This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated attorney with experience representing policyholders to work on sophisticated policyholder-side insurance coverage matters, coverage disputes, complex recovery matters, and strategic counseling across a broad range of industries. This role offers substantial responsibility, meaningful client contact, and the opportunity to work closely with experienced partners in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities- Represent corporate policyholders in complex insurance coverage litigation, arbitrations, and other dispute resolution proceedings involving D&O, Cyber, RWI, CGL, Environmental, E&O, Property/Business Interruption and other first- and third-party coverages.
- Advise clients on insurance recovery strategy and a broad range of coverage issues
- Analyze and interpret complex commercial insurance policies, endorsements, exclusions, and coverage provisions
- Draft coverage analyses, pleadings, motions, briefs, and substantive legal memoranda
- Assist clients in securing defense and indemnity coverage for third-party liability claims and other significant losses
- Work closely with clients, insurers, brokers, adjusters, and underlying defense counsel to advance insurance recovery objectives
- Support all phases of litigation, including factual development, discovery, motion practice, and hearing or trial preparation
Qualifications- At least 4 years of relevant experience in insurance recovery, insurance coverage litigation, or policyholder-side coverage counseling
- Demonstrated experience representing policyholders and experience counseling clients on insurance recovery
- Excellent legal research, analytical, writing, and oral advocacy skills
- Ability to work independently while also thriving in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
- High degree of professionalism, initiative, sound judgment, and attention to detail
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials
- Admission to the applicable state bar and in good standing, or ability to obtain admission promptly
- Federal judicial clerkship experience is a plus, but not required
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will not consider resumes submitted by external agencies or recruiters for this position. Recruiters and agencies will not be compensated for assisting Barnes & Thornburg LLP in recruiting for this position, regardless of whether such party has a recruiting contract with us.
