Florida Litigation Attorney - Personal Injury / Insurance Defense (In-House)

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Florida Litigation Attorney - Personal Injury / Insurance Defense (In-House)

Latitude is seeking a Florida litigation attorney with 12+ years of personal injury and/or insurance defense trial experience for an exciting long-term contract (or contract-to-permanent) engagement with a Fortune 500 company. Eligible candidates must be capable of serving as lead or co-lead counsel at trial and be highly skilled at all phases of litigation, including motion practice, written discovery, depositions, mediations, and trial strategy. Prior experience working in-house as litigation counsel for a large legal department, or as a litigation attorney at a large firm or sophisticated litigation boutique in Florida is preferred. Candidates must be licensed to practice law in Florida and be able to appear in court throughout Central Florida and the Panhandle. This is an immediate need and has the potential to convert into a permanent position.

Requirements for the Florida Litigation Attorney – Personal Injury / Insurance Defense (In-House):

12+ years of personal injury and/or insurance defense trial experience
Excellent academic credentials
Licensed to practice law in Florida and in good standing
Ability to travel to hearings, mediations, and trials throughout Central Florida and the Panhandle
Outstanding references

Position Details of the Florida Litigation Attorney – Personal Injury / Insurance Defense (In-House):

Type of Role: Long-term contract engagement with the potential for a conversion to permanent
Schedule: Part-time, full-time, or anywhere in between
Location: Central or Central-West Florida (with work-from-home flexibility)
Compensation & Benefits: Highly competitive and commensurate with experience; full benefits

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Latitude will not disclose your identity or propose you to prospective clients without your prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Only qualified applicants should apply.

About Latitude

Latitude is a full-service national legal services company that specializes in providing high-end, flexible contract engagements and permanent positions to outstanding attorneys, paralegals, compliance officers and legal operations professionals. We work closely with our candidates to understand their career goals and match them with the substantive engagements they want with our clients, who range from Fortune 500 corporations to small companies and Global 50 law firms to boutiques. With offices coast-to-coast, we employ legal professionals across the country. Latitude’s client service leaders and recruiters are all former practicing attorneys and understand the demands faced by those we serve.

Latitude Engagements

Great attorneys and other legal professionals who are seeking contract engagements or consulting roles choose to work with Latitude because of our competitive compensation and benefits, sophisticated and engaging work, a chance to work with great clients and peers, and a refreshing blend of freedom with self-designed boundaries. Our own experience as practicing attorneys and our client relationships enable us to effectively tailor our candidate proposals to the specific practice strengths and interpersonal attributes that matter most to our clients and to match our candidates with the opportunities that will be most fulfilling to them.

Latitude engaged professionals have the level of skill, experience, and judgment as would be expected of a permanent member of our client’s corporate legal department or law firm and the versatility to step into challenging environments and hit the ground running.

If you have the right skills, personality and experience, Latitude helps you do what you are good at in a more rewarding way. Latitude engaged professionals serve on a full- or part-time engagement basis, and work remotely or on-site at the client office.

While we are able to work only with a select few of the most outstanding candidates, our customized approach results in a high success rate for those candidates we recommend.

For more information about Latitude, please visit us at https://latitudelegal.com.

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