Job description
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule
- Flexible working hours
- Strong work-life balance culture
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- PTO, sick days, and paid holidays
- 401(k) with generous company match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Additional voluntary benefits including pet insurance and legal services
- Stable in-house litigation environment with collaborative claims partnership
What You Will Be Doing
- Handle PIP and Coverage litigation matters from inception through resolution.
- Represent the company in Forthright arbitration and New Jersey Superior Court litigation.
- Collaborate closely with Claims teams to develop litigation strategies and resolve claims efficiently.
- Draft pleadings, motions, arbitration submissions, discovery responses, and appeals.
- Conduct and defend depositions and Examinations Under Oath (EUOs).
- Attend hearings, arbitrations, pre-trial conferences, and motion arguments.
- Manage settlement negotiations and evaluate litigation exposure.
- Prepare cases for arbitration, dispositive hearings, and trials.
- Handle Rule 35 applications and post-trial/post-arbitration motions.
Experience You Will Need
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Active and good standing membership with the New Jersey State Bar.
- Minimum 2 years of Insurance Defense litigation experience preferred.
- Strong experience handling PIP and Coverage litigation matters.
- Experience working in both Forthright and NJ Superior Court strongly preferred.
- Ability to independently manage a litigation caseload.
- Strong deposition, EUO, arbitration, and motion practice experience.
- Excellent legal writing, research, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Tech-savvy and comfortable navigating multiple legal systems/platforms.