Litigation Attorney, Construction Defect

Distinct | North America; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment in Orlando is hiring a construction defect defense attorney for an insurance defense firm. You carry your own files, coordinate with experts, and sit at the mediation table with a partner who discusses strategy, not just time entries.

We seek lawyers with 2+ years of construction defect defense experience who can cover residential communities, condos, and commercial builds across Central Florida, including site inspections, tenders and cross claims, with a hybrid start and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of construction defect defense experience.
• Ability to manage entire file from notice to resolution.
• Comfort with depositions, mediations and hearings.

Responsibilities

• Handle construction defect defense for contractors, trades and design professionals.
• Coordinate site inspections, experts, tenders and cross-claims.
• Represent clients at depositions, mediations and hearings toward trial.

Job description

When did you last take a construction defect file from first notice all the way to resolution and understand every moving part?

For a lot of CD associates, the answer is never. The file gets split. Someone else runs the experts. Someone else goes to mediation. You draft the discovery and hear how it ended in a hallway.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment. I'm hiring a construction defect defense attorney in Orlando for an insurance defense firm that works differently. You carry your own files. You work the experts. You sit at the mediation table. And there's a partner nearby who wants to talk strategy, not just check your time entries.

What lands on your desk

• Construction defect defense for contractors, trades and design professionals
• Residential communities, condos and commercial builds across Central Florida
• Site inspections, expert coordination, tenders and cross claims
• Depositions, mediations and hearings, building towards trial

The terms

• Hybrid to start, with time in the Orlando office each week, and the option to go remote once you're settled in
• 1,900 billable hours a year
• $125,000 to $180,000, depending on experience. Broad by design, so it works for a mid level and for a counsel level lawyer

Who this is for

• Lawyers with 2+ years of construction defect defense. The work is specialist, so CD experience is a must
• People who like knowing the whole file, not just their slice of it
• Anyone who wants to build a name in a niche that pays off for years

The reason to move

Construction defect is a practice you get better at by doing it, file after file, with someone showing you what good looks like. That's the offer here. Proper mentoring. A caseload that leaves you time to think. People who notice your work and say so. Over time, that becomes a practice you own, not one you borrow.