Insurance Defense Attorney

Distinct | North America; California; À distance; USD 150 000 - 200 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Distinct | North America is seeking an Insurance Defense Attorney for a fully remote role based out of Los Angeles. You will manage files from the initial notice through discovery, depositions, mediation briefs, and trial, with a compensation range of $150,000 to $200,000.

Requirements include California Bar admission and several years defending civil cases. The role offers autonomy, a performance-based bonus structure, and exposure to high-volume civil defense matters.

Qualifications

• California Bar admission required and several years defending civil cases.
• Ability to manage files from the initial notice through trial.
• Experience with depositions, discovery, and mediation briefs.

Responsabilités

• Handle insurance defense matters from first notice to trial.
• Prepare for depositions and respond to discovery requests.
• Draft mediation briefs and trial-related filings.

Connaissances

Civil litigation

Deposition

Legal research

Case management

Formation

California Bar admission

Description du poste

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.