Senior Trial Attorney

4 weeks ago

New York, New York, United States Allstate Insurance Company Full time

At Allstate, we're committed to protecting our customers from life's uncertainties. As a Senior Trial Attorney, you'll play a critical role in defending our insureds in bodily injury and property damage lawsuits, subrogation, and other related cases. Your expertise will be essential in preparing for and conducting hearings, trials, arbitrations, mediations, and depositions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Review new file assignments and approve initial pleadings, propound discovery, and/or develop 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 all 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 appeals
  • Provide legal opinions to claims clients
  • Investigate and pursue subrogation litigation as appropriate
  • Manages projects

Requirements:

  • Juris Doctorate degree and member in good standing of NY State Bar
  • Up to five years Insurance Defense, Subrogation and/or Personal Injury litigation experience
  • Trial and/or Arbitration experience is preferred, with flexibility to work across several disciplines that may include SIU, PIP, UM and Subrogation
  • No Fault and/or SIU experience is a plus
  • Computer skills required; experience with Microsoft Office, Lexis, and the internet
  • Ability to work well with others on a team of attorneys, paralegals, administrative assistants, supervised by an attorney Lead Counsel
  • Must be able to handle a large caseload
  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are key to working with a variety of internal and external contacts as well as for preparing reports, pleadings, and correspondence, collaborating with others, etc. Will work independently as well as part of a cohesive team
  • Ability to travel
  • 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 security checkpoints
  • Turning and twisting at work
  • May travel at least 40-50 miles daily depending on the activities being covered, court, doctors' depositions, discovery depositions, and case evaluations, etc.
  • Sitting for pro-longed periods of time en route 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 of 20 lbs. because of exhibits, materials, records from plaintiff, etc. These materials are printed for some proceedings
  • Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job
  • Ability to work remotely and travel within the New York, Bronx/West region

This is a Field Home-Based Worker position, meaning your schedule will consist of time in the field as needed, travel for court, etc., and time working remotely from home. This provides you greater flexibility, and this position is eligible for a monthly connectivity reimbursement to offset the costs of internet and phone expenses.

Skills: Customer Centricity, Digital Literacy, Documentation Review, Evidence Gathering, Inclusive Leadership, Learning Agility, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Litigation, Results-Oriented

Compensation: Compensation offered for this role is $85,600.00 - 152,650.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

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