Attorney

Insurance Defense Attorney | Charleston, SC (Hybrid) | $120,000 to $210,000

An adjuster with a full pending list wants one thing from defense counsel. Never being surprised.

Be the attorney they never have to chase, and the files keep coming. Eventually to you, not just the partners.

I'm recruiting for an established insurance defense firm in Charleston. Carriers have trusted these partners with their files for years. Here's what that means for you:

• The panel work is already there. You don't need a book. You don't need to chase referrals. The carriers are sending files now.
• You'll know the adjusters by name. Your calls, your reports, early on. That's how an associate starts to become someone a carrier asks for.
• You're treated as a future partner. The partners mentor because they want the next generation to inherit these client relationships.
• People stay. The team gets along, and that's why the carriers keep seeing familiar names.

One thing worth knowing

• The firm handles coverage as well as defense. So you see how a carrier weighs a claim before it ever becomes your lawsuit. That makes you better at both.

What the carriers send

• Auto, premises, slip and fall and construction accident claims
• Professional liability, including malpractice and E&O for insured professionals
• Coverage disputes, deciding whether a policy responds at all
• General liability claims against insured businesses
• Construction disputes between contractors, subcontractors, architects and owners
• Employment claims
• Product liability

How you'll handle them

• Your own files, from first report to resolution or trial
• Clear, timely reporting to adjusters and insureds
• Pleadings, motions and discovery
• Depositions, mediations and court appearances, with partners in your corner

The pay, and why the range is wide

• The firm is hiring at two levels.
• Associates with 2+ years of defense experience start toward $120,000.
• Senior associates who run a docket and the carrier relationship on their own sit toward $210,000.

Hybrid, your call

• Build your week around your hearings, your depositions and your life. The choice is yours from day one.

You'll bring

• 2+ years of defense experience in any of the areas above. Nobody expects all seven.
• South Carolina bar admission
• Writing an adjuster can read in two minutes and act on
• A docket you manage without being chased

Questions before you apply, or rather talk it over first? Call me, Clark Pollins at Distinct Recruitment, on .

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