Insurance Defense Trial Attorney - Northern California

Insurance Defense Trial Attorney - Northern California

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Workplace : Remote. (Travel required to in‑person appearances and trials as necessary.)

Job Summary

This position is responsible for representing clients in all areas of insurance defense practice, handling cases that are primarily low to moderate in complexity and exposure. Manages all phases of cases from intake to resolution.

Essential Job Functions

• Litigate low to moderate complexity and exposure cases, performing duties from intake to trial and / or settlement, including preparation of pleadings, motions, discovery, and briefs.
• Attend hearings, conferences, interviews, mediations, arbitrations, and / or trials.
• Proactively inform leadership of case‑handling opportunities and challenges.
• Consult with the Claims Department on the legal aspects of files and jurisdictional issues.
• Perform other tasks or duties to ensure efficient case management.
• May handle second‑chair trials and trials in cases with moderate complexity and / or exposure.
• Provide support to senior attorneys in cases of greater complexity and / or exposure and receive developmental assignments of matters of high complexity and / or exposure.

Physical Actions

Job is performed in‑person at a Farmers office or virtually at an approved alternative work location. Required activities include frequent sitting or standing for prolonged periods, occasional movement, handling objects up to 50 pounds, fine motor tasks such as typing, mousing, or writing, and travel between offices and field locations.

Physical Environment

Required duties are normally performed in a climate‑controlled office environment, with some exposure to uncontrollable outside environmental conditions and travel via automobile and / or commercial transportation.

Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Licensed to practice law in applicable states required upon hire.

Experience Requirements

Three years of insurance defense litigation and / or personal / bodily injury experience preferred. Second‑chair trial experience strongly preferred. Multistate jurisdictional practice preferred.

Special Skill Requirement

Public speaking, ability to function and handle high case loads in adversarial or confrontational situations, driving.

Additional Qualification

Benefits

Job Location(s)

US – CA – San Jose, US – CA – Fresno, US – CA – Oakland, US – CA – Sacramento, US – CA – San Francisco.

EEO Statement

Farmers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in any employer / employee relations based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military and veteran's status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Farmers will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance or other applicable law. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1033, Farmers is prohibited from employing any individual who has been convicted of any criminal felony involving dishonesty or a breach of trust without prior written consent from the state Department of Insurance.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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