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About the Role
Nationwide's Legal team is seeking passionate individuals to deliver innovative business solutions and extraordinary care to support a Fortune 100 company. This role offers the opportunity to provide top-quality legal services and protect people, businesses, and futures.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates trial advocacy skills independently as lead counsel or part of a team.
- Manages cases efficiently and proactively, ensuring high-quality work product.
- Handles all matters in accordance with Nationwide Trial Division (NTD) standards, claims, and client expectations.
- Requires minimal managerial oversight in core duties.
- Effectively utilizes technology and collaborates with support staff for efficient case management.
- Maintains awareness of legal and industry changes impacting litigation strategies.
- Possesses and applies subject matter expertise and trial advocacy skills for NTD concentrations.
- Develops and learns new NTD concentrations as required by business needs.
- Provides sound opinions on case valuations, promptly updated and communicated.
- Establishes and maintains strong professional relationships with key associates and industry colleagues.
- Builds and improves NTD's reputation and expands case referral opportunities.
- Communicates effectively, proactively meeting client, claims, and internal expectations.
- Serves as a mentor for junior attorneys and staff, providing guidance and training.
- May perform other assigned responsibilities.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
- Active license in the state where the position is located.
- More than eight years of relevant civil litigation experience in property and casualty insurance defense or subrogation.
- Significant litigation experience in property and casualty insurance defense or subrogation.
- Engages in complex legal practices and procedures throughout all courts and agencies in the assigned jurisdiction.
- Highly effective and professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly collaborative, capable of working with staff and other attorneys remotely.
- Serves as a role model and mentor to other associates.
- Significant negotiation skills.
- Ability to process information efficiently and effectively.
- Excellent analytical and legal skills.
- Resourceful, creative problem solver.
- Computer savvy with a solid understanding of basic software.
- Capable of adapting to changes in the law and technology in legal and court systems.
- Strong time management and organization skills.
- Decision-making ability to set work priorities and make recommendations.
- Ability to initiate, prioritize, and coordinate complex projects and cases.
- Leadership skills for influencing, motivating, problem-solving, and business development.
- Stays in sync with private practice of law policy and ethical rules.
- Follows all corporate and NTD policies and procedures.
- Valid credit check and/or background check required.
Skills
- Trial advocacy
- Case management
- Technology utilization
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Negotiation
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Organization
- Decision making
- Leadership
- Mentoring
Location
- Remote
- Upstate New York
Work Type
- Fully remote
- Work-From-Home
Experience Level
- 8+ years trial experience
- Senior
Education Level
- Juris Doctor degree
Salary/Compensations
- $138,000.00-$243,000.00 (National Range)
- $138,000.00 - $206,000.00 (Expected Starting Range)
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision
- Life insurance
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Paid time off (minimum 18 days annually)
- Nine paid holidays
- 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
- 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid pension plan
- Business casual attire
About the Company
- Nationwide is a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales.
- Nationwide enables innovative business solutions with excellence.
- Nationwide's mission is to protect people, businesses and futures with extraordinary care.
Equal Opportunity
- Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer.
- Celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive culture.
- Prohibits discrimination and harassment.
- Affords equal employment opportunities without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.