Senior Insurance Defense Trial Attorney - Massachusetts

Farmers Insurance; Milton (MA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Job summary

Farmers Insurance seeks an experienced Trial Attorney to join our Massachusetts staff counsel team, handling cases venued in the Boston area and surrounding counties. Attorneys work from home with in-person appearances as required, and the position offers bonus potential up to 20% of salary along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities include leading hearings and trials, advising on legal strategy for personal injury claims, and ensuring regulatory compliance while supervising

Qualifications

• Seven years of litigation experience required.
• Insurance defense, personal injury, and/or jury trial experience preferred.
• First and second chair trial experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in insurance defense matters, including moderate to high complexity cases.
• Lead hearings, conferences, interviews, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
• Advise Claims Executives on legal strategy and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Litigation

Insurance defense

Jury trial

Trial strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Legal research tools

Job description

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Remote ( #LI-Remote )

We are seeking an experienced Trial Attorney with experience handling complex matters to join our Massachusetts staff counsel team and handle cases venued primarily in the Boston area and surrounding counties. Our attorneys work from home and handle in-person appearances and trials as required. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including annual bonus potential up to 20% of the salary, generous 401k, auto allowance, PTO, medical/dental/vision, paid parental leave, and much more all without the stress of billable hours!

• This position is responsible for representing clients in all areas of insurance defense practice, handling cases that are primarily moderate to high complexity and exposure and/or involve unique insurance defense issues.
• Litigates moderate to high complexity and exposure cases and/or cases involving unique legal or procedural issues and performs duties necessary from intake to trial and/or settlement.
• Acts as the lead attorney at hearings, conferences, interviews, mediations, arbitrations, and/or trials.
• Utilizes knowledge of legal precedents to analyze the probable outcomes of a case.
• Consults with Claims Executive team and renders legal strategy recommendations regarding the legal aspects of the handling of personal injury claims.
• Provides guidance to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Interprets applicable industry laws, rulings and regulations.
• Functionally supervises attorneys who are assisting in the handling of cases as development opportunities.

Job is performed in-person at a Farmers office or virtually at an approved alternative work location. Job may include work performed at field locations. Normal and customary distractions include background noise produced by office equipment and chatter among people, as well as interruptions. Field work performed outdoors may include exposure to weather elements. Frequently sits or stands for prolonged periods of time, up to a full shift. Occasionally moves, pushes, pulls, lifts, carries, and places objects or materials weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance. Frequently uses shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers to manipulate equipment, tools, and objects necessary to perform job duties. Frequently performs fine motor tasks such as typing, mousing, or writing, up to a full shift. Jobs in this category may require regular travel between Farmers offices, alternative work locations, and/or field locations.

Required job duties are normally performed in a climate- controlled office environment, with some exposure to uncontrollable outside environmental conditions and travel via automobile and/or commercial transportation.

• Bachelors degree preferred.
• Licensed to practice Law in applicable states required upon hire.

• Seven years of litigation experience required.
• Insurance defense, personal injury, and/or jury trial experience required.
• First and second chair trial experience in bodily injury litigation strongly preferred.
• Possesses a genuine interest in the defense of Insurance regulations.
• Adept and proficient at using technology to maximize efficiency in virtual, paperless environment.

• ~Medical
• ~ Dental
• ~ Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• ~ Life Insurance

Farmers will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance or other applicable law. Section 1033, Farmers is prohibited from employing any individual who has been convicted of any criminal felony involving dishonesty or a breach of trust without prior written consent from the state Department of Insurance.

Farmers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in any employer/employee relations based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military and veteran's status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.