Personal Injury Litigation Senior Attorney

Job Description

An excellent Personal Injury firm has a full-time opening for a Personal Injury Litigation Associate in their Newtown, PA office. The ideal candidate will have excellent legal research and writing skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, and be self-directed and detail oriented. Candidates must be able to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. The right candidate will have the extraordinary opportunity to continue their professional development in a challenging but collegial environment.

The firm is actively considering applications from experienced personal injury lawyers with exceptional credentials and a genuine passion for the law.

Responsibilities:

• The position will support personal injury concerns with a focus on catastrophic injury cases.
• Must have experience handling a high-volume caseload in a fast paced, results oriented environment with limited oversight.
• The Associate will work directly with clients handling depositions, drafting, and responding to pleadings and discovery. As well as writing and researching legal issues for briefs, pleadings, ascertaining experts, reviewing medical records and discovery.
• Must be able to effectively evaluate and analyze the merits of a personal injury claim.
• Expertly provide guidance and counsel to clients through effective communication.
• Must have experience in and be able to effectively negotiate, settle, litigate, and try cases.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will have at least 7-10 years of Plaintiff’s Personal Injury litigation experience.
• Strong analytical, drafting, writing, research, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, high attention to detail and accuracy, and the ability to work in a deadline driven practice is required.
• Must have demonstrated the ability to work independently, as part of a team and the interpersonal skills to interact directly with clients.
• Experience working with The Court of Common Pleas- Clerkship with the following counties – Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia is a plus.
• Must be licensed to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.