As Litigation Counsel, you will defend cases in New York City and the surrounding areas, and may also defend cases in New Jersey. To be successful in this position, you need to be a self-starter, highly organized, focused, detail-oriented, and willing to travel for single-day trips and occasionally overnight. This role requires you to have technical proficiency and experience defending bodily injury, personal injury, first-party property damage, NY labor law, wrongful death, insurance coverage, employment practices, extra-contractual or bad faith litigation and subrogation. 

 

Accountabilities:

• This position will defend litigation throughout New York and some travel, with occasional overnight stays, as needed for case appearances and for the annual team meeting.
• The position may also defend litigation in New Jersey or other jurisdictions (where admitted or on a pro hac vice basis).
• The primary function of GuideOne Litigation Counsel is to handle all assigned litigation and other legal matters for GuideOne and its policyholders.
• Litigation work includes but is not limited to case analysis, preparation of motions, pleadings, discovery, conducting depositions, hearings, trials, appeals and communicating with the claims department.
• The candidate must be able to competently present a controversy from inception through trial or appeal while maintaining the independent professional judgment required of a lawyer.
• The position involves a busy, fast-paced, full practice with a mix of commercial property, coverage, and personal injury (including catastrophic injury and wrongful death) cases representing individuals as well as corporate and nonprofit entities.
• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to meetings, training, legislative updates, writing articles and publications, EUOs, SIU investigation, and other corporate legal functions.
• Qualified candidates will be eligible to either work remotely from home or at a physical office in a convenient location.

Litigation Counsel must possess the requisite experience, skill, and judgment required to represent the interests of GuideOne and its policyholders with little or no direct supervision. The individual will demonstrate expertise with a variety of legal concepts, practices, and procedures while relying upon his or her experience and judgment to plan and accomplish job responsibilities and goals.