Description:
Seeking an experienced attorney for our Washington, DC office to support
our expanding practice, combining expertise in professional liability
litigation and transactional liability.
- Qualified candidates will
have at least 6 years of experience in both litigation (including
depositions, motions practice, trial work, and litigation strategy) and
corporate legal matters (including mergers & acquisitions, corporate
structuring, finance, accounting, governance, and other business
transactions).
- Ability to analyze complex legal and factual
issues impacting both insurance-related matters and corporate
transactions with a focus on identifying, evaluating, and mitigating
legal exposures.
- Conduct legal research on complex insurance and
corporate topics, draft memoranda to counsel clients on claims, bad
faith issues, and transactional legal risks (including tax issues, price
adjustment mechanisms, litigation risks, and damages assessment)
- Ability
to analyze corporate transaction documentation and due diligence
materials to identify legal risks, potential breaches of representations
and warranties, and other exposures related to both corporate
transactions and insurance claims.
- Strong case management, litigation, and brief writing skills with the ability to handle high-value, complex cases independently.
- Specific knowledge of insurance-related legal risks and transactional legal exposures is a plus.
- Potential for remote opportunity
- Non-partnership track position with an 1,800 billable hour requirement
- All applicants should have excellent academic credentials and references.
- The
base salary for this position is expected to be between $250,000 to
$350,000 annually. Actual salary will be determined based on skills,
experience (to the extent relevant) and other job-related factors,
consistent with applicable law.
- Wiley's comprehensive benefits
package includes medical and prescription drug plan coverage, dental,
vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance,
401(k) retirement plan with firm discretionary contribution, generous
paid time off (PTO) package plus ten firm paid holidays, access to state
of the art on-site fitness facilities and locker rooms and wellness
programming, paid parental leave and subsidized backup child/elder care,
and more.