Description:
Description:Freeman Mathis & Gary is a dynamic and growing 500+ lawyer national litigation firm, with thirty-nine offices in twenty-one states. We are seeking an Associate Attorney with experience in handling coverage matters to join our growing Lexington, Kentucky office. The ideal candidate has at least 3-5 years' experience. This individual will maintain positive contact with clients, observe confidentiality of client matters, and must be team-oriented. Actual base pay within the range will also be dependent on other factors, including but not limited to, relevant experience, internal equity, skills, qualifications, and other job-related factors permitted by law
Our insurance coverage team members are advisors and advocates for over two dozen carriers throughout the country including major national carriers.
Responsibilities:
- Provide initial analysis and develop case strategy
- Prepare and respond to discovery
- Take and defend depositions, draft motions and attend hearings
- Explain legal options to clients and bringing possible outcomes or threats to their attention.
- Build relationships with clients
- Ability to negotiate, research, and communicate verbally and in writing effectively.
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
- In good standing and able to practice law in the state of Kentucky
- Strong critical thinking skills and solid academic background.
- Strong sense of urgency about problem solving, meeting deadlines and achieving goals
- Knowledgeable, attentive, and proactive.
- Excellent communicator, negotiator, public speaker, and problem solver.
- Self-motivated, and goal oriented with a track record of meeting billable hours goals.
- Inclined to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.
- Detail oriented, organized and effective.
- Professional and can get along with people; communicates well with staff.
- Computer skills: Microsoft Word and Outlook.
- Experience with iManage and/or OneDrive a plus.
