Transportation/Insurance Defense Attorney

Insurance Defense Attorney | Charleston, SC (Hybrid) | $130,000 to $240,000 | Trucking, Premises, Construction Defect, Product and Professional Liability
Every lawsuit you defend started as a coverage question.

At this firm, you see both.

I’m recruiting for a national insurance defense and coverage firm, hiring in its Charleston office. Coverage and defense sit under one roof. You learn how a carrier weighs a claim before it ever lands on your desk as a lawsuit, and that makes you sharper at both.

Why I keep sending attorneys here
People stay. The average attorney has been with the firm for over five years.
I’ve placed several attorneys here across the Carolinas. They’re still there.
It’s a national platform with real carrier relationships, and you work SC files from Charleston.

The files coming in
Trucking and transportation
Premises liability
Construction defect, plus disputes between owners, contractors, subs and architects
Product liability
Professional liability, including malpractice and E&O
One strong defense background is enough. Nobody expects all five.

Associates
No book needed. The carriers already send the work.
Your own files, from first report to resolution or trial.
Adjusters learn your name because you make the calls and write the reports.
Around $130,000, with partners mentoring toward partnership

Partners
Coverage and defense from one firm. That’s a strong offer to take to the carriers you already know.
A real team around you. Associates and support staff carry the work that doesn’t need a partner, so your time goes on clients, strategy and trial.
Associates to mentor. Everything you’ve learned about reading adjusters, prepping witnesses and knowing when a case should try gets passed on to attorneys who’ll put it to use.
Up to $240,000

The practical bits
Billable target of 1,850 to 1,900 hours, depending on level
Depositions, mediations and court appearances
In the Charleston office three days a week. The other two are yours to plan around hearings, depositions and life.

You’ll bring
South Carolina bar admission
Associates: 2+ years of insurance defense experience
Partners: an established insurance defense practice with carrier relationships
Reports an adjuster can read in two minutes and act on

Questions first, or want to talk it through? Call me, Clark Pollins at Distinct Recruitment, on View phone number on click.appcast.io, email View email address on click.appcast.io, or find me on LinkedIn at .