Description:
Grow Big or Go Home! Seattle Personal Injury Lawyers is seeking to expand its team of lawyers. The firm is actively looking for an associate attorney to join its thriving and successful plaintiff's personal injury practice.Seattle Personal Injury Lawyers is a small but very well established (25+ years), busy and highly successful downtown Seattle personal injury firm employing extraordinary people. The office culture offers a no nonsense team work environment where co-workers are friendly, warm and team oriented. There is a strong commitment to achieving excellent results for our clients through intelligent and aggressive advocacy.
Successful candidates for this position will likely have a minimum of 3 to 5 years of personal injury and/or strong litigation experience. You should expect to hit the ground running by taking over a number of active cases, to include all aspects of PI litigation practice (e.g., depositions, motion practice, trial preparation, arbitrations, mediations, etc.).
Responsibilities:
Handling all aspects of civil litigation in the field of plaintiff's personal injury (auto, premises liability, wrongful death, train accidents, governmental negligence, etc.). There may be pre-litigation work involved (writing and reviewing settlement demands, negotiation, etc.).
Qualifications:
- Minimum of three to five years of personal injury or litigation experience (actual trial experience is not necessary but very much appreciated)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Exceptional work ethic, high motivation, and willingness to work long hours if necessary to serve the client
- Positive attitude and ability to work well with a variety of other people
- No disciplinary record or problems WSBA membership required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
