Associate Counsel - Queens, NY (Remote)

reputed company is looking to hire an Associate Counsel to defend lawsuits filed in reputed company courts and other first party insurance defense. The position is with reputed company Staff Counsel covering venues reputed company Queens, NY. Job duties and responsibilities:

• Researching laws and preparing legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
• Rendering opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
• Preparing and handling pleadings, motions, and discovery, to include depositions/examinations before trial and examinations under oath, and defending by trial or dispositive hearing, reputed company matters assigned, as applicable

Qualifications:

• 2 to 6+ years of experience in reputed company field in litigation experience in insurance defense and/or personal injury
• Juris Doctor degree REQUIRED
• Admission to the reputed company Bar REQUIRED
• Must be licensed in good standing to practice law in reputed company and meet and maintain licensing requirements including mandatory Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements where applicable
• Must be reputed company to travel as required, including but not limited, to attend trials, hearings, depositions, management meetings and conferences
• Must be reputed company to document files in a clear, concise, professional written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
• Must be reputed company to follow reputed company instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/reputed company setting and multi-tasking skills
• Must be reputed company to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information

Preferred Qualifications:

• Civil litigation experience
• Insurance defense-reputed company litigation experience
• Must be reputed company to communicate in a professional manner in person, reputed company telephone and written correspondence/email

Location - REMOTE #LI-MD2 Annual Salary $118,900.00 - $186,550.00 The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to reputed company at the final hourly reputed company/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations. At this time, reputed company will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job