Senior Litigation Associate Attorney

Senior Litigation Associate

I'm working with one of the Northeast's premier litigation firms, which is adding a Senior Litigation Associate to its New Jersey team. You'd handle complex civil litigation in general liability, construction, employment and labor, and workers' compensation, with real ownership of your cases and a work-from-home option.

What you'll do:

- Manage your own caseload from inception to resolution

- Draft pleadings, motions, and discovery requests and meet deadlines

- Prepare for and attend depositions, hearings, and trials

- Work with clients, experts, and fellow attorneys on litigation strategy, and give clients regular status updates

- Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda

What you'll bring:

- JD from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to the New Jersey Bar

- 7+ years of civil litigation experience, including New Jersey state and federal courts

- Experience taking and defending depositions and filing dispositive motions in Superior Court

- Prior ADR experience handling arbitrations and mediations

- Ability to prepare comprehensive status reports for insurers

Strong compensation and good benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a health advocate program, short- and long-term disability, parental and military leave, life insurance, a 401(k), a flexible spending plan, paid holidays, flexible paid time off, a mobile phone stipend, and an associate education program.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.