Description:
Why Join GEICO?At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.
Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide.
Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.
GEICO is looking to hire an Associate Counsel, Subro to defend arbitrations and lawsuits filed in New Jersey and other first party insurance defense. The position is with GEICO Staff Counsel located in New Jersey.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Researching laws and preparing legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
- Rendering opinions on coverage, medical necessity/causation, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
- Preparing and handling arbitration submissions, examinations under oath, and defending by trial or dispositive hearing, all matters assigned, as applicable
Basic Qualifications:
- 2 to 6+ years of experience of litigation.
- Juris Doctor degree REQUIRED
- Admission to the New Jersey Bar REQUIRED
- Must be licensed in good standing to practice law in New Jersey and meet and maintain licensing requirements including mandatory Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements where applicable
- Must be able to travel as required, including but not limited, to attend trials, hearings, depositions, management meetings and conferences
- Must be able to document files in a clear, concise, professional written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization
- Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting and multi-tasking skills
- Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information
Preferred Qualifications:
- Civil litigation experience
- Insurance defense-related litigation experience and/or subrogation.
- Must be able to communicate in a professional manner in person, via telephone and written correspondence/email
