Attorney of Counsel

Job Description

Job Description

HeplerBroom LLC, a large defense firm, is hiring for a experienced insurance coverage attorney for its Chicago-based insurance coverage practice. Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in first-party insurance coverage litigation.

Duties include :

• Assist with management of a thriving insurance coverage practice, based in the firm’s Chicago office, but with cases throughout the Midwest;
• Oversight of junior associates on the assigned files;
• Actively own in the defense and prosecution of coverage matters from case inception through trial;
• The successful candidate will have an established understanding of first-party insurance coverage, with an emphasis on property insurance;
• Regularly conduct 30(b)(6) depositions, as well as the depositions of insureds, public adjusters, engineers and building contractors.
• Conduct examinations under oath, along with ancillary legal research and author coverage opinions to both claims adjusting personnel and in-house counsel;
• Defense of coverage and extracontractual liability matters in state and federal courts, as well as the prosecution of declaratory judgment matters on issues of insurance coverage;
• Oversight and advice of counsel to claims personnel and in-house counsel on property insurance appraisals;

This position requires :

Why HeplerBroom?

HeplerBroom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or any basis prohibited by state or federal law.