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Litigation Attorney

CNA

  • Tarrytown, New York
  • 1 day ago
  • $72,000–$141,000 Per Year

Highlights

In District of Columbia,California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois , Maryland, Massachusetts , New York and Washington, the national base pay range for this job level is $72,000 to $141,000 annually. Maintains responsibility and accountability for a caseload and works collaboratively with claims professionals, insureds, and business partners to achieve favorable outcomes.

Numbers & Facts

LocationTarrytown, New York
IndustryOther/Not Classified
Salary$72,000–$141,000 Per Year
Company Size100 to 499 employees
Year Founded1940
Websitehttps://www.cna.org/

Description

You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential. 

Provides legal services in support of assigned litigation matters. Maintains responsibility and accountability for a caseload and works collaboratively with claims professionals, insureds, and business partners to achieve favorable outcomes. Handles litigation matters requiring legal analysis, sound judgment, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Manages cases through various stages of litigation, including investigation, discovery, motion practice, settlement negotiations, and resolution.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Handles insurance defense or coverage matters through all stages of litigation, including Trial. Manages litigation preparation and develops case strategy. Prepares and directs the preparation of necessary materials, including briefs, motions, discovery, depositions, and expert-related matters. Evaluates litigation and settlement strategies and actively drives cases toward resolution with an appropriate sense of urgency.

  • Handles court appearances, motion practice, discovery, negotiations, and trial-related activities as necessary. Participates in bench and jury trials in state and federal court, as appropriate.

  • Communicatesregularly and concisely with clients, claim professionals, leadership and others to ensure appropriate level of understanding and documentation exists for effective case management. 

  • Conducts legal research and analysis of facts and information to provide counsel and guidance on legal questions or issues. 

  • Prepares opinions or position papers on various legal issues and interpretation of legal issues/provisions. 

  • Counsels client/management/claim professionals to avoid legally unsound decisions or plans and when changes in the law occur. 

  • May assist in training or mentoring attorneys, paralegals, and department staff on appropriate procedures.

  • Collaboratively workswith clients, claim professionals, underwriting, risk control and other third parties while resolving legal issues. 

  • Works independently in resolving legal cases with oversight supervision. 

  • Responds to government regulatory agencies as needed. 

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

  • Working knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and procedures of litigation management within an insurance organization.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation and presentation skills.  
  • Strong negotiation, consultative and facilitation skills with the ability to effectively interact with all internal and external business partners,  
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment, and to work with and maintain confidential and sensitive information.  
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to effectively manage complex and evolving situations.
  • Ability to understand business goals and objectives and apply sound judgment to support effective legal and business outcomes.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related softwareieTeamConnect or other case management software.  
  • Value driven to provide superior solutions to internal and/or external clients.  
  • Acts with a sense of urgency to advance priorities of the client/organization.  
  • Helps self and others to excel through collaboration and building strong relationships.  
  • Thinks creatively and uses diverse ideas to solve problems.  
  • Raises expectations of self and others by continuously learning and broadening industry and technical skills. 

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor'sdegree and Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree required. Admission to the New York State Bar and active license to practice law in New York required.
  • Typically requires a minimum of five years oflaw firmexperience, corporate legal department, insurance organization, or similar legal environment. Experience handling civil litigation matters, including pleadings, discovery, motion practice, and dispute resolution preferred.
  • Prior experience in insurance defense, coverage, or related litigation practice areas is preferred.

#LI-CP1 #LI-Hybrid

In certain jurisdictions, CNA is legally required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. In District of Columbia,California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois,Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington,the national base pay range for this job level is $72,000 to $141,000 annually. Salary determinations are based on various factors, including but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.  For a detailed look at CNA’s benefits, please visit cnabenefits.com.

CNA utilizes AI-enabled technology during the recruiting process. For more information, please visit our careers page.

CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact 

leaveadministration@cna.com

About Company

CNA's approach to research is a modern iteration of the Newtonian principle that complex, dynamic processes are best understood through direct observation of events and people. That was the methodology CNA analysts first applied in the 1940s when they pioneered the field of operations research by helping the Navy address the German U-boat threat. Not content to study the problem from afar, this small group of MIT scientists insisted on deploying with Navy forces in order to observe operations and collect the data needed for meaningful analyses. Their groundbreaking work, and the anti-submarine warfare equations it produced, set a standard for operations research methods that CNA has maintained for 75 years. Today, with more than 500 professionals at our headquarters and 50 researchers in the field, CNA still takes a multi-disciplinary, real-world approach to our work. On-site analysts carefully observe all aspects of a process—people, decisions, actions, consequences—and then collaborate with a headquarters-based research team to assess data and arrive at findings. CNA's objective, empirical research and analysis helps decision makers develop sound policies, make better-informed decisions, and manage programs more effectively. Our work, which in its early decades focused solely on defense-related matters, has grown to include investigation and analysis of a broad range of national security, defense, and public interest issues including education, homeland security and air traffic management. Through our Center for Naval Analyses and Institute for Public Research, we provide public-sector organizations with the tools they need to tackle the complex challenges of making government more efficient and keeping our country safe and strong.

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