Insurance Defense Attorney

Distinct | North America; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) profit sharing

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life and AD&D

Short/long-term disability

FSAs

Job summary

Distinct | North America is seeking Insurance Defense Attorneys at all levels to join our Virginia offices in Fairfax, Richmond, Roanoke or Virginia Beach. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement with pay set by level and market.

Associate 3–7 years: $115,000 to $150,000; Senior 8–15 years: $140,000 to $200,000; Partner: $180,000 to $225,000+, with potential bonuses and origination on the table.

Qualifications

• JD and Virginia license required.
• At least 3 years of insurance defense experience for associate level.

Responsibilities

• Handle general liability, personal injury, product liability and professional liability matters.
• Manage your own pleadings, motions, depositions and trial prep.
• Represent clients from household name corporations to individuals and small businesses.

Skills

Insurance defense

Trial prep

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Insurance Defense Attorney (All Levels) | Fairfax, Richmond, Roanoke or Virginia Beach, VA (Hybrid) | $115,000 to $225,000+

You’ve won a case on contributory negligence. Then you spent twenty minutes on the phone explaining to an adjuster three states away why that’s even allowed.

Virginia defense lawyers carry a different toolkit. A national defense firm wants more of them, and I’m recruiting on their behalf.

The brief they gave me is unusually open. They want insurance defense attorneys at any level, from any corner of the practice. Auto, premises, product liability, professional liability, construction, employment. If a carrier was paying for the defense, it counts.

Pick your office

• Northern Virginia, Richmond, Roanoke or Virginia Beach.
• Hybrid wherever you land, with flexible schedules.
• Pay is set by level and market
• Associate, 3 to 7 years: $115,000 to $150,000. Your own files from suit to trial.
• Senior attorney, 8 to 15 years: $140,000 to $200,000. A caseload you shape.
• Partner level: $180,000 to $225,000+, with origination and bonus on the table.

What you’d be handling

• General liability, personal injury, product liability and professional liability.
• Clients from household name corporations to individuals and small business owners.
• Your own pleadings, motions, depositions and trial prep.

The firm behind it

• Offices across several states plus DC. They add a seat when the work is already waiting for it.
• 401(k) profit sharing, medical, dental and vision, life and AD&D, short and long term disability, FSAs and holiday pay.

You’ll need

• A JD and an active Virginia license.
• At least 3 years of insurance defense.