Associate - Insurance Defense - Basking Ridge, NJ - $190k

Job Description

General Liability Associate | Basking Ridge, NJ | Hybrid | $190K

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Seeking a mid-level General Liability Associate with 2–9 years of post-bar experience and an active New Jersey bar. This is not a clerkship or first-year seat.

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Our client is a national insurance-defense firm with a New Jersey hub in Basking Ridge. The docket is New Jersey general liability and premises work, staffed locally and backed by a multi-state platform. The office is known as low-pressure and well mentored. Trial is part of the practice, not a brochure line.

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Why You Should Join:

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• $190K for New Jersey General Liability – Strong suburban-NJ pay without a Newark or Manhattan five-day mandate
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• A Real New Jersey Hub, Not a Letterhead Office – Files are staffed in Basking Ridge; you are not a satellite feeding another city’s partners
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• Trial Work in New Jersey Courts – Hearings, depositions, and trial prep are expected of mid-levels, not locked to two senior partners
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• Mentors Instead of Volume Pressure – Collegial office, no yellers, people who will actually review your brief
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• National Backup When a File Explodes – Multi-office defense platform behind local NJ cases, so you are not understaffed the week a case gets serious
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Key Duties:

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• Defend general liability and premises matters in New Jersey state and federal court
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• Manage discovery, depositions, and motion practice
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• Handle hearings, mediations, and trial prep
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• Advise carriers on exposure and strategy
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• Take ownership of New Jersey files through resolution
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Requirements:

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• JD and active New Jersey bar
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• 2–9 years of post-bar general liability or insurance defense experience
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• Current or recent title of Associate or equivalent — law clerks and summer associates will not be considered
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• Deposition and court-appearance experience
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No one fits every box perfectly - if you’re a practicing General Liability Associate seeking $190K in Basking Ridge, let’s talk confidentially.

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View email address on ziprecruiter.com

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