Litigation Attorney -- Professional Liability (Tampa)

Job Description

Job Description

Boyd Richards is seeking exceptional lawyers at all stages of their careers for our growing Tampa office. We are interested in candidates for positions across our full range of litigation and appellate practices, including professional liability and the many other disciplines listed below.

Whether you are a developing associate, an experienced senior associate, counsel seeking greater responsibility, or a partner looking for a collaborative platform to grow a practice, Boyd Richards offers sophisticated matters, meaningful responsibility, direct client access, and advancement based on ability, performance, initiative, and ambition rather than a rigid timetable.

WHY BOYD RICHARDS:
Diverse, sophisticated matters: our lawyers handle complex, challenging, high-stakes disputes across a broad range of disciplines, including professional liability, commercial litigation, appellate matters, insurance coverage, employment, cyber, securities, white-collar defense, community association, construction, and general liability matters.
Real litigation experience: frequent hearings, depositions, mediations, court appearances, and trial opportunities. Our lawyers do not spend years on the sidelines.
Ownership and visibility: manage matters from inception through resolution, with meaningful client and carrier contact.
Direct access: work closely with experienced trial and appellate lawyers rather than functioning only in a support role.
Flexible advancement: talented lawyers can progress as quickly as their ability, judgment, initiative, business development, ambition, and leadership permit.
Modern platform: newly designed offices and advanced document-management, practice-management, research, collaboration, and litigation technology.
Long-term opportunity: build and expand a practice across Boyd Richards’ Florida footprint in a collegial, growing firm.

WHO WE WANT TO MEET:
The specific openings below reflect current priorities, but they are not an exclusive list. Boyd Richards welcomes confidential inquiries from outstanding attorneys interested in any of our offices and practice areas, including candidates whose experience does not fit neatly within a listed position.

• All career levels: partners, counsel, senior associates, associates, and exceptional early-career lawyers.
All core practices: professional liability is an important part of our platform, but we are recruiting across the firm’s full range of litigation and appellate disciplines.
Practice builders: lawyers with portable business, established client relationships, niche expertise, or an interest in developing a book of business.
Courtroom lawyers: candidates with appellate, federal court, deposition, hearing, mediation, arbitration, or trial experience.
Future leaders: lawyers who demonstrate sound judgment, initiative, responsiveness, strong writing and analytical skills, and ownership of matters and deadlines.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Boyd Richards offers competitive compensation commensurate with experience, medical, dental, and vision insurance, retirement benefits, professional-development support, hybrid work arrangements, modern offices, and advanced technology resources.

BILLABLE EXPECTATION:
The positions generally carry an expectation of approximately 2,000 billable hours annually.

EXPERIENCE:
Two or more years preferred; exceptional candidates at all experience levels are encouraged to apply.

STATE / ADMISSION:
Florida Bar admission required. Admission to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida is a plus.

REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICE AREAS:
Professional liability
Directors and officers
Appellate
Condominium association disputes
Legal malpractice
Commercial litigation
Insurance coverage
Homeowners' association disputes
Employment practices liability
White-collar defense
Cyber liability
Securities litigation
Professional negligence
Shareholder litigation
Public officials
Construction defect

HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit a resume, a writing sample from a matter you personally handled, and a brief cover letter identifying the office and practice areas that interest you and describing your relevant experience. Partner and counsel candidates may submit a confidential expression of interest and a brief practice overview in place of a writing sample. Send application materials to Karolina M. Aprano at View email address on us.fitly.work.

All applications and inquiries will be handled confidentially. Your growth should be determined by your talent, initiative, and ambition.

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