Sr Trial Attorney

NACBA; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Trial Division in the United States seeks a Senior Trial Attorney to lead and manage complex civil defense litigation across commercial and personal lines. You will represent clients as lead counsel, collaborate with a larger team, and maintain a high-volume, organized caseload in various jurisdictions.

Preference given to candidates with insurance defense background and a willingness to work across regions.

Qualifications

• Senior Trial Attorney with significant civil litigation experience in insurance defense or subrogation.
• Must demonstrate trial advocacy skills and ability to manage cases with minimal oversight.
• Insurance defense experience preferred and willingness to represent clients across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates trial advocacy skills independently as lead counsel or as part of a team.
• Manages cases with proactive case management and high-quality work product.
• Keeps abreast of changes in law, technology, local rules affecting liability and recovery litigation.
• Applies subject-matter expertise and develops new concentrations as needed.
• Provides timely, sound opinions on case valuations and communicates updates to clients and claims partners.
• Builds and maintains relationships with Office of the Chief Legal Officer, claims partners, and external contacts.
• Uses relationships to enhance NTD’s reputation and expand referrals.
• Communicates effectively with clients and internal teams, meeting expectations in writing and verbally.
• Mentors junior attorneys and NTD staff, modeling engagement, coaching and collaboration.
• Performs other responsibilities as assigned.
• The preferred candidate will have Insurance defense experience.

Skills

Trial advocacy

Case management

Legal analysis

Team leadership

Communication

Technology adoption

Job description

Would you thrive in an environment where you can deliver top-quality legal services to support the mission of a Fortune 100 insurance company’ to protect people, businesses and futures with extraordinary care? If you possess the academic credentials, strong analytical skills and legal acumen needed for successful litigation work, our team may be the place for you!

Nationwide Trial Division is a national team with approximately 40 offices through six regions across the United States. Our Senior Trial Attorneys are seasoned litigation attorneys with significant civil litigation experience in property and casualty insurance defense or subrogation. As a Senior Trial Attorney, you’ll represent clients under both commercial and personal lines insurance policies independently as lead counsel, as well as be part of a larger team as needed. Caseloads are typically including a mix of cases varying in complexity, severity, product lines, and specialized concentrations, throughout all courts and agencies in the assigned jurisdiction(s). You’ll be expected to maintain a highly productive case volume that reflects our collective commitment to innovative thinking, effective collaboration, embracing technology and a highly organized and proactive approach to case management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates the requisite trial advocacy skills independently as lead counsel, or as part of a team, demonstrates efficiency, proactive case management, work ethic, and work product quality to accurately and effectively handle all matters in accordance with Nationwide Trial Division (NTD) standard methodology guidelines, as well as claims and client expectations.
• Requires minimal managerial oversight and guidance from the Managing Trial Attorney and NTD Leadership in all aspects of core duties and job responsibilities.
  Adept at effectively utilizing technology and collaboratively working with support staff to ensure efficient case management and efficiency.
• Demonstrates consistent awareness of changes to the law, technology, local rules and other procedural requirements, or other aspects of the legal and insurance industries likely to impact liability and recovery litigation strategies in the jurisdictions in which he/she practices.
• Possesses and consistently performs with the subject matter expertise and trial advocacy skills required and specified for all NTD concentrations held.
• Demonstrates the ability and willingness to develop and learn additional or new NTD concentrations as may be required based on NTD business needs and as specified by NTD Leadership.
• Provides factually, legally and analytically sound opinions consistently on case valuations that are promptly updated and timely communicated to the client and claims.
• Independently establishes and maintains strong professional relationships with key associates within Office of the Chief Legal Officer and claims partners at the senior director level and below, as well as with colleagues within the legal and insurance industries within those jurisdictions and communities in which he/she practices.
• Utilizes relationships to build and improve NTD’s reputation and expand case referral opportunities within the enterprise.
• Communicates in a highly effective manner, consistently and proactively identifying, understanding and meeting client, claims and internal NTD communication expectations (both written and verbal), as well as those commonly expected within the jurisdictions and communities in which he/she practices.
• Serves as a mentor for junior attorneys and NTD staff providing guidance and training, as well as serving as role model in terms of engagement, coaching and feedback, efficiency, attitude and collaboration.
• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

The preferred candidate will have Insurance defense experience.

Areas of focus include appellate practice, commercial auto, commercial premises, commercial material damage, commercial properly, complex commercial, complex personal lines liability, homeowners liability, dog bite, slip and fall/trip and fall, trucking, liquor liability, wrongful death, federal practice, liquor liability, material damage, personal lines auto, personal lines property damage, premises liability, products liability, trucking defense, and uninsured/underinsured motorist.

The preferred candidate will be located in Seattle, WA or Portland, OR area. This will be a hybrid or fully remote position depending on location.