PIP Attorney
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Cranford, New Jersey
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Sep 23, 2019
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- Category
- Legal / Compliance
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
Where good people build rewarding careers.
Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
The PIP Attorney will:
Represent Allstate and the Company in the defense of Personal Injury Protection (PIP) law suits and/or arbitrations. Assess liability and damages and develop defenses to allegations and/or pursuit of Subrogation for a successful resolution of cases.
Key Responsibilities
• Effectively negotiate settlements including all aspects of liability and damages
• Attend hearings and conduct trials
• Argue motions; and take effective Examinations Under Oath and/or depositions of lay and expert witnesses
• Consult with clients, opposing counsel and the judiciary
• Coordinate the case handling with claims personnel
• Complete necessary system documentation
• Assist other attorneys in resolving calendar conflicts
Job Qualifications
• Juris Doctorate degree and member in good standing of New Jersey State Bar
• Two to five years Personal Injury Protection benefits litigation, Insurance Defense and/or Subrogation experience
• PIP and/or PIP SIU arbitration/litigation experience preferred
• Flexibility to work across several disciplines that may include Bodily Injury, UM and Subrogation.
• Computer skills required; experience with Microsoft Office, Lexis, and the internet. Proven time mananagement skills including ability to handle multiple cases, prioritize and organize, and establish and meet time lines
• Ability to handle a large caseload and work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work well with others on a team of attorneys, paralegals, administrative assistants, supervised by an attorney Lead Counsel. Attorneys are required to cover appearances for each other
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills are key to working with a variety of internal and external contacts as well as for preparing reports, pleadings, and correspondence, collaborating with others, etc. Will work independently as well as part of a cohesive team.
• Ability to travel to multiple locations in Northern/Central/Southern New Jersey
• Driving at least 40-50 miles daily depending on the activities being covered, arbitrations, court, examinations under oath, depositions and case evaluations, etc.
• Sitting for pro-longed periods of time en route to court, in court or at court proceedings, depositions, etc.
• Periodically lifting in excess of 20 pounds throughout the day, depending on court matters being handled.
• Attorneys have laptops. Bending to pick up the computer bag which sometimes is more than 20 pounds, entering and exiting a vehicle, maneuvering files and computer at security checkpoints
• Turning and twisting at work
• Walking and rolling brief case with files from vehicle to the legal proceeding and/or deposition and facilitations, etc.
• Trial preparation could require lifting in excess 20 lbs. because of exhibits, materials, records from plaintiff, etc. These materials are printed for some proceedings.
Job Qualifications (Cont'd)
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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- https://www.allstate.com/
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