage Associate to work fully remote from California. The role focuses on defending insureds in state and federal court across California, handling depositions, discovery, and law and motion with tight case management.

The insurance carrier and insured must be kept up to date as cases move through litigation. The team also handles first party coverage matters alongside defense work, requiring the ability to manage both sides of

Qualifications

• Must be admitted to the California Bar.
• Experience defending insureds in state and federal court in CA.
• Experience taking depositions, conducting discovery, and handling law and motion.

Responsibilities

• Defend insured clients in state and federal court across California.
• Take depositions, conduct discovery, and argue law and motion as needed.
• Coordinate with carrier and insured to keep all parties up to date as cases progress.

Skills

Civil defense litigation

Independent file management

Education

California Bar

Job description

Insurance Defense and Coverage Associate | Fully Remote, California | $175,000 to $240,000

You took the file when it was a rear end collision with a soft tissue claim. Eighteen months later the plaintiff had a new lawyer, a spine surgeon on the witness list and a demand with seven figures in it, and the carrier moved it to a national firm with a bigger bench. You wrote the handover memo yourself, and you were gracious about it.

This job puts you on the receiving end of that memo.

It's insurance defense at a national firm, fully remote anywhere in California, and right now there's more work than people. The files are waiting, so you won't spend your first six months hoping something decent comes in. Day to day you'd be defending insureds in state and federal court across California, taking depositions, doing the discovery and the law and motion, and keeping the carrier and the insured up to date as the case moves.

The same group does coverage work alongside the defense, with first party in the team too. When a coverage issue comes up halfway through a case it lands with you, and you end up working both sides of the same claim.

It pays $175,000 to $240,000, and they'd be looking for:

• Civil defense litigation in California, and the habit of running your own files without anyone hovering
• The California Bar