What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Litigation Trial Attorney position at SantoSelect?
- Focuses exclusively on representing insurance carriers, insureds, and self-insured entities, ensuring clients benefit from highly experienced attorneys in these fields.
- Founded in 1985 in Philadelphia, our firm has a long-standing reputation for success and client satisfaction, leading to geographical expansion and a broad client base.
- We provide comprehensive legal representation across Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia, Florida, and Texas.
- Outstanding benefit packages and a people-first work environment
- Stable, growing company with tremendous opportunity for career advancement
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Appear on the firm's behalf in federal and state courts to manage the litigation of insurance coverage issues, including motions, trials, status conferences, and other substantive and procedural concerns.
- Identify and defend the firm's legal interests by drafting motions, briefs, pleadings, written discovery, other legal papers, communications, and memoranda.
- Propose, prepare, respond to, and evaluate oral and written discovery.
- Decide on acceptable legal positions and tactics, and handle litigation; offer guidance on potential results, settlements, and awards.
- Complete all administrative requirements, such as time tracking, closed case reports, and other documents needed to carry out work responsibilities.
- Analyze conflicts in legal matters and advise clients on solutions.
- Manage caseloads and schedules.
- Prepare for and attend depositions and trials.
- Handle administrative tasks such as billing and record keeping.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships.
- Act as a mentor and coach to less senior attorneys, paralegals, and staff; explain issues, ideas, and concepts that are incorporated into work assignments.
- Ensure confidentiality.
- Accredited Law degree.
- Minimum 5 years of insurance defense experience
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in a law firm or legal practice.
- Experience handling general liability, professional liability, construction, complex commercial litigation, insurance defense, and medical malpractice.
- Strong legal knowledge.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with others.
- Strong client service orientation.
- Ability to prioritize work.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Exceptional decision-making abilities.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work under pressure.
Salary : $100,000 - $170,000
