Pay: $100,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year
Why This Is a Great Opportunity
- Join a respected litigation team handling sophisticated defense matters for insurers, businesses, and corporate clients.
- Step into a role with meaningful litigation responsibility, including discovery, motions, depositions, mediations, hearings, and trial preparation.
- Work closely with experienced litigators while continuing to build strong case strategy, client communication, and courtroom skills.
- Handle complex defense matters across areas such as insurance defense, medical malpractice, construction, transportation, professional liability, long-term care, and general liability.
- Build your career in a collaborative, professional environment that values mentorship, strong legal writing, practical judgment, and attorney development.
Location: This is a hybrid position based in Indianapolis, IN, offering a strong mix of in-office collaboration, direct mentorship, and schedule flexibility.
Note: Must be licensed to practice law in Indiana and have 2+ years of civil litigation defense experience.
About Us
We are a civil litigation defense firm representing insurers, businesses, and organizations in complex disputes across a wide range of industries. Our attorneys are trusted for practical strategy, strong case preparation, trial readiness, and efficient client service. Confidential Employer.
Job Description
- Manage civil litigation defense matters from initial pleadings through resolution.
- Draft pleadings, motions, discovery, legal memoranda, case evaluations, status reports, and settlement-related materials.
- Prepare and respond to written discovery, review client documents, and analyze liability, damages, records, and evidence.
- Take and defend depositions of parties, witnesses, experts, corporate representatives, and other key stakeholders.
- Attend hearings, mediations, settlement conferences, pretrial conferences, and other court proceedings.
- Develop litigation strategy, evaluate exposure, and provide practical recommendations to clients, insurers, and claim professionals.
- Assist with trial preparation, including motions in limine, witness preparation, exhibit review, jury instructions, and trial strategy.
- Communicate directly with clients, claim professionals, opposing counsel, attorneys, and support staff.
- Handle challenging legal work with professionalism, discretion, strong judgment, and increasing independence.
Qualifications
- Active license to practice law in Indiana.
- 2+ years of civil litigation defense experience.
- Experience with insurance defense, general liability, medical malpractice defense, construction defect, transportation defense, professional liability, long-term care defense, or related defense litigation.
- Experience drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, legal memoranda, case evaluations, and client status reports.
- Experience taking or defending depositions.
- Experience attending hearings, mediations, settlement conferences, or court appearances.
- Ability to communicate with insurance carriers, claim professionals, corporate clients, or business clients.
- Strong legal research, writing, analytical, and case management skills.
- Comfortable managing a litigation caseload with partner oversight.
- Proficient with Lexis, Westlaw, Microsoft Office, and legal case/document management tools.
- Professional, motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work both independently and collaboratively.
Why You Will Love Working Here
- You will get hands-on litigation defense experience and direct exposure to active cases.
- You will work with experienced attorneys who value mentorship, training, and professional development.
- You will build practical skills in depositions, motions, court appearances, client reporting, and trial preparation.
- You will be trusted with meaningful responsibility while still having access to partner guidance and support.
- You will join a team that values advocacy, collaboration, open communication, integrity, and long-term career growth.
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Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance