Litigation Partner, Medical Malpractice Defense

Distinct | North America; West Palm Beach (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment is assisting a client firm in West Palm Beach, FL, to hire a Litigation Partner in Medical Malpractice Defense. The role demands leadership of cases and people, with first-chair trial responsibility and a focus on strategic defense for physicians, hospitals, and healthcare providers.

This hybrid position offers real authority over strategy and staffing, with close collaboration with carriers and in-house counsel.

Qualifications

• Substantial Florida medical malpractice defense experience, including first chair trial work.

Responsibilities

• Lead the defense of physicians, hospitals, surgical groups and other healthcare providers.
• First chair trials and set strategic direction across medical negligence dockets.
• Manage expert strategy on causation and standard of care questions.
• Supervise and mentor associates and counsel from presuit through trial.
• Build relationships with carriers, risk managers and in-house counsel at healthcare clients.

Skills

First chair trial work

Florida malpractice defense

Credibility with healthcare clients

Job description

Litigation Partner, Medical Malpractice Defense | West Palm Beach, FL | $200,000+ | Medical Malpractice Defense

Hospitals don't really hire firms. They hire the lawyer they trust to pick up the phone on a Friday evening when a serious adverse event has just happened.

If you're that lawyer for a group of providers, or you could be with the right platform behind you, I'd like to talk.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment, and I'm recruiting a medical malpractice defense partner in West Palm Beach for a client firm. It's a hybrid role for someone who wants to lead cases, lead people and shape a healthcare defense practice.

What the role involves

• Leading the defense of physicians, hospitals, surgical groups and other healthcare providers
• First chairing trials and making the key strategic calls across a medical negligence docket
• Managing expert strategy on complex causation and standard of care questions
• Supervising and mentoring associates and counsel, from presuit through trial
• Building relationships with carriers, risk managers and in house counsel at healthcare clients

What you'll bring

• Substantial Florida medical malpractice defense experience, including first chair trial work
• Florida Bar license in good standing
• Credibility with healthcare clients and their insurers
• A portable book is preferred, but it isn't required. Strong provider and carrier relationships, and a record at trial, count for a great deal

The terms

• Hybrid, based in West Palm Beach
• A partnership with real authority over strategy and staffing

A word on timing. Partners in medical malpractice defense often stay put longer than they'd like, because their clients are loyal and moving feels risky. In healthcare, though, trust tends to be personal. A considered move, handled properly, can strengthen those relationships rather than strain them.

Everything we discuss stays confidential. I'll explain the platform, the support and how origination would be recognized, and you can decide from there.