ATTORNEY 1st PARTY

Hereford Insurance Company

$80K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor degree required.
  • 5-7 years of legal experience, preferably in no fault cases.
  • Strong knowledge of trial procedures, motions, and arbitration.
  • Excellent communication skills for timely correspondence.
  • Ability to conduct legal research on liability and regulatory issues.

Responsibilities

  • Manage case assignments from inception to resolution.
  • Appear in courts across metropolitan venues as required.
  • Conduct EUOs and prepare master arbitration documents.
  • Communicate appearance dates and case updates to legal staff.
  • Research current laws and provide legal advice to clients.
  • Document all file activities promptly in the activity log.
  • Notify attorneys of developments or problems with cases.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career advancement within the legal field.
  • Work in a dynamic legal environment focused on no fault cases.
  • Engage with a diverse range of legal procedures from trials to arbitrations.
  • Access to continuous learning and legal research resources.
  • Collaboration with experienced legal professionals in various venues.
Full Job Description
Responsible for case assignments from inception to resolution; to appear in the courts in all venues in the metropolitan area, conduct EUOS and arbitrations. The position also includes motion work and preparing master arbitration documents with the AAA.
• Responds to emails and telephone messages in a timely manner.
• Provides all court appearance dates to the legal staff member assigned to such task.
• Provides timely reports to the managing attorney with respect to court and deposition appearances.
• Provides timely reports to the claims supervisor or examiner assigned to the case.
• Researches the law to remain current on issues of liability and regulatory issues, insurance coverage, etc.
• Provides legal advice to HIC with respect to liability, current law, etc. to encourage the speedy resolution of lawsuits.
• Appears in the courts in all venues in the metropolitan area or at a deposition on cases that are assigned to other attorneys in the office who may not be available to appear on their own case.
• Timely documents all activity on the file in the activity log of the file.
• Alerts the managing attorney of any problems arising in connection with his or her file, i.e. defaults, preclusion orders, orders striking the answer, judgments, excess verdicts, etc.

Prior experience in the no fault field including trials, motions, depositions, conferences, arbitrations, all legal documents; Juris Doctor degree

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