Personal Injury Defense Associate

LEWIS & ASSOCIATES  is a leader in providing Legal and Administrative staffing services.  We are a sole source staffing firm giving you convenient ways of working with us. We make every effort to ensure the highest degree of professionalism and integrity in the staffing process. We understand the demanding role of recruiting to source the highest level of legal professionals while incorporating proven, innovative, and successful recruiting techniques.

We are seeking a Personal Injury Defense Associate for a national law firm in NY. The position would require the candidate to have a team oriented approach that consists of attorneys and paralegals in the coordinated evaluation and resolution of each matter addressed within a Legal Project Management approach.

Qualifications

• Must be admitted to practice in New York State
• 2-4 years defending personal injury claims venued in NY Supreme Courts
• Experience with Labor Law §200, §240(1), and §241(6), premises liability claims

Skills and Responsibilities required:

• Proficient and efficient research
• Professional written work product, with ability to concisely explain what matters most and why -- for audiences that will include clients, courts, and litigant counsel
• Understanding and applying CPLR discovery rules, to oversee, evaluate and enforce external and internal party compliance
• Claim investigation: client and non-party interaction with paralegal support to smartly and efficiently address what matters most.