Description:
Job Description:Overview:
Being good neighbors – helping people, investing in our communities, and making the world a better place – is who we are at An Insurance Company. It is at the core of how we operate and the reason for our success. Come join a #1 team and do some good!
Grow Your Skills, Grow Your Potential
Responsibilities:
As a Fortune 50 company, we hire the best employees to serve our customers, making us a leader in the insurance and financial services industry. In 2024, the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity named An Insurance Company a Top Performer and Compass Award Winner. Additionally, Fortune named An Insurance Company one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
Our mission is to provide high quality legal services in a cost-effective manner and to act as strategic thinking partners for our client and customers. To succeed, we need self-starters who are agile, creative, collaborative, strategic, passionate, and communicative.
Amanda R. Cobb & Associates, insurance staff counsel for An Insurance Company, is seeking an Attorney to join the Birmingham, AL Claim Litigation office. While every day can provide different experiences and opportunities, the role involves case ownership, participating in litigation events, and meeting with clients. We encourage a collaborative environment where our attorneys can assist each other and have access to support staff while maintaining ownership of their files. As a result of not being billed by the hour, our attorneys have the opportunity to strategize on trial and case development as it passes through litigation. An Insurance Company creates an environment inclusive of career development opportunities. The position is classified as a hybrid role, meaning that the work arrangement calls for hours in the office and virtually. Everyone in a hybrid role is required to spend time in the office. Work arrangements could change over time based on business needs.
Location: 2311 Highland Ave., The Crescent Ste. 300, Birmingham AL, 35205
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Handle litigation and other legal assignments in accordance with guidelines established by the Law Department
- Prepare and summarize reports for proceedings
- Trial strategy and case development
- Attend litigation events including trials, mediations, depositions, and hearings
Qualifications:
Previous experience required
- 5+ years of experience
- Litigation experience, preferably in the practice areas of insurance defense, medical malpractice, personal injury, or workers compensation
- Knowledge of local and state discovery rules, trial procedures, and applicable substantive law commensurate with level of experience
- Trial, mediation, and deposition experience
- File ownership
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work efficiently with cases in electronic form
- Working knowledge of a Case Management system
- Working Knowledge of a Document Storage system
- J.D. from an A.B.A. Accredited Law School with excellent academic credentials
- Must have an active law license to practice in the state of Alabama and a member in good standing with the State Bar of Alabama.
Additional Details:
- Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately. An Insurance Company will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work opportunities
- Other than authorized and pro bono work, An Insurance Company attorneys are not permitted to handle any legal business outside of An Insurance Company and candidates must cease all outside practice and all suit involvement before joining An Insurance Company
- Travel via personal or commercial transportation to job related activities is an essential function
- Irregular hours may be required