Workers Compensation Attorney Staff Counsel (336/o)

Established and well-known Florida based insurance company is currently seeking an experienced Workers’ Compensation Attorney for a Staff Counsel position on their team. This is an in-house counsel position, is full-time and on site in Coral Gables, Florida.

The ideal candidate is a Florida licensed attorney with 5-10 years’ experience in insurance defense and workers’ compensation as they will be expected to defend high exposure workers’ compensation claims. Medical deposition, hearing/trial and litigation docket management experience is required. The Staff Counsel will be responsible for all aspects of the workers’ compensation case, including but not limited to, evaluating the merits of a workers’ compensation case, providing guidance and counsel through effective communication, medical review and negotiating, settling, and litigating cases, if necessary.

The successful candidate should possess strong negotiation and communication skills, a firm understanding of Florida workers’ compensation law, an ability to handle a large caseload, and effective leadership skills.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to independently manage a full caseload of workers’ compensation cases of varying degrees of complexity from case inception through trial/resolution.
• Litigate cases to verdict, demonstrating superior use of trial skills and techniques.
• Independently draft pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery and other file documents.
• Attend court events, depositions, hearings and other appointments independently.
• Provide recommendations and case analysis to department head on appropriate file handling strategy.
• Integrate legal support staff into case handling process.
• Provide advice and training to claim partners and clients.
• Create and maintain software documentation.

Requirements:

• Must have a Juris Doctor degree and be actively licensed in good standing with the State Bar of Florida.
• Must have 5-10 years of workers’ compensation experience.
• Must be Extremely detail oriented, self-motivated, and disciplined.
• Must have a demonstrated track record of trial skills and techniques.
• Must have the ability to work in a paperless environment.