Insurance Defense Attorney

Distinct | North America; California; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking an Insurance Defense Attorney who can work fully remote from Los Angeles, CA. The role pays $150,000 to $200,000 annually. You will handle files from first notice in a carrier/insured defense practice, review medical records, manage discovery, prepare for depositions, and draft mediation briefs.

A California Bar license and civil defense experience are required. This position emphasizes performance-based bonuses and independent work, with a focus on efficient

Qualifications

• Requires California Bar admission and several years defending civil cases.

Responsibilities

• Review medical records and case files to prepare for defense.
• Handle interrogatories, requests for production, and motions to compel.
• Prepare insured for depositions and take plaintiff depositions.
• Draft mediation briefs and support trial preparation for unsettled files.

Skills

Civil litigation

Insurance defense

Remote work

Education

California Bar

Job description

Insurance Defense Attorney | Fully Remote, Los Angeles | $150,000 to $200,000

Every January your firm reads out the hours target, and you go home and work out how many Saturdays it's going to cost you this year.

This firm sets its target lower than most national firms do. Come in under it and your bonus is smaller, and nobody calls you into a room about it. A decent chunk of pro bono counts toward the number too, and if you've got a pro bono case you care about you can push for more of it to count. When bonuses get set they look at how busy your group was that year as well as your hours.

It's insurance defense for carriers and their insureds, general liability and casualty, out of Los Angeles and done from home. You'd run your own files from the first notice, and most months would look something like this:

• Going through eight hundred pages of medical records for what they leave out, before the plaintiff's expert gets there
• Interrogatories, requests for production, and the motion to compel when the responses come back thin
• Getting the insured ready for their deposition, and taking the plaintiff's
• Reports a claims adjuster can read in five minutes and do something with
• Mediation briefs, and trial on the files that won't settle

The pay's $150,000 to $200,000. They grow steadily, without the hire twenty then cut fifteen routine some firms go through, and they've got people whose whole job is making sure a lateral settles in. If your last move was a laptop, a login and a partner who forgot you'd started, you'll like that.

You’ll need the California Bar and some years defending civil cases, and you’ll want to be comfortable with nobody checking on your files every afternoon.