Senior Litigation Attorney (Remote)

MEM; Springfield (MO); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in insurance is seeking a Senior Litigation Attorney to provide skilled legal representation in workers' compensation litigation. The role involves managing high exposure disputes, offering legal advice, and negotiating settlements. Candidates should possess a Juris Doctor Degree and have significant experience in legal practice.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of experience in legal practice managing complex issues.
• Licensed in Missouri required, Illinois license a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage high exposure disputes and litigation, including trials and appeals.
• Provide legal advice on complex matters including conflicts and medical treatment.
• Negotiate settlement of workers' compensation claims as authorized.

Skills

Legal Representation

Negotiation

Legal Research

Education

Juris Doctor Degree

Job description

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Are you driven to keep people safe? That’s what we do every day at MEM Insurance.

We’ve created a casual, values-driven work culture that’s making a positive impact on the way people live and work. This is a place where you can grow with confidence — because that’s what safety and success really mean to us.

Job Purpose

This position will provide efficient and skilled legal representation to MEM and/or its policyholders in workers' compensation litigation through settlement, trial, or appeal, and to issue advisory opinions on legal issues, including issues of policy inception and coverage as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Manage high exposure disputes and litigation, including trials and appeals to Labor & Industrial Relations Commission and Courts of Appeals.
• Provide legal advice on complex matters including conflicts, discovery, lost time, medical treatment, permanent partial disability, vocational issues, occupational diseases, firefighter cancer, fatal cases, mesothelioma, permanent total disability, and other serious cases.
• Appear in all state courts and before all Workers Compensation Division administrative law judges in pre-trial, trial, and post-trial proceedings, including appeals. Act as lead counsel at trials and hearings.
• Conduct depositions and discovery of witnesses, prepare pleadings, discovery, motions, and briefs independently.
• Develop and present legal defense strategies, including witness and evidence presentation at trials and hearings.
• Negotiate settlement of workers' compensation claims as authorized.
• Conduct legal research, prepare opinions, and advise claims and management departments.
• Build effective relationships with internal clients, especially the claims team, providing high-quality legal services.
• Review outside attorney work and billings, and evaluate litigation outcomes.

Minimum Requirements

• Juris Doctor Degree; licensed in Missouri required, Illinois license a plus.
• Minimum of eight years of experience in legal practice managing complex issues, with emphasis on insurance law and/or workers' compensation law.