Litigation Attorney, Bodily Injury Defense

Litigation Attorney, Bodily Injury Defense | Tampa, FL | $125,000 to $200,000 | Bodily Injury / Personal Injury

Mediation is where most bodily injury cases end. It's also where a lot of capable attorneys spend the day in the corner of the room, watching someone else make the argument they prepared.

If that sounds familiar, I have a role in Tampa you should see.

I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment, hiring a bodily injury defense attorney for an insurance defense firm with a busy Tampa practice. The pitch is simple: you'll run your files, and you'll be the one talking when it matters.

The day to day

• Defending bodily injury and personal injury claims from the first report through resolution

• Taking and defending depositions of plaintiffs, treating physicians and experts

• Arguing your own hearings and leading mediations

• Trial work, with first chair opportunities as your experience grows

• Regular contact with adjusters and carrier clients, so your judgment gets heard directly

What the firm needs from you

• Florida Bar membership

• 2+ years of litigation experience, ideally in insurance defense

• Comfort with medical records and the confidence to challenge a treatment narrative

The practical bits

• Hybrid, based in Tampa

• 1,950 billable hours

• $125,000 to $200,000

That salary range is deliberately wide. It's built so a mid level attorney and someone at counsel level both get paid what they're worth. The more experience you bring, the more the role gives back: larger exposure files, more trial work, supervising other lawyers, and client relationships that become your own. If you're senior and wondering whether partnership is realistic, it's a conversation the firm is happy to have early.

Why people make this kind of move

Most bodily injury lawyers I speak to aren't unhappy with the work. They're unhappy with how little of it they actually get to own. Moving to a team where exposure is real (depositions, hearings, mediations, trial and client calls) changes how fast you develop and how you feel on a Sunday night.

It also changes your market value. An attorney who has run mediations and tried cases has a very different resume from one who has drafted the memo behind them.

Talk to me first

Pick up the phone and call me on View phone number on click.appcast.io, or send me a connection request on LinkedIn (I'm Ryan Jaiswal at Distinct Recruitment). Prefer a booked time? My calendar is open at for anyone weighing whether to apply, and for anyone who has already applied and wants to walk through their application with me.