Attorney - Litigation

Job Description

Insurance Defense Partner | Manhattan, NY (Hybrid) – $225K–$275K

Location/Schedule: Manhattan, NY (Hybrid)

Base Salary: $225K–$275K, depending on book and experience

Practice: Partner or senior lateral to run high-exposure construction, products, transportation, and general liability for Fortune 500 insureds and national carriers.

Our client is an AV-rated national defense firm whose rates support partner compensation most insurance shops cannot match. The book is institutional: Fortune 500 entertainment and construction names, national carriers, catastrophic-response work. About 80% of current partners started at the firm. They will also hire a lateral who can hold a docket on day one.

Why You Should Join:

• Partner Pay Above the Defense Market – $225K–$275K, set off a charge-out rate most midsize defense firms do not have.
• A Book Worth Owning – Fortune 500 claims, including national entertainment and construction insureds. Not a commodity GL inventory.
• Originate or Inherit – Internal partners came up through the firm. A lateral with a book, or the ability to run one, is the hire.
• Trial and Catastrophe Credibility – National complex-litigation group, catastrophic-response team, Best Lawyers recognition in products and construction.
• Manhattan Platform, Not a Satellite – The decision-makers and the highest-rate work sit in New York.

What You’ll Actually Do:

• Run high-exposure construction, products, transportation, and GL matters from strategy through resolution.
• First-chair or second-chair trial and dispositive motion practice.
• Direct client contact with national carriers and corporate insureds.
• Staff and supervise a docket, including catastrophic-response files.

Requirements:

• JD and active New York bar
• 8+ years post-bar insurance defense, with a current Counsel or Partner title — or a senior associate who already runs files
• Trial, dispositive-motion, or client-relationship experience on high-exposure matters

No one fits every box perfectly - if you’re a practicing Insurance Defense partner or senior who wants $225K–$275K on a high-rate New York book, let’s talk confidentially.