Job Description
Location: Philadelphia, PA | Full-Time | Flexible Hybrid
Salary: $165,000 - $185,000+ USD
Practice Area: Large Loss | Excess Liability | Insurance Defense | Complex Litigation
POSITION OVERVIEW
Client is seeking a senior-level Pennsylvania attorney to join its Philadelphia office and handle sophisticated large loss and excess liability litigation. This role is designed for an experienced litigator who can manage high-exposure matters with a high degree of independence while working closely with firm leadership and key clients. Trial experience is preferred. An active Pennsylvania law license is required; admission in New Jersey is preferred. Candidates who bring a portable book of business or a unique practice background will receive additional consideration.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage complex large loss and excess liability matters from inception through resolution
- Develop case strategy for high-exposure claims, analyze liability/damages/coverage/excess exposure
- Handle sophisticated discovery and expert issues, prepare/defend depositions
- Draft and argue dispositive and complex motions, participate in mediations/arbitrations/settlement conferences/trial preparation
- Maintain strong relationships with insurance carriers, excess carriers, self-insured entities, and corporate clients
- Support development of new business opportunities, help strengthen the firm's large loss and excess liability practice
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
- Active Pennsylvania law license
- Senior-level litigation experience
- Experience handling large loss, excess liability, or other high-exposure litigation
- Strong insurance defense litigation background
- Experience independently managing complex matters.
Strong Plus
- New Jersey bar admission
- Trial experience
- First-chair or significant second-chair trial experience
- Experience handling catastrophic injury or significant damages matters
- Experience representing excess carriers
- Portable book of business (a plus, not a requirement)
- Established relationships with insurance carriers or corporate clients.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Flexible hybrid, based in the firm's Philadelphia office.
