Personal Injury Trial Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Personal Injury Trial Attorney to manage a litigation caseload from filing through verdict. The ideal candidate has a proven track record handling complex personal injury matters, taking and defending depositions, arguing substantive motions, attending mediations, and serving as first-chair or second-chair trial counsel. Must be bilingual and can speak both English and Spanish.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a litigation caseload from inception through settlement, trial, and post-trial proceedings.
• Serve as lead counsel on litigated personal injury matters.
• Develop and execute strategic litigation and trial plans.
• Conduct legal research and prepare pleadings, motions, memoranda, and other litigation-related documents.
• Take and defend depositions of parties, witnesses, experts, and corporate representatives.
• Prepare clients, fact witnesses, and expert witnesses for deposition, mediation, and trial.
• Draft and argue substantive motions, including motions for summary judgment and motions in limine.
• Attend and represent clients at hearings, mediations, arbitrations, and trials.
• Conduct jury selection, opening statements, direct and cross-examinations, and closing arguments.
• Work closely with medical experts, accident reconstructionists, economists, life care planners, and other expert witnesses.
• Evaluate settlement opportunities while preparing every case as if it will proceed to trial.
• Ensure compliance with Florida Bar rules, court procedures, and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Active member in good standing with The Florida Bar.
• 5+ years of plaintiff personal injury litigation experience preferred.
• Demonstrated first-chair or second-chair jury trial experience.
• Significant experience handling depositions, mediations, and contested hearings.
• Strong knowledge of Florida civil litigation procedures, evidence rules, and personal injury law.
• Proven track record of obtaining favorable settlements, verdicts, and case resolutions.
• Exceptional written and oral advocacy, negotiation, and courtroom presentation skills.
• Ability to independently manage a high-volume litigation caseload.
• Excellent organizational and case management abilities.

Required Qualifications 

• Fluency in Spanish is a plus.
• Experience managing high-value and complex litigation matters.
• Experience handling catastrophic injury, trucking accidents, wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury cases.
• Multiple jury trials to verdict.