Litigation Attorney, Auto Defense

Distinct | North America; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 125.000 - 200.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Distinct Recruitment is helping a Tampa-based insurance defense firm hire a Litigation Attorney. You’ll own an auto liability docket from notice to resolution and handle depositions, motions, mediations, and trial work with real client-facing responsibility.

The role is hybrid in Tampa with around 1,950 billable hours annually and a salary range of $125,000 to $200,000, reflecting mid-level to counsel-ready experience. Partnerships are accessible and active to support your growth.

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years of litigation experience, ideally on the defense side.
• A preference for doing the work over watching it.
• Comfort managing a busy caseload with attention to detail.

Aufgaben

• Own your auto liability docket from notice to resolution.
• Take and defend depositions of plaintiffs, treating physicians, accident reconstruction experts, and corporate representatives.
• Argue motions and hearings.
• Attend mediations and set strategy for the client.
• Perform trial work with real courtroom responsibility.
• Maintain direct contact with carrier adjusters and insureds.

Kenntnisse

Litigation experience

Defense work

Detail-oriented

Jobbeschreibung

Litigation Attorney | Tampa, FL | $125,000 to $200,000 | Auto

Three deposition notices landed on your desk this morning, and not one of them has your name next to the words "taking attorney". You prepped the outline, you briefed the partner, and you'll sit beside them taking notes.

That arrangement makes sense for about a year. After that it quietly stops being training and starts being a habit.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal from Distinct Recruitment, and I'm hiring a Litigation Attorney for an insurance defense firm in Tampa that hands auto defense lawyers the questioning, not the notepad.

The seat

• Your own docket of auto liability files, from the first claim notice to resolution
• Taking and defending depositions: plaintiffs, treating physicians, accident reconstruction experts, corporate representatives
• Arguing your own motions and hearings
• Mediations where you set the strategy and speak for the client
• Trial work, with real responsibility in the courtroom rather than a seat at the back
• Direct, regular contact with carrier adjusters and insureds

Auto defense is a brilliant training ground precisely because the files move. Liability gets argued, damages get picked apart, experts disagree, and cases actually reach a courtroom. A lawyer who runs thirty of these files properly learns more about trial preparation in two years than many litigators learn in five. The trick is being at a firm that lets you run them.

What you bring

• 2+ years of litigation experience, ideally on the defense side
• A preference for doing the work over watching it
• Comfort managing a busy caseload without losing sight of the detail

The practical bit

• Hybrid working, based out of Tampa
• 1,950 billable hours a year
• Salary $125,000 to $200,000. The range is wide on purpose: it has room for a mid level associate and for someone already working at counsel level
• Partners who are around and reachable, so questions get answered the same day

Who tends to thrive here

• People who like a bit of pressure. Lawyers who prepare thoroughly and then enjoy the moment of standing up. Attorneys who want their name on files, emails, motions and verdict forms. If you are earlier in your career, you\'ll get the structure to grow into that. If you\'re more senior, you\'ll get the room to run with it.

Why move now

Tampa's insurance defense market is busy, and good auto defense lawyers are being asked to carry more. The question is whether you're carrying more responsibility or just more admin. This role is designed around the first one.