Transportation Defense Associate Attorney

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Chicago seeks an experienced transportation litigation attorney to join our Chicago office. The ideal candidate handles insurance defense matters for trucking clients, including carriers and brokers, and contributes to complex discovery, motions, and trial preparation.

You will work under the Transportation Practice, engaging in depositions, strategizing dispositive motions, and coordinating with clients and experts to defend high-stakes claims across

Qualifications

• Experience in insurance defense matters involving heavy trucking/tractor trailer and cargo and freight carriers is required.
• Michigan bar admission is a plus.
• Day-to-day work involves drafting and responding to discovery and initial pleadings, drafting and arguing motions, and taking and defending depositions.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and responding to discovery and initial pleadings.
• Drafting and arguing motions and taking/defending depositions.

Skills

Insurance defense experience

Trucking/CMV litigation

DOT compliance experience

Discovery drafting

Education

Michigan bar admission (or eligibility)

Job description

Overview

• Experience in insurance defense matters involving heavy trucking/tractor trailer and cargo and freight carriers is required.
• Michigan bar admission is a plus.
• The Transportation Practice defends a broad range of clients in the trucking industry, including freight carriers, transportation brokers, truck insurers, public entities, school bus operators, long and short haul truckers, and waste management groups engaged in both intra-state and interstate transportation.
• The practice handles a variety of issues pervasive in the industry, such as negligent hiring and retention, hours of service, Engine Control Module (ECM) data, messaging and positioning data, DOT compliance, and accident reconstruction.
• Day-to-day work involves drafting and responding to discovery and initial pleadings, drafting and arguing motions, and taking and defending depositions.