Personal Injury Lawyer

T. Madden & Associates • Decatur, GA

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About The Position

Our law firm is seeking a skilled and successful personal injury attorney to join our growing team and help clients find justice and compensation for their injuries. Our ideal candidate will handle case files from start to finish, have excellent credentials, a passion for helping people, and a minimum of 3 years of successful personal injury litigation and trial case experience. If you can handle a high-volume caseload and are looking to be on a winning team, please apply today.

Requirements

• Active Georgia Bar license
• 12+ years of trial-heavy personal injury litigation
• Minimum of five (5) jury trials resolved by verdict wherein you served as first chair
• Consistent track record of multi-million-dollar verdicts/settlements
• Broad leadership experience in managing a team of attorneys and paralegals across multiple cases
• Skilled at jury selection strategy, trial tech, and managing expert networks
• Recognized as the subject-matter authority in litigation strategy (speaking, publishing, teaching)
• Strong contribution to business development: cultivating referral sources, bar relationships, and firm visibility

Nice To Haves

• Oversees firm-wide litigation quality; ensures consistency across trial teams
• Functions as a litigation mentor and internal “trial coach” for all attorneys
• Partners closely with the founding attorney on operational and strategic decisions
• Shapes firm’s reputation as a litigation powerhouse
• Prepares for transition into Managing Attorney, with responsibility not just for cases but for people, profit, and process
• At least seven (7) trials resolved by verdict, wherein you served as 1st chair

Responsibilities

• Drive litigation strategy on complex, high-value personal injury matters from intake through verdict or resolution, serving as primary architect of case themes and execution
• Serve as first-chair trial counsel in jury and bench trials, leading voir dire, openings, direct and cross examinations, and closing arguments
• Oversee and elevate trial preparation across case teams, including motion strategy, expert development, discovery planning, and settlement positioning
• Supervise and develop attorneys within your POD, providing coaching on courtroom presence, strategy, and case management
• Partner with firm leadership to strengthen litigation systems, trial readiness, and overall docket quality
• Shape firm-wide litigation standards, ensuring consistency, excellence, and accountability in case outcomes
• Contribute to business development efforts, including referral partner relationships and professional visibility within the Georgia PI community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed