Litigation Counsel - Texas - Work from Home Opportunity Job at GuideOne Insurance, Dallas, TX

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  • GuideOne Insurance
  • Dallas, TX

Job Description

As GuideOne Litigation Counsel, you will defend cases in Texas. To be successful in this position, you need to be a self-starter, highly organized, focused, detail-oriented, and willing to travel for single-day trips and occasionally overnight. This role requires you to have technical proficiency and experience defending bodily injury, personal injury, first-party property damage, wrongful death, insurance coverage, employment practices, and extra-contractual or bad faith litigation and subrogation from case inception through resolution. This position has no billable hour obligations, and can be filled on a full-time basis.

Our legal department guides and protects the company—and serves our customers—by making informed business and legal decisions based on current data and relevant information. The legal department must be vigilant and dedicated to serving our goals and adhering to our brand values.

 

Responsibilities:

  • This position will defend litigation throughout Texas, and frequent travel, with occasional overnight stays, including a one-week team meeting, should be expected.
  • The primary function of GuideOne Litigation Counsel is to handle all assigned litigation and other legal matters for GuideOne and its policyholders.
  • Litigation work includes but is not limited to case analysis, preparation of motions, pleadings, discovery, conducting depositions, hearings, trials, appeals and communicating with the claims department.
  • The candidate must be able to competently present a controversy from inception through trial or appeal while maintaining the independent professional judgment required of a lawyer.
  • The position involves a busy, fast-paced, full practice with a mix of commercial property, coverage, and personal injury (including catastrophic injury and wrongful death) cases, representing individuals as well as corporate and nonprofit entities.
  • Qualified candidates will be eligible to work remotely from home.
  • Successful candidates will adhere to internal and external deadlines and manage work in accordance with departmental standards.

The Litigation Counsel must possess the requisite experience, skill, and judgment required to represent the interests of GuideOne and its policyholders with little or no direct supervision. The individual will demonstrate expertise with a variety of legal concepts, practices, and procedures while relying upon his or her experience and judgment to plan and accomplish job responsibilities and goals. A wide degree of creativity and focus is expected.

 

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Licensed or eligible to practice law in Texas.
  • Graduate from an accredited law school.
  • Ten or more years of insurance defense litigation experience required.
  • Trial experience preferred.
  • Admitted to or eligible for admission to federal court.
  • Able to timely handle case load with little to no direct supervision.
  • Prior in-house experience a plus.

 

Compensation:

  • Full-Time: $125,000 - $150,000 commensurate with experience, plus bonus eligibility

 

Get to Know GuideOne:

At GuideOne, we believe that our people are our greatest asset, and we foster a sense of collaboration among our team members so they can learn from and inspire one another to deliver excellence in risk solutions and services to our customers. For more than 75 years, we've established a reputation as a trusted partner in the communities where we live and work, and with our steadfast commitment to help make positive change possible, we're excited to see what we can accomplish during the next 75. Explore our values and culture, and learn why GuideOne might be a great fit for you!

GuideOne is proud to offer a robust benefits suite that includes:

  • Competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members.
  • 401(K) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary.
  • Free Basic Life and AD&D, long-term disability and short-term disability insurance.
  • Medical, dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs.
  • Wellness incentives
  • Generous time off program including; personal, holiday, and volunteer paid time off.
  • Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions.
  • Educational assistance program.

 

 

 

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