Subrogation & Recovery - Department Attorney

Cozen O’Connor; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cozen O'Connor's Subrogation & Recovery Department in Charlotte seeks a Department Attorney for a 9-5 role without billable hours. You will evaluate and handle large property claims, coordinate investigations, retain experts, and report to clients.

Ideal candidates have at least two years of experience in insurance, construction, or commercial litigation, with strong writing and research skills and a license in good standing in the resident state.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, research and writing skills.
• License in good standing in the resident state is required.
• Minimum of two years of experience handling insurance claims, construction claims, or commercial litigation.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and handle large property claims, coordinating investigation, retention and management of experts.
• Identify potential theories of liability and provide client reporting.
• Triage large losses, close nonviable matters with client approval, identify claims with basis for recovery.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Research and writing

Education

License in good standing (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.