Litigation Partner, Personal Injury Defense

Distinct | North America; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment is seeking a seasoned personal injury defense partner for a premier Orlando firm. The ideal candidate will lead a docket of PI and bodily injury defense matters, try key cases as first chair, and set strategy on high-value files while mentoring associates and junior attorneys.

In this on-site role based in Orlando, you will cultivate relationships with insurers and TPAs, contribute to growing the local practice, and manage a portable book of business with a competitive

Qualifications

• Extensive personal injury or bodily injury defense experience, with a real trial record.
• Leadership: you've managed people and files at the same time
• Strong standing with claims professionals

Responsibilities

• Leading a docket of personal injury and bodily injury defense: motor vehicle, premises and general negligence
• Trying the most significant cases as first chair
• Setting strategy on high value files and advising clients on exposure
• Leading, training and reviewing the work of associates and attorneys
• Owning relationships with insurers, TPAs and self insured clients
• Contributing to how the Orlando practice grows

Skills

PI/Bodily injury defense

Leadership

Claims relationships

Job description

That's the conversation I'd like to have with you.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment, and I'm hiring a personal injury defense partner for a firm in Orlando. The firm works together in the office, and the partner who joins will be at the center of a team that values being in the same room.

The role

• Leading a docket of personal injury and bodily injury defense: motor vehicle, premises and general negligence
• Trying the most significant cases as first chair
• Setting strategy on high value files and advising clients on exposure
• Leading, training and reviewing the work of associates and attorneys
• Owning relationships with insurers, TPAs and self insured clients
• Contributing to how the Orlando practice grows

On books of business

A portable book is preferred, not required. A book will naturally feed into the compensation discussion. But if you're a proven trial lawyer whose clients have always sat with your current firm, you're still very much who I want to speak to.

What you'll bring

• Extensive personal injury or bodily injury defense experience, with a real trial record
• Leadership: you've managed people and files at the same time
• Strong standing with claims professionals

Compensation and hours

• $200,000+, negotiable on book and experience
• 1,950 billable hours a year
• Based in the Orlando office

Why it appeals to partners

• Influence over the practice, not just your own docket
• A close team where good associates are developed properly
• Clients who want a lawyer prepared to go to verdict
• A central Florida market with plenty of trial work