Litigation Attorney, General Liability Defense

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

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment is hiring a Litigation Attorney for an insurance defense firm in Orlando. This office-based, full-time role offers ownership of your own files and active courtroom involvement from early on.

Requirements include 2+ years of litigation experience and the ability to manage a full caseload with strong organizational skills. The position includes significant interaction with adjusters and insured businesses.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of litigation experience.
• Organization that holds up under a full caseload.

Responsibilities

• Premises liability, negligent security, slip and fall and general negligence claims.
• Your own files, managed end to end.
• Depositions of plaintiffs, witnesses and experts, taken by you.
• Drafting and arguing motions, including dispositive motions.
• Mediation strategy and attendance.
• Trial preparation and real courtroom involvement.
• Regular contact with adjusters and insured businesses.

Skills

Litigation experience

Organization

Trial preparation

Job description

You walk out of a hearing you argued yourself. The partner who supervises you is twenty feet away when you get back to the office, so you knock on the door and spend ten minutes talking through what went well and what you'd change.

That ten minute conversation, repeated a few hundred times, is how good trial lawyers get made. It's very hard to replicate on a video call.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal of Distinct Recruitment. I'm hiring a Litigation Attorney for an insurance defense firm in Orlando, working on general liability defense. This is an office based role, full time in Orlando, and I'd argue that's one of its best features.

The work

• Premises liability, negligent security, slip and fall and general negligence claims
• Your own files, managed end to end
• Depositions of plaintiffs, witnesses and experts, taken by you
• Drafting and arguing motions, including dispositive motions
• Mediation strategy and attendance
• Trial preparation and real courtroom involvement
• Regular contact with adjusters and insured businesses

The exposure

General liability files are a fantastic way to build trial skills. Facts are disputed, witnesses remember things differently and juries respond to clear storytelling. The firm gives attorneys ownership of their files and puts them in front of clients and courts early. You won't be waiting years for your first real moment.

What you'll need

• 2+ years of litigation experience
• Organization that holds up under a full caseload

Details

• Based in the Orlando office, full time
• 1,900 billable hours a year
• $125,000 to $200,000. I've kept the range broad so it works for a mid level associate and for someone at counsel level
• Partners who are physically there and genuinely available

Why the office is a feature

Learning by osmosis is real. You hear how a senior lawyer handles a difficult adjuster call. You get pulled into a strategy discussion because you happened to be nearby. You ask the quick question instead of saving it for an email that never gets sent. For attorneys who want to accelerate, being around good lawyers every day is a shortcut.

Who'll get the most out of it

Attorneys who want mentoring without hand holding. People who want responsibility and someone nearby to sense check their thinking. Lawyers who'd rather sharpen their skills in person than coast.