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What Is the Opportunity?
Are you committed to professional growth and exceptional client service? Imagine a career as a Travelers lawyer where you can be the best you. As a Senior Counsel with Travelers you'll be responsible for high quality, proactive case handling and will have the opportunity to use your legal expertise and litigation skills to independently handle a caseload of higher exposure cases and more complex litigation matters and deliver optimal results for Travelers' insured customers. Travelers offers the strength of a national legal organization committed to your professional development while maintaining a local focus so you can be positioned as a strong legal advocate and valued business partner. This position is fully remote and with a preferred location of Southern Alabama (example) Mobile, Baldwin County, or Dothan
What Will You Do?
- In the handling of a caseload of higher exposure cases and more complex litigation matters, your responsibilities will include:
- Litigate cases to verdict demonstrating strong use of trial skills.
- Specialize in one or more areas of practice.
- Demonstrate strong legal research, writing and presentation skills.
- Draft substantive pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery and other legal documents.
- Build and foster internal and external client relationships with a customer-centric focus.
- Provide leadership through mentoring other attorneys and legal support staff.
- Provide internal and external training, seminars and legal updates to insured clients and Claim partners.
- Provide in-depth, substantive analysis and quality reporting to insured clients and Claim partners consistent with best practices.
- Effectively utilize support staff consistent with office protocols and best practices.
- Adhere to all best practices in file handling.
- Fully and effectively utilizes available technology, case management system and automation.
- Travel as required to meet business needs.
- Initiate special projects and identifies other opportunities to support office goals/business needs.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
- Senior Associate/Partner level of experience.
- 7+ years of Litigation practice or equivalent legal experience
- Proven track record of trial skills and techniques.
- Appreciation for, and commitment to, delivery of the highest quality legal work.
- Demonstrates strong legal acumen.
- Demonstrates strong technical knowledge in the practice area(s) and the ability to comprehend, assimilate and communicate complex information.
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the law, bench, bar, local jurisdictional practices, adversaries and the litigation process.
- Proven track record of case results favorable to outside counsel.
- Demonstrates strong leadership through mentoring and influencing skills.
- Demonstrates high level of awareness and dedication to business initiatives and goals.
- Demonstrates personal commitment to professional development.
- Critical and strategic thinker.
- Sound decision-maker and problem solver.
- Strong negotiation, research and trial skills.
- Demonstrates the highest level of commitment to customer service.
- Sense of urgency / responsiveness.
What is a Must Have?
- Juris Doctorate; graduate of an accredited law school.
- A minimum of 7 years of litigation practice or prior legal experience.
- Active license in good standing to practice law in the state(s) in which representation is required.
- Valid driver's license required depending on the location.
