Pay: $140,000.00 - $195,000.00 per year
Why this is a great opportunity
- Join a growing complex tort practice handling sophisticated, high exposure matters
- Work on national and local counsel assignments across multiple jurisdictions
- Strong mix of trial preparation, discovery oversight, expert work, and strategy
- Hybrid schedule with a collaborative team in Richmonds Shockoe Slip area
- Excellent benefits including paid parking, employer paid health and dental, parental leave, and employer paid life and disability insurance
Location
Hybrid in Richmond, Virginia.
Note
Requires at least 4 years of litigation experience. Experience in complex tort, product liability, asbestos, or similar high exposure civil litigation is strongly preferred.
About our client
Our client is a well established and growing defense litigation boutique based in Richmond. They represent corporate clients as national and local counsel in complex tort matters including asbestos, product liability, transportation litigation, and other general tort claims. The firm is known for sophisticated work, strong mentorship, and a professional, team oriented culture.
Job description
- Handle complex tort litigation matters for corporate clients
- Support trial preparation and trial execution
- Oversee discovery directed to firm clients including coordination and responses
- Assist with preparation and defense of company fact and expert witnesses
- Manage and coordinate local counsel across the country
- Draft pleadings, motions, and substantive legal memoranda
- Conduct legal research and develop case strategy with the team
- Partner closely with attorneys to drive matters forward efficiently
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of litigation experience
- Strong legal writing and research skills
- Experience with discovery management and working with expert witnesses
- Highly organized, detail oriented, and able to manage deadlines
- Team player with leadership and client service mindset
- Must be able to pass a background check
- Bar admission in Virginia is preferred. Strong candidates licensed elsewhere with a clear path to Virginia licensure may be considered
Why you will love working here
- High quality complex litigation without big firm bureaucracy
- Nationally significant matters with sophisticated corporate clients
- Hybrid flexibility with strong collaboration and mentorship
- Excellent benefits and long term growth runway
JPC-584
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance