Associate

Job Title Associate Job Location New Jersey Job Type Fee earners Country / Territory United States Region The Americas Description

Clyde & Co seeks an Attorney with 2-5 years of experience to join our insurance coverage litigation group in Morristown, NJ.

This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney with insurance coverage or litigation experience who has an interest in working on complex insurance coverage matters.

This thriving practice represents and advises national and international insurers in a broad range of coverage cases across the Unites States, including a wide range of complex insurance coverage matters, principally involving pollution, toxic tort, asbestos, construction defect, products liability, errors and omissions, excess liability, abuse and molestation work.

What you'll do :

• Analyze insurance policies, draft coverage opinions, and provide coverage advice to clients.
• Conduct rigorous legal research, analyze findings, and draft memoranda.
• Prepare and review pleadings, memos, briefs, discovery, motions with supporting briefs, and other legal correspondence.
• Engage in formal correspondence with opposing counsel and other parties.
• Attend depositions, hearings, and mediations as required.

We're looking for someone who :

• Possesses excellent academic credentials;
• JD 2020 or 2021;
• Admitted to practice in New Jersey; additional admissions a plus;
• Experience or interest in working on complex insurance coverage matters;
• Excellent legal research, writing, and verbal communication skills;
• Exceptional attention to detail;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;

What we offer :

• Hybrid work schedule
• Student loan reimbursement
• Flexible time off & 11 paid holidays per calendar year
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K Safe Harbor contribution
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefits
• Minimum billable hours of 1,900 per year with generous yearly and monthly bonus opportunities for high performers

Our Values :

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavors and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We :

• Work as one -We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients -We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the center of everything we do
• Celebrate difference -We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly -We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognizing that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with 440 partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals, and 4000 staff in over 50 offices and associated offices worldwide.

The firm specializes in the sectors that move, build and power our connected world and the insurance that underpins it, including : transport, infrastructure, energy, trade & commodities and insurance.

With a strong focus on developed and emerging markets, the firm has achieved compound average annual revenue growth of 15% over the last ten years, making it one of the fastest-growing law firms in the world with ambitious plans for further growth.