Litigation Associate, Medical Malpractice Defense

Distinct | North America; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment represents a client in Miami seeking a Litigation Associate in Medical Malpractice Defense. The role combines courtroom work with strategic case management in a hybrid setting and offers growth toward first-chair trials.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of litigation experience, preferably in medical malpractice defense, and holds a Florida Bar license in good standing. The position emphasizes collaboration with providers and carriers to manage complex timelines and records.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of litigation experience, with medical malpractice defense preferred.
• Florida Bar license in good standing.
• A clear head with complicated records and timelines.
• The patience to explain a clinical issue simply, to a client, a mediator or a jury.

Responsibilities

• Defending physicians, hospitals, surgical centers, nursing staff and other providers
• Florida presuit investigation and the medical negligence process from notice of intent onward
• Working with expert witnesses to test causation and standard of care, and taking and defending expert depositions
• Preparing your provider clients to testify, often the most delicate part of the job
• Motions, hearings and trial preparation, with time in the courtroom and first chair trials as you progress
• Reporting to carriers and risk managers, and becoming a trusted contact for them

Skills

Litigation experience

Medical malpractice defense

Florida Bar license

Job description

Litigation Associate, Medical Malpractice Defense | Miami, FL | $125,000 to $200,000 | Medical Malpractice Defense

Medicine changes faster than case law does. A standard of care argument that worked five years ago can fall apart once the guidelines move, which is why the best medical malpractice defense lawyers read journals as well as opinions.

If that sounds like you, I'd like to introduce you to an opportunity in Miami.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment, recruiting on behalf of a client firm for a medical malpractice defense associate. It's hybrid, it pays properly, and it's a role where you handle the medicine and the litigation yourself rather than preparing binders for someone else.

Here's what the work involves:

• Defending physicians, hospitals, surgical centers, nursing staff and other providers
• Florida presuit investigation and the medical negligence process from notice of intent onward
• Working with expert witnesses to test causation and standard of care, and taking and defending expert depositions
• Preparing your provider clients to testify, often the most delicate part of the job
• Motions, hearings and trial preparation, with time in the courtroom and first chair trials as you progress
• Reporting to carriers and risk managers, and becoming a trusted contact for them

And here's what you'll need:

• 2+ years of litigation experience, with medical malpractice defense preferred
• Florida Bar license in good standing
• A clear head with complicated records and timelines
• The patience to explain a clinical issue simply, to a client, a mediator or a jury

The salary range below is wide on purpose. An experienced associate or counsel level lawyer will be paid accordingly, take on the more serious and complex cases, lead at trial and help guide newer attorneys through their first difficult expert depositions. The role grows with you rather than stopping at a certain level.

The practical bits:

• $125,000 to $200,000 depending on experience
• Progression toward partnership for those who build a practice

Provider clients tend to remember the lawyer who sat with them before a deposition and made a frightening process feel manageable. That relationship is a big part of what makes this practice rewarding, and it only happens when you're trusted to run the file.