Senior Trial Attorney- Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Description: Allstate is currently seeking to employ Senior Trial Attorney- Birmingham right now, this career will be designated in Alabama. More details about this career opportunity please read the description below. Allstate Insurance Company has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Trial Attorney in Birmingham, AL.
The purpose of the department is the representation of persons covered/insured by the Company, named as defendants, in civil litigation for property damage and/or personal injury and for under-insured and uninsured cases. In addition, the Senior Trial Attorney provides assistance to the Allstate Claims Organization.
The scope of this job is to answer and file pleadings, direct discovery, attend and conduct depositions lay and expert witnesses, attend pretrial and settlement conferences, attend and conduct trials in courts of limited jurisdiction, arbitration and jury trials in more complicated cases.
This individual will be responsible for:
Timely filing of pleadings and motions.
Attendance of all court required appearances
Proactive completion of discovery as the case may require, i.e. interrogatories, request for production of documents, and conduct depositions.
Litigation of arbitrations and trials.
Timely reporting to claim partners of the development of case and coordinating plans for the defense of the case.
Qualifications
Qualifications for a Senior Trial Attorney include:
Advanced - All aspects of civil trial law required
Advanced - Application of broadly defined analytical methods and concepts used to analyze and interpret data to make general assumptions and implement action plans. required.
Advanced - Ability to leverage specialized technical skills to achieve division objectives required.
Advanced - Strong verbal and written communication skills are required. Must be persuasive in argument and public speaking.
Advanced - Recommend actions for processes or programs. Implement strategic and business direction along with appropriate processes to develop and/or deliver products and services is required.
Advanced - Ability to work well on a team of attorney, paralegal, legal assistant, supervised by an attorney Lead Counsel is required.
Must be able to handle 100+ caseload
Will be covering the entire state of Alabama - Must have High Energy
Experience Required:
Member in good standing, State Bar of Alabama is required
5+ years of jury trial experience is preferred
Experience in related civil litigation and personal injury practice preferred
First Chair experience preferred
Computer Proficiency:
Basic computer skills are required Experience with MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the Internet required
Education:
Juris Doctorate in Law required
Job
Legal
Primary Location
AL-Birmingham
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This career starts available on: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:45:52 GMT
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