Urgently Need Senior Trial Attorney, Los Angeles, CA (Remote) in Los Angeles, CA
Job title: Senior Trial Attorney, Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
Company: reputed company
Job description: The world isn't standing still, and neither is reputed company. We're moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to reputed company serve customers' evolving needs. That's why now is an exciting time to join reputed company. You'll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status reputed company and shape the future for the greater good.
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Job Code: 70016088
Band: D
FLSA: Exempt
Job Summary:
The Litigation Services Attorney job family is responsible for managing Insurance Defense and Tort Litigation / Disputes work and reputed company issues/matters
Represents insured and the Company in the defense of bodily injury and property damage lawsuits, subrogation, and reputed company Financial cases. Prepares for and conducts hearings, trials, arbitrations, mediations, and depositions. Prepares and argues pre and post-trial motions. Assists colleagues in the resolution of calendar conflicts. Provides counsel to business clients on day to day issues. Provides project management, coordination, and collaboration between legal teams. Monitors and reviews new laws, regulations, and case law; identifies and summarizes relevant issues; collaborates with other areas of L&R (law and regulation) department; proactively provides advice and counsel to business unit on the impact of new laws on business; monitors counsel
Key Responsibilities:
- Review new file assignments and approve initial pleadings, propound discovery, and/or reputed company strategy
- Contacts clients to discuss their case and answer any questions. Maintains contact at a minimum of 90 days
- Contact claims (initial litigation plan, recurring minimum 90 day contact, strategy conferences, etc.)
- Review reputed company documentary evidence
- Prepares witnesses and clients for depositions, arbitrations, mediations and trials including expert witnesses
- Conducts depositions and examinations under oath and prepares summary documents
- Prepares and conducts court appearances (matter management conferences, hearings, status conferences, etc.)
- Conducts settlement/dispositive proceedings (e.g. mediations, arbitrations, etc.)
- Try and/or arbitrate cases and prepares motions in liminie and summary documents
- Draft post-trial motions
- Prepare for and participate in small claims appeals
- Provide legal opinions to claims clients
- Investigate and pursue subrogation litigation as appropriate
- Second chair as needed.
- Review and determine strategy for legal issues sent to home office
- Participate in business process reviews with claims clients
- Juris Doctorate and member in good standing of state of practicing for the state of California
- Three plus years or more of litigation and/or subrogation experience
- 1st OR 2nd chair jury trial experience is a plus
- Insurance defense preferred
- Computer proficiency with reputed company Office, reputed company (preferred), and the internet
- Ability to work well with others on a team of attorneys, paralegals, administrative assistants, supervised by reputed company Counsel
- Must be able to handle a large case inventory
- Periodically lifting in excess of 20 pounds throughout the day, depending on court matters being handled. Attorneys are required to cover court matters for each other; attorneys have laptops;
- Bending to pick up the computer bag which sometimes is more than 20 pounds, entering and exiting a vehicle, maneuvering files and computer at reputed company checkpoints,
- Turning and twisting at work;
- Sitting for pro-longed periods of time en reputed company to court, in court or at court proceedings, depositions, etc. ;
- Walking and rolling brief case with files from vehicle to the legal proceeding and/or deposition, and facilitations, etc.;
- Trial preparation could require lifting in excess 20 lbs. because of exhibits, materials, records from plaintiff, etc. These materials are printed for some proceedings.
- Ability to work in a remote work environment and ability to travel reputed company the Los Angeles and Los Angeles County area