Associate Attorney-Medical Malpractice

Position Summary

Work under the general supervision of a department supervisor and provide a wide variety of assignments for clients involving the representation of healthcare facilities and providers in a wide range of medical specialties including cardiology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine, family medicine, anesthesia, dentistry, psychiatry, plastic surgery, nursing, and physical therapy.

Essential Functions:

Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research and interpret facts and law dealing with intricate problems and situations involving litigation, including defense of complex medical malpractice actions.
• Review and analysis of medical records.
• Development of litigation defense strategy.
• Research and prepare memoranda on a variety of legal issues.
• Draft correspondence in response to questions and/or requests for information from clients, attorneys, judges, officials and/or agencies.
• Draft and answer written discovery.
• Represent clients in legal proceedings that may involve court appearances, administrative hearings, depositions, and meetings.
• Prepare and enter daily time entries.

Requirements include, but are not limited to the following:

• 3-5 years experience in litigation. The preferred candidate has medical malpractice litigation experience with immediately transferrable skills.
• Law degree from an accredited law school with admission to the New Jersey Bar. Additional Bar admissions are a plus, but not required.
• Trial experience is a plus.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in oral and written form with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, and efficiently and to establish work priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work professionally with court officials, judges, attorneys, and the general public, and to maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work within established systems and processes involving extensive collaboration with other attorneys, paralegals, and office staff.
• Work to generate new clients through individual and firm-wide networking and marketing efforts.
• Comfortable meeting with clients and public speaking.
• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial.
• Commitment to maintaining a high level of proficiency in the most current and advanced legal techniques.

Scope

This job description describes the general nature of the job and does not represent that all duties will be performed by all individuals who hold the job.