Litigation Defense Attorney

Palermo Rhodes; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Parental leave

Military leave

Flexible spending

12 paid holidays

Flexible PTO

Education program

Phone stipend

Identity theft protection

Travel discounts

Job summary

Palermo Rhodes in Boston is seeking a Litigation Associate for civil defense with a hybrid work arrangement. You manage an own docket from start to finish, handle pleadings, motions, discovery, and deadlines, and conduct and defend depositions.

You will work directly with clients, experts, and partners on strategy and own client communication on your files. The role emphasizes general liability, medical malpractice, products liability, and other civil defense matters, with growth opportunities

Qualifications

• JD from an ABA accredited law school.
• Admitted to the Massachusetts bar.
• At least one year of civil litigation experience in MA state and federal court.
• You have taken and defended depositions.
• Able to draft and argue a dispositive motion.
• Self-starter and able to work without constant supervision.

Responsibilities

• Handle your own docket from inception to resolution.
• Pleadings, motions, discovery, and deadlines.
• Depositions of fact and expert witnesses, taken and defended.
• Appear at hearings and trials, and argue dispositive motions.
• Directly work with clients, experts, and partners on strategy.

Skills

Deposition experience

Self-starter

Oral advocacy

Client communication

Education

JD from ABA accredited law school

Job description

LITIGATION ASSOCIATE, CIVIL DEFENSE

Boston, Massachusetts. Hybrid.

$110,000 to $125,000

You run your own files. Not someone else's document review.

A well established Northeast civil defense firm is adding associates to its Boston litigation group. You take a caseload from inception to resolution, and you get in a courtroom early.

What you'd handle

Your own docket, start to finish. Pleadings, motions, discovery, and your own deadlines.

Depositions of fact and expert witnesses, taken and defended. Hearings and trials. Dispositive motions you draft and then argue yourself.

You work directly with clients, experts, and partners on strategy, and you own the client communication on your files.

What you'd work on

Pick a lane or keep it broad. General liability and premises defense, medical malpractice and long term care, products liability, professional liability, commercial and business litigation, construction, trucking and vehicular defense, employment.

What you need

• JD from an ABA accredited law school
• Admitted to the Massachusetts bar
• At least one year of civil litigation experience, in Massachusetts state and federal court
• You have taken and defended depositions
• You can draft a dispositive motion and then stand up and argue it
• Self starter. Nobody is going to chase you for a status update

Compensation

$110,000 to $125,000 depending on experience, plus medical, dental and vision, 401k, short and long term disability, life insurance, parental and military leave, flexible spending, 12 paid holidays, flexible PTO, associate education program, mobile phone stipend, identity theft protection, and ticket and travel discounts.

Why this seat

One of the premier litigation firms in the Northeast, with AV rated attorneys who actually mentor instead of delegating and disappearing. Hands on work from day one, real variety in the caseload, and hybrid flexibility.

If you want to try cases instead of reading about them, this is the seat.