Overview: Litigation Counsel
Experience: Significant litigation experience, including substantive asbestos and toxic tort matters
Location: Fully remote; candidates may be located anywhere in the United States. Limited travel may be required.
Responsibilities Include:
- Take ownership of and independently manage a large asbestos and toxic tort litigation docket.
- Establish and maintain organized matter-management practices, including deadlines, case status, outside counsel communications, and internal reporting.
- Provide hands-on support for personal injury matters, including case strategy, factual development, evidence collection, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Work with business partners to identify, preserve, and locate relevant records and other evidence.
- Coordinate a high volume of litigation-related communications with internal teams, outside counsel, and other parties.
- Work independently in a remote environment and travel on a limited basis as matters require.
- Juris Doctor degree and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Substantive experience handling asbestos and toxic tort litigation; experience with complex or class action toxic hazard matters is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience independently managing a large litigation docket, including matter organization, deadlines, outside counsel communications, and internal reporting.
- Personal injury litigation experience, including active involvement in fact development, evidence collection, and case strategy.
- Experience partnering with internal business teams to identify, preserve, and collect evidence in response to litigation needs.
- Construction, engineering, or related industry experience is helpful but not required; qualified candidates coming directly from a law firm will be considered.
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