Litigation Attorney, Bodily Injury Defense

Distinct | North America; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment is seeking a Litigation Attorney focused on Bodily Injury Defense in Jacksonville, FL. The role offers a substantive caseload from soft tissue to permanent injury with first chair trial opportunities and direct reporting to carrier clients.

The successful candidate will hold Florida Bar admission and have 2+ years of litigation experience, with the credibility and courtroom presence to advance to partner-level potential over time.

Qualifications

• Florida Bar admission required and 2+ years of litigation experience.
• Experience handling bodily injury/personal injury claims.
• Ability to analyze medical records, causation and damages.
• Willingness to take depositions, hearings and mediations.
• Trial work with first chair opportunities and direct reporting to carrier clients.

Responsibilities

• A caseload of bodily injury and personal injury claims, from soft tissue to permanent injury.
• Analyzing medical records, causation and damages.
• Taking depositions, handling hearings and running mediations.
• Trial work, with first chair opportunities.
• Direct reporting to carrier clients.

Skills

Trial experience

Deposition handling

Medical records analysis

Causation and damages

Client communication

Education

Florida Bar

2+ years litigation experience

Job description

Litigation Attorney, Bodily Injury Defense | Jacksonville, FL | $125,000 to $200,000 | Bodily Injury / Personal Injury

Credibility is the whole game in bodily injury defense. The plaintiff's, the treating doctor's, and, more than most people realize, yours. Adjusters, mediators and judges all keep a quiet tally of which lawyers mean what they say.

This role is for an attorney who wants to build that kind of credibility in Jacksonville, with files that let them.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment, recruiting a bodily injury defense attorney for an insurance defense firm.

At a glance

• Florida Bar and 2+ years of litigation experience

What the work involves

• A caseload of bodily injury and personal injury claims, from soft tissue to permanent injury
• Analyzing medical records, causation and damages
• Taking depositions, handling hearings and running mediations
• Trial work, with first chair opportunities
• Direct reporting to carrier clients

Who does well here

Attorneys who like responsibility. The firm gives real exposure: your name on the file, your voice at the hearing, your recommendation in the report. Mid level attorneys get a fast education. Experienced attorneys and those at counsel level get the larger cases, mentor others, run trials and build client relationships. The salary range is wide on purpose so experience is properly rewarded.

The longer view

A path to partner that's discussed openly. If you see yourself leading a team in a few years, say so on our first call. It shapes the conversation, and it helps me make the right case for you.

A thought on timing

The best moment to move is usually when you're doing well, not when you're fed up. You negotiate from strength, you choose carefully, and you arrive with momentum. If your current role is fine but not taking you anywhere new, that's worth a conversation.