Geico

Associate Counsel - Dallas, TX (HYBRID)

Geico • $95K — $115K *
Dallas, TX 75217Hybrid
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-6+ years of experience in insurance defense and/or personal injury litigation is required.
  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited institution is mandatory.
  • Admission to the Texas Bar is essential for this role.
  • Must maintain active licensing, including CLE compliance as required.
  • Ability and willingness to travel for trials, hearings, and depositions is necessary.
  • Strong writing skills to document legal files professionally and clearly are crucial.
  • Capable of following complex instructions and managing multiple tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Research laws and prepare legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda.
  • Provide opinions on liability, damages, and value to the Claims Department.
  • Prepare pleadings, motions, and discovery materials, including depositions and examinations under oath.
  • Defend assigned cases in trials or dispositive hearings as required.
  • Manage all aspects of case files assigned including documentation and communication.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work location allows for flexible work-life balance.
  • Opportunity to handle diverse and impactful legal cases within a reputable insurance company.
  • Professional development through required CLE and potential for further training.
Full Job Description
GEICO is looking to hire an Associate Counsel to defend lawsuits filed in Texas courts and other first party insurance defense. The position is with GEICO Staff Counsel located in Dallas, TX.

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


Basic Qualifications:
  • 2-6+ years of experience in related field litigation experience in insurance defense and/or personal injury REQUIRED
  • Juris Doctor degree REQUIRED
  • Admission to the Texas Bar REQUIRED
  • Must be licensed in good standing to practice law in Texas 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 - HYBRID

About Geico

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is an American auto insurance company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It is the second largest auto insurer in the United States, after State Farm. GEICO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that provides coverage for more than 24 million motor vehicles owned by more than 15 million policy holders as of 2017. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The insurance agency sells policies through local agents, called GEICO Field Representatives, and over the phone directly to the consumer, and through their website.
Learn more about Geico
Size
40,000 employees
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Founded
1936
* Ladders Estimates

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