Litigation Associate Attorney (1-3 yrs.)
Permanent Placements seeks an Attorney with 1-3 years of experience to join our client’s international law firm’s insurance coverage litigation group in Morristown, NJ. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney with insurance coverage or litigation experience who has an interest in working on complex insurance coverage matters.
This thriving practice represents and advises national and international insurers in a broad range of cases across the Unites States, including a wide range of complex insurance coverage matters, principally involving pollution, environmental, asbestos, talc and other product liability exposures.
What you’ll do:
- Analyze insurance policies, draft coverage opinions, and provide coverage advice to clients.
- Conduct rigorous legal research, analyze findings, and draft memoranda.
- Prepare and review pleadings, memos, briefs, discovery, motions with supporting briefs, and other legal correspondence.
- Engage in formal correspondence with opposing counsel and other parties.
- Attend depositions, hearings, and mediations as required.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Possesses excellent academic credentials;
- JD 2021 – 2023;
- Admitted to practice in New Jersey; additional admissions a plus;
- Experience or interest in working on complex insurance coverage matters;
- Excellent legal research, writing, and verbal communication skills;
- Exceptional attention to detail;
- Strong organizational and time management skills;
What we offer:
- Hybrid work schedule
- Student loan reimbursement
- Flexible time off & 11 paid holidays per calendar year
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K Safe Harbor contribution
- Flexible Spending Account
- Commuter Benefits
- Minimum billable hours of 1,900 per year with generous yearly and monthly bonus opportunities for high performers
Our Values:
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavors and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
- Work as one-We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
- Excel with clients-We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the center of everything we do
- Celebrate difference-We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
- Act boldly-We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognizing that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Joe Mayer