Healthcare Litigation Attorney
About The Position
On behalf of our client, People Placers Staffing, a specialist in placing top-notch legal talent, we are seeking an accomplished litigation professional for the following career opportunity. Our client is an established and rapidly expanding premier mid-market law firm with a commanding presence across the Tri-State area. Highly regarded for its exceptional litigation departments, the firm frequently earns accolades from prominent peer-review organizations and regional legal directories for its advocacy in complex commercial defense, healthcare controversies, and labor matters. The firm provides a sophisticated, collaborative, and highly professional environment designed to foster career advancement and leadership development. Attorneys benefit from substantial autonomy, a robust institutional platform, and direct opportunities to cultivate a personal book of business through origination credits. This organization prides itself on its collegial, intellectual culture, offering a rare blend of high-stakes advocacy and professional mentorship.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree awarded by a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
- Active, unrestricted admission to the New Jersey State Bar, with an active admission or immediate willingness to obtain admission to the New York State Bar.
- Seven or more years of substantive experience handling complex commercial litigation, with a distinct emphasis on healthcare or employment matters within a sophisticated legal environment.
- Documented first- or second-chair trial experience, including extensive experience taking and defending depositions and leading courtroom arguments.
- Superb verbal articulation, persuasive brief writing, advanced negotiation capability, and meticulous analytical skills.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated leadership capacity, including a track record of mentoring junior associates and building sustainable professional relationships.
- Intellectual curiosity and adaptability when confronting highly complex, evolving statutory structures and intricate corporate business issues.
- High proficiency in utilizing modern litigation technology, document management systems, and e-discovery frameworks.
- Natural aptitude for client development and an interest in leveraging the firm's generous origination credit system.
Responsibilities
- Formulating and executing comprehensive defense and litigation strategies for corporate and institutional entities.
- Drafting and arguing complex motions, substantive pleadings, master discovery demands, and responses before state and federal jurisdictions.
- Orchestrating, conducting, and defending critical depositions of key witnesses, medical professionals, and corporate representatives.
- Representing institutional clients as lead or co-counsel in court proceedings, binding arbitrations, and administrative agency hearings.
- Providing strategic cross-functional support to interconnected practice groups on multi-faceted business disputes.
- Spearheading internal process improvements and operational optimizations within the litigation department to enhance client delivery.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- paid time off
- discretionary year-end performance incentives
- merit-based increases
- origination credits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
