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Attorney III

AttorneyAttorneyFull TimeRemoteMid LevelTeam 5,001-10,000Since 1962H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

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United States + 9 moreAll locations: United States | United Kingdom | Canada | Germany | France | India | Brazil | Australia | Estonia | Japan

Posted

85 days ago

Salary

$200K - $240K / year

Seniority

Mid Level

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

Attorney III

Mercury Insurance

Role Description An Attorney III is the primary attorney assigned to a caseload defending 1st and 3rd party cases relating to the defense of personal injury lawsuits. Most cases are complex and involve completed surgeries, traumatic brain injuries, punitive damages, or other serious injury with potential excess exposure and case values up to $500,000. Cases are handled from inception through posttrial motions including bench trials, jury trials, and binding arbitration. - Candidate must reside in California. - An in-person interview may be required during the hiring process. - The expected compensation range for this position is $200,000 - $240,000. Qualifications - Education: - Minimum: Requires a law degree and admission to the bar in the state(s) where practicing. - Preferred: Requires a law degree from a state accredited or ABA accredited law school and admission to the bar in the state(s) where practicing. - Experience: - Minimum: 5+ years of insurance defense or related experience. Experience as the primary attorney defending high exposure cases including but not limited to completed surgeries. 10+ insurance defense personal injury trials to verdict or equivalent litigation experience. - Preferred: 10+ years of insurance defense experience; 3+ years of experience as the primary attorney defending higher exposure cases including but not limited to completed surgeries. Preferred 20 insurance defense personal injury trials to verdict 5 of which involved high exposure cases. - Skills and Abilities: - Minimum: Comprehensive knowledge of insurance, torts, evidence, civil procedure, and trial practice. Effective communication, persuasion and analytical skills. Requires considerable automobile travel, up to 20% of work time. Must meet established company standards regarding personal driving history and current license status to be eligible for position. Must be able to work independently with minimum direction and good organizational skills necessary to manage a caseload of exposures up to $500,000. - Preferred: Exceptional communication, use of persuasion and analytical skills. Advanced knowledge of insurance, tort, evidence, civil procedure, and trial practice. Responsibilities - Comprehensive review of new and transfer file assignments with initial evaluation letter to claims and service of initial discovery within 30 days of receipt of assignment. - Summarizing discovery responses and medical records within 30 days of receipt. - Taking and defending depositions of parties, lay witnesses, and expert witnesses and completion of deposition summaries within 20 days. - Law and motion: legal research; preparation of motions, oppositions and replies to motion; court appearance at law and motion. - Trial preparation, trial and posttrial motions including preparation of pretrial documents, motions in limine and oppositions thereto; all facets of a jury trial, trial motions and posttrial motions. - Accepting file transfers on cases set for trial in the next 30-60 days. - Mentoring of lesser experienced attorneys and other miscellaneous tasks as may be necessary to adequately defend the insured including assignments from managing and senior managing attorneys. Benefits - Competitive compensation - Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions - Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours) - Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus) - Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance - 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match - Engaging work environment - Promotional opportunities - Education assistance - Professional and personal development opportunities - Company recognition program - Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more Company Description At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it. - Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. - We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. - We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life. - We care about our people, and we mean it. - We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.

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