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Associate Counsel

Looking for a: Attorney
Practice Area: Insurance Defense
Job Type: Full-Time
Starting Salary: $120,000
Job Duration: Permanent
Job Description:

GEICO is looking to hire multiple Associate Counsels to defend lawsuits filed in New Jersey courts and other first party insurance defense. The positions are with GEICO Staff Counsel across multiple locations in New Jersey including Piscataway, Hackensack, West Orange and Marlton, NJ.
Job duties and responsibilities:
• Researching laws and preparing legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
• Rendering opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
• Preparing and handling pleadings, motions, and discovery, to include depositions/examinations before trial and examinations under oath, and defending by trial or dispositive hearing, all matters assigned, as applicable
Qualifications:
• 2 to 6+ years of experience in litigation experience in insurance defense and/or personal injury
• Juris Doctor degree REQUIRED
• Admission to the New Jersey Bar REQUIRED
• Must be licensed in good standing to practice law in New Jersey and meet and maintain licensing requirements including mandatory Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements where applicable
• Must be able to travel as required, including but not limited, to attend trials, hearings, depositions, management meetings and conferences
• Must be able to document files in a clear, concise, professional written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
• Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting and multi-tasking skills
• Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information
Preferred Qualifications:
• Civil litigation experience
• Insurance defense-related litigation experience
• Must be able to communicate in a professional manner in person, via telephone and written correspondence/email
Location – REMOTE
Interested candidates may contact:
Michele DiCicco, Principal Recruiter
[email protected] ; 856.810.4561

Location: Marlton, New Jersey
Posted On: November 14, 2024 at 1:35 pm