Workers' Compensation Litigation Attorney (Remote)

MEM; Ozark (MO); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading insurance company as a Workers' Compensation Litigation Attorney, offering a vibrant work culture focused on safety and success. In this role, you will work closely with senior attorneys, engaging in settlement negotiations and providing legal advisories. Enjoy the benefits of a supportive work environment while contributing to the safety and well-being of clients.

Benefits

Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision

Fully Employer-Paid Life and Disability Benefits

401k Retirement Plan with employer match

Generous PTO and leave policies

Tuition Assistance

Qualifications

• Must possess a Juris Doctor Degree and be licensed in Kansas and/or Missouri.
• A valid driver’s license is required.
• Minimum of one year of trial, administrative hearings, or workers’ compensation experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Represent MEM in workers' compensation litigation and negotiate settlements.
• Provide legal advice and manage litigation plans while advising claims personnel.
• Assist with deposition preparations and present witnesses at trials.

Skills

Legal Research

Negotiation

Communication

Diplomacy

Education

Juris Doctor Degree

Job description

Workers' Compensation Litigation Attorney (Remote)

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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.

SUMMARY: This position will team with senior level attorneys to represent MEM and/or its policyholders in workers' compensation litigation primarily through settlement while assisting senior attorneys with discovery, trial, and appeal, and issuing advisory opinions on legal issues, including issues of policy inception and coverage as appropriate.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform job duties in accordance with MEM’s vision, mission and values.
• Attend conferences, prehearings, and mediation settings, and negotiate and settle claims.
• Provide legal advice to claims, other company personnel, and policyholders as requested. Communicate with the court, witnesses, opposing counsel and co-counsel with professional diplomacy and discretion.
• Facilitate prompt, efficient and effective disposition of assigned cases.
• Assist with the preparation and presentation of witnesses and evidence at depositions, trials, judicial/administrative hearings, mediations, arbitrations and alternative dispute resolutions.
• Prepare pleadings, written discovery, depositions, motions and briefs in support of defense strategies with autonomy.
• Prepare legal documents and memoranda.
• Negotiate settlement of workers compensation claims pursuant to authority granted by claims representatives on an as needed basis.
• Conduct legal research and prepare written opinions as well as give informal advice to claims representatives, claims management and other departments.
• Contribute to the management of partnering relationships with internal clients, particularly the claims team, building effective working relationships and providing high-quality professional services to support in delivering business strategy and plans.
• Advise claims department personnel and policyholders of claims litigation plans and important litigation developments.
• Assist and advise claims subrogation personnel as needed to protect, and collect on, MEM’s third-party actions.
• Attend continuing legal education seminars in order to maintain high level of professional expertise.
• Other assignments as directed by the Managing Attorney, Vice President of Claims, General Counsel’s office, or other Executive Officers and staff.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Juris Doctor Degree - Licensed in Kansas and/or Missouri.

Licenses: A valid drivers’ license is required.

Experience: A minimum of one year of experience of trial, administrative hearings, appellate, or workers’ compensation experience preferred.

TOTAL REWARDS:

• Health Plans: Medical, Dental, and Vision. Our medical plan includes robust offerings such as fertility benefits and fully paid preventative care. Our dental coverage also includes adult orthodontia, and other less commonly covered dental treatments.
• Fully Employer-Paid Life and Disability Benefits. Life Insurance - three times base salary, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short and Long-term Disability.
• Employee Wellness and Recognition Program with employer-paid incentives for employees and their spouses.
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care options.
• Health Savings Account with generous employer contribution.
• Time Away from Work. Generous PTO accruals, 11 Holidays and 4 Early releases, 16 Hours of Volunteer Time Off, 20 days of paid parental leave (in addition to STD), Marriage, Bereavement, and Jury Duty leave policies.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• 401k Retirement Plan including employer match and profit sharing.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Tuition Assistance.

Our home office is located in vibrant Columbia, Missouri — #6 in Livability’s 2019 Best Places to Live.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Human Resources

Industries

• Insurance

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