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 Attorney Partner with experience in handling Professional Liability matters to join our growing Sacramento, CA office. The ideal candidate has at least 6+ years' experience. The 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.
FMG's Professional Liability Practice Group has decades of experience and unparalleled trial expertise in defending professionals and their insurers in errors and omissions claims throughout the nation.
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 California.
- 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.