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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 thrive in an environment focused on protecting people, businesses, and futures.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates trial advocacy skills independently as lead counsel or part of a team, ensuring efficiency, proactive case management, work ethic, and quality work product.
- Handles all matters in accordance with Nationwide Trial Division (NTD) standard methodology, claims, and client expectations.
- Requires minimal managerial oversight and guidance from leadership in core duties.
- Effectively utilizes technology and collaborates with support staff for efficient case management.
- Maintains awareness of legal, technological, and procedural changes impacting liability and recovery litigation.
- Possesses and performs with subject matter expertise and trial advocacy skills for all held NTD concentrations.
- Develops and learns additional NTD concentrations as required by business needs.
- Provides factually, legally, and analytically sound opinions on case valuations, ensuring prompt updates and timely communication.
- Establishes and maintains strong professional relationships with key associates and claims partners.
- Utilizes relationships to build NTD's reputation and expand case referral opportunities.
- Communicates effectively, proactively identifying, understanding, and meeting client, claims, and internal NTD communication expectations.
- Serves as a mentor for junior attorneys and NTD staff, providing guidance, training, and acting as a role model.
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
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 on-site and 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 used in direct and/or indirect influencing.
- Stays in sync with the private practice of law policy and ethical rules of the state.
- Must acknowledge and follow all corporate and NTD policies and procedures.
- Valid credit check and/or background check required.
Skills
- Trial advocacy
- Case management
- Technology utilization
- Collaboration
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Communication (written and verbal)
- Negotiation
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Organization
- Decision making
- Project coordination
- Leadership
- Mentoring
Location
- Elmsford, NY
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- More than eight years of relevant civil litigation experience
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 per year)
- 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.
- The company enables clients to deliver innovative business solutions with excellence.
- Nationwide's mission is to protect people, businesses, and futures with extraordinary care.
- The Trial Division is a national team with approximately 40 offices across six regions in the United States.
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 to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.