Personal Injury Attorney
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Job descriptionWe are looking for an experienced senior attorney to help our clients achieve favorable outcomes with legal matters. You will advocate for clients, advise them on the best course of action, and implement their legal support plan. You should have previous trial experience, be able to manage a heavy caseload, and use your general counsel experience and interpersonal skills to mentor our lower-level associates to ensure a continued legacy of prosperity. Required to be a South Carolina LICENSED attorney with five years or more of practice experience working in a law firm. Personal Injury experience preferred.Senior Attorney Duties and Responsibilities:Manage consultants, attorneys and interns on staff.Analyze complex legal factual issues while conducting extensive and well-reasoned legal research.Independently develop and aggressively present defense strategies on behalf of clients for personal injury and worker's compensation cases from inception through trialPrepare pleadings, written discovery, motions, and briefs in support of defense strategies.Provide effective and timely information, legal advice, and other services.Senior Attorneys have to complete extensive case-related research into relevant laws and regulations, negotiate on behalf of clients, draft and interpret contracts and legal documents, and oversee compliance to these documents.Maintain Client RelationshipsThroughout any legal process, creating and maintaining a good rapport with a firm’s clients is a key task for Associate Attorneys. This includes communicating often and explaining complex legal proceedings and concepts.Core skills:Appropriate certificationsHold a license from the state in which they wish to work.Possess extensive legal knowledge.Ability to manage several projects simultaneously.Understanding confidentiality requirementsAbility to work independently and collaborate with others.Job Type: Full-timeBenefits:401(k)401(k) matchingDental insuranceFlexible scheduleHealth insuranceHealth savings accountLife insurancePaid time offVision insurance
Schedule:8-hour shiftMonday to FridayOn call
License/Certification:SC Bar (Required)
Pay: $96,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year
Benefits
401(k)Dental insuranceHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offVision insurance
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