Subrogation & Recovery - Department Attorney

Cozen O'Connor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cozen O'Connor in Charlotte, NC seeks a Department Attorney for its Subrogation & Recovery Department to join a dynamic team in a 9-5 role without the pressure of billable hours. Responsibilities include evaluating and handling large property claims, coordinating investigations and experts, and client reporting. Ideal candidates have at least two years in insurance, construction, or commercial litigation, with a license in good standing in the resident state.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' experience handling insurance claims, construction claims, or commercial litigation.
• Excellent interpersonal, research and writing skills.
• Licensed attorney in good standing in the resident state.

Responsibilities

• Triage large property claims and coordinate investigations.
• Coordinate retention and management of experts.
• Provide client reporting and identify recovery opportunities.
• Identify theories of liability and viable recovery paths.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Research

Legal writing

Analytical thinking

Education

Licensed attorney in good standing in resident state

Job description

Cozen O'Connor is seeking a Department Attorney for our Subrogation & Recovery Department to join our dynamic team in our Charlotte office. Come work at an AmLaw 100 firm in a 9-5 role without the pressure of billable hours! Responsibilities include evaluating and handling large property claims including coordinating the investigation, retention, and management of experts, identifying potential theories of liability, and client reporting. The role is primarily to triage large losses, closing those that are nonviable with client approval, and identifying claims with an appropriate factual and legal basis for pursuit of recovery. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of two years of experience handling insurance claims, construction claims, or commercial litigation. Excellent interpersonal, research and writing skills, and a license in good standing in the resident state required.

Cozen O'Connor founded our subrogation and recovery practice in 1970 and has been at the forefront of this dynamic area ever since, representing most industry leading P&C insurers, together with multiple syndicates, third party administrators, managing general agents and self-insured companies. Our success rests on two pillars: personnel and technology. In a complex and technical domain such as subrogation, experience often is the difference between success and failure. For decades, Cozen O'Connor has successfully handled tens of thousands of subrogation claims, setting the standard of excellence in the subrogation industry.