Personal Injury Attorney

Ben Hall Law; East Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ben Hall Law in East Lansing seeks an attorney to take ownership of its personal injury caseload, currently about 27 open files, from records requests through trial. You will craft a defensible strategy, prepare demand packages, and move strong cases toward settlement or trial.

We screen cases carefully and value quality over volume. Expect to draft and file pleadings, conduct discovery, take depositions, and present at evaluations or in court.

Qualifications

• Active license with the State Bar of Michigan, in good standing.
• 2+ years handling personal injury, auto negligence, or No-Fault cases on either the plaintiff or defense side.
• Has taken and defended depositions.
• Physically located in Michigan with ability to travel to court when required.
• Has drafted and argued dispositive motions in Michigan courts.

Responsibilities

• Manage a personal injury caseload from claims verification through resolution, including liability analysis, damages, coverage, and threshold issues.
• Handle first-party PIP claims and third-party tort claims.
• Build and send demand packages, then negotiate with adjusters and defense counsel.
• Draft and file complaints, conduct discovery, take and defend depositions, and argue motions.
• Prepare and present cases at case evaluation, facilitation, and trial.
• Keep clients informed about their cases.
• Help grade incoming cases and decide which ones the firm takes.

Skills

Active Michigan Bar license

PI experience (2+ years)

Deposition experience

Travel ability

Job description

Our personal injury practice has grown past what Ben Hall can work alone. We need an attorney to take ownership of the caseload, from the first records request through the demand, facilitation, and trial.

About the firm

We are a 12-person firm in East Lansing and are opening a second office in Owosso. Ben Hall founded the firm after serving in the Marine Corps and then working as a Michigan police officer, a CPS caseworker, an Ingham County prosecutor, and an insurance defense attorney. He has sat on the other side of the table, and we use what he learned there in every case.

We handle personal injury, criminal defense, and child protective work for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. On the personal injury side, that means auto negligence, Michigan No-Fault (PIP), and premises liability, taken on contingency with fees capped at one-third. We appear in Ingham, Eaton, Shiawassee, Livingston, Gratiot, Ionia, Clinton, Genesee, Washtenaw, and Jackson counties.

About the role

You will carry the firm’s personal injury caseload, which is currently about 27 open cases, and you will grow it. Twelve months in, success looks like this:

• Every file has a clear strategy and a valuation you can defend.
• Demand packages go out complete, with records, bills, and liens documented.
• Cases that should settle do settle, at the right number.
• Cases that should be tried are being worked up for trial.

This is a practice that is still being built. You won’t inherit a 20-year system. You will help write the standards. We also screen cases hard and would rather carry fewer strong cases than a pile of weak ones. If you want volume for its own sake, this is not the job.

What you’ll do

• Manage a personal injury caseload from claims verification through resolution, including liability analysis, damages, coverage, and threshold issues.
• Handle first-party PIP claims and third-party tort claims.
• Build and send demand packages, then negotiate with adjusters and defense counsel.
• Draft and file complaints, conduct discovery, take and defend depositions, and argue motions.
• Prepare and present cases at case evaluation, facilitation, and trial.
• Keep clients informed about their cases.
• Help grade incoming cases and decide which ones the firm takes.

Required

• Active license with the State Bar of Michigan, in good standing
• 2+ years handling personal injury, auto negligence, or No-Fault cases on either the plaintiff or defense side
• Has taken and defended depositions
• Physically located in Michigan with ability to travel to court when required
• Has drafted and argued dispositive motions in Michigan courts

Preferred

• Insurance defense experience
• First-chair trial experience
• Experience representing clients at Michigan case evaluation or facilitation
• Experience with first-party PIP litigation after the 2019 No-Fault reforms