Managing Attorney

Mercury Insurance Services, LLC • , CA

9d • $125,349 - $351,749 • Onsite

About The Position

The Managing Attorney is primarily responsible for managing and supervision of a local office or region which includes coaching and mentoring of attorneys, and administrative functions. This position may involve file handling responsibility of a reduced litigation caseload.

Requirements

• Requires a law degree and admission to the bar in the state(s) where team and files are venued.
• 5 plus years of insurance defense experience and 10 insurance defense personal injury jury trials or equivalent litigation experience.
• Previous supervision of attorneys and staff.
• Comprehensive knowledge of insurance, torts, evidence, civil procedure and trial practice.
• Effective communication, persuasion and analytical skills.
• Soft skills including coaching, mentoring and leading attorneys and staff.
• Requires considerable automobile travel up to 20% of work time.
• Attorney must be able to work independently with minimum direction and good organizational skills necessary to manage an attorney team and caseload.
• Must meet established company standards regarding personal driving history and current license status to be eligible for position.

Nice To Haves

• Requires a law degree from a state accredited or ABA accredited law school and admission to the bar in the state(s) were practicing.
• 10 plus years of insurance defense experience.
• At least 10 insurance defense personal injury jury trials including the defense of higher exposure cases.
• Comprehensive knowledge of insurance, torts, evidence, civil procedure and trial practice.
• Exceptional communication, use of persuasion and analytical skills.
• Soft skills including coaching, mentoring and leading attorneys and staff.
• Requires considerable automobile travel up to 20% of work time.
• Attorney must be able to work independently with minimum direction and good organizational skills necessary to manage an attorney team and caseload.
• Must meet established company standards regarding personal driving history and current license status to be eligible for position.

Responsibilities

• Supervision and management of an office or region includes but is not limited to coaching, mentoring, and supervising attorneys within the local office/region.
• Review of new file assignments and assignment of files within office;
• One 30 minute education and training session per month;
• Review of 2 files for each attorney per month;
• Review of one plaintiff deposition transcript for each direct report attorney per quarter;
• Monthly 1:1 meetings with each attorney discussing monthly file reviews, cases of concern, case evaluations, upcoming trials, follow up on recent education and training, performance against goals, and journaling the same;
• Detailed review of all pre-trial reports;
• Roundtable with claims 60 days before trial;
• Maintaining an active diary of cases of concern;
• File handling responsibility of a reduced caseload from case inception through post-trial motions maintaining best practices as dictated by the Attorney Audit and circumstances of each case.
• Miscellaneous tasks and projects as may be assigned by department leaders.
• Other functions may be assigned

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Engaging work environment
• Promotional opportunities
• Education assistance
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Company recognition program
• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager