CareerPlan

Senior Counsel - Trial & Defense

San Francisco, USFull-time$200k–$280k2026-08-05 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Senior attorney managing a caseload of 10-20 general liability, product liability, and catastrophic injury cases, collaborating with the Aviation practice group.

Role type

Senior litigation attorney (trial & defense)

Builds

Legal strategies, pleadings, motions, and trial preparation for liability cases

Domain

Legal services (litigation, general/product/premises liability, aviation)

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Litigation management, deposition taking/defense, discovery drafting, legal research, motion drafting, oral advocacy, client reporting

Preferred skills

Academic credentials from reputable law school, bar admission in Nevada

Technologies

Westlaw

Responsibilities

Manage caseload of 10-20 matters, investigate claims and prepare strategies, draft/respond to discovery, review documents for production, conduct legal research, take/defend depositions, draft pleadings and motions, attend hearings and argue motions, prepare pre-trial/trial documents, participate in mediation/trial, report to clients

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC