Insurance Defense Attorney: Path to Partner in Westchester

Jobot; Armonk (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off and holidays

Opportunity to join growing practice

Job summary

Jobot is seeking an Insurance Defense Attorney to join our Westchester office in Armonk, NY, defending insurers and businesses in high-exposure litigation, with a clear track to partnership.

You will manage a defense caseload from pleadings to trial, handling general liability, trucking, premises, and product liability claims while supervising depositions and working with senior trial attorneys to shape strategy.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of civil litigation experience, with insurance defense preferred.
• JD with active New York bar in good standing.
• Experience with depositions, motion practice, and trial prep.

Responsibilities

• Manage an insurance defense caseload from assignment through resolution, including pleadings, discovery, motion practice, mediation, and trial.
• Defend general liability, trucking and transportation, premises liability, product liability, and catastrophic injury claims.
• Draft and argue dispositive motions, discovery motions, and other substantive filings in New York state and federal courts.
• Take and defend depositions, including plaintiffs, fact witnesses, and experts.
• Conduct early case evaluations and prepare litigation budgets and status reports for carriers and clients.
• Investigate claims, including coordinating with adjusters, investigators, and experts.
• Prepare cases for arbitration, mediation, and trial, including witness preparation and exhibit development.
• Communicate regularly with clients and claims professionals on case strategy, exposure, and settlement value.
• Collaborate with partners and the broader insurance defense team on case strategy and litigation management.

Skills

Insurance defense

Civil litigation

Deposition & motion practice

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Jobot is seeking an Insurance Defense Attorney to join our Westchester office in Armonk, NY, defending insurers and businesses in high-exposure litigation, with a clear track to partnership.

You will manage a defense caseload from pleadings to trial, handling general liability, trucking, premises, and product liability claims while supervising depositions and working with senior trial attorneys to shape strategy.