Senior Associate Attorney - Hybrid (Litigation)

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

About Boyd & Jenerette :

Boyd & Jenerette is an experienced, forward thinking and diverse civil litigation law firm that represents public and private business organizations as well as insurance companies in litigation and transactional matters.

Our mission is to change the way defense firms do business.

Position Summary :

• The Senior Associate Attorney will assist senior attorneys in providing legal counsel to existing clients. The Senior Associate Attorney is responsible for conducting legal research;
• drafting documents and pleadings; communicating with clients and experts; drafting and responding to discovery; document review;

and assisting with trial and deposition preparation. Associates will represent clients in court and depositions.

Location & Commitments :

• Practice Area / Department : Pre-Litigation (with opportunity for position to evolve into a litigation role)
• Status : Full-Time / Exempt
• Work Location : Hybrid : Savannah office (Candidate Must Be Located in Coastal Georgia)

Responsibilities :

• Primary function will be responding to time-limited conditional demands.
• Prepare correspondence and legal documents such as contracts, pleadings, briefs, affidavits, motions, and settlement agreements for contract negotiations and proceedings.
• Conduct legal research and provide legal counsel with the help of senior attorneys specifically in context of responses to time-limited conditional demands.
• Analyze conflicts in legal matters, advise clients on solutions, and negotiate on behalf of clients.
• Communicate with senior attorneys, paralegals, and clients to ensure time-limited conditional demand responses are handled efficiently where clients are primarily non-lawyers where additional explanations may be required to educate clients.
• Properly document demand response files to ensure up-to-date information is available to other attorneys, paralegals and support staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements :

Requirements & Competencies :

• At least 5-7 years of experience in a similar role.
• Georgia Bar Admission
• Prior experience handling responses to time-limited conditional demands and / or prior experience handling extra-contractual and bad faith matters (preferred).
• Experience responding to a high volume of time-limited conditional demands with short deadlines for responses.
• Self-starter mentality with strong motivation to complete tasks by deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must possess great time management and problem-solving skills.
• Superior attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with others.
• Must meet expectations for billing goals.

Benefits :

The firm offers a generous benefits package along with compensation based on experience level. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, ancillary options, firm-paid life insurance and long-term disability, and 401k profit sharing.

Work Environment :

The ability to perform the following physical activities are necessary in the performance of this job : Sit and use a computer for long periods of time;

use a computer to accomplish the duties of the position (including typing and seeing); read and write in English; think strategically, communicate expectations, and establish priorities.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. The above job description is not an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, and skills of the position.

Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform other related duties assigned by their supervisor.