Associate Trial Attorney - Personal Injury

Pay: $100,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a respected plaintiff-side personal injury firm with a strong reputation in the Chicago legal community.
• Handle meaningful cases that make a real difference for injured clients and families.
• Grow into a stronger trial attorney with supervision, mentorship, and hands-on litigation experience.
• Work on a hybrid schedule with access to both office collaboration and work-from-home flexibility.
• Earn competitive compensation through base salary, performance-based bonuses, profit sharing, and retirement benefits.
• Receive fully paid CLE opportunities through leading trial lawyer organizations, including local and national programs.
• Build a long-term career with future advancement and partnership potential for high-performing attorneys.

Location: This is a hybrid position based in Chicago, Illinois, with work from home flexibility and access to offices in central Chicago.

Note: Candidates must be licensed to practice law in Illinois and have direct personal injury litigation experience. Plaintiff-side personal injury experience is strongly preferred.

About UsWe are a well-established and growing plaintiff-side personal injury law firm dedicated to helping people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. Our team represents injured clients and families in serious personal injury and wrongful death matters throughout Illinois, with a strong commitment to advocacy, accountability, and justice. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage personal injury and wrongful death cases through all phases of litigation.
• Handle case investigation, pleadings, written discovery, oral discovery, depositions, legal research, and legal writing.
• Work closely with senior attorneys while developing greater independence and trial-ready litigation skills.
• Advocate for clients in matters involving motor vehicle crashes, bicycle crashes, nursing home negligence, abuse, and other serious injury claims.
• Prepare cases strategically with a focus on strong client service, accountability, and successful outcomes.
• Participate in CLE programs, trial lawyer association opportunities, and professional development designed to support long-term growth.
• Collaborate with a team that values trust, responsibility, preparation, and dedication to clients.

Qualifications

• Illinois law license required.
• 3+ years of personal injury litigation experience preferred.
• Direct experience handling pleadings, discovery, depositions, legal research, and legal writing.
• Plaintiff-side personal injury or wrongful death litigation experience strongly preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, and client service skills.
• Ability to manage assignments and caseload responsibilities with appropriate supervision.
• Trial practice experience or a strong interest in becoming a skilled trial attorney.
• Commitment to representing injured clients and making a meaningful impact through advocacy.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will work on cases that matter and help clients who genuinely need strong legal advocacy.
• You will receive mentorship, training, and meaningful litigation responsibility instead of being stuck in a narrow support role.
• You will be part of a respected plaintiff-side practice with a strong reputation, collaborative culture, and real growth potential.
• You will have access to paid CLE, professional development, profit sharing, retirement benefits, health benefits, dental benefits, and performance-based bonus opportunities.
• You will join a team that is serious about client service, attorney development, and building long-term careers.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must haves: IL bar. 3+ yrs of personal injury litigation experience.

• Nice to haves: plaintiff-side personal injury, wrongful death, deposition, discovery, pleadings, and trial practice experience.

• Additional context: Relocation- [yesno]. Packages - [yesno]

• Salary Bands:

• 3 to 4 years directly relevant PI experience: $100K to $125K

• 5 to 7 years directly relevant PI experience: $125K to $160K

• 8 to 10 years directly relevant PI experience: $160K to $200K

• Strong plaintiff-side trial experience: likely upper end of range

Submission Email: Name / Michael -

mkeating@keatinglegal.com

Quick Recruiter Reference

Plaintiff-side personal injury firm in Chicago seeking an Illinois-licensed attorney with direct PI litigation experience. Role handles investigation, pleadings, discovery, depositions, legal writing, and trial practice with supervision and growth potential. Hybrid schedule, strong benefits, bonuses, CLE, retirement/profit sharing, and long-term advancement potential.

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• Client job title: Associate Trial Attorney - Personal Injury

• Location: Chicago, IL

• On-site, hybrid, remote: Hybrid

• Experience: 3

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Personal Injury Attorney, Plaintiff Personal Injury Attorney, PI Associate Attorney, Litigation Associate, Trial Attorney, Wrongful Death Attorney, Plaintiff Litigation Attorney, Tort Attorney, Insurance Litigation, Injury Litigation, Depositions, Discovery, Pleadings, Illinois Bar

• # of hires needed: 1

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• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details):Atty, 3+ yrs PI exp, Chicago.