Pre-Litigation Attorney

Are you a recent law school graduate looking to work with experienced attorneys and paralegals who will give you opportunities to further your legal career? If so, we are looking for you! Our firm is hiring an associate attorney who will support us by conducting legal research, drafting documents, maintaining client files, and assisting with legal counsel.

The ideal candidate will have some courtroom experience and strong legal research and writing skills. If you’re ready to jump-start your growth in the industry and learn how to strategize in the courtroom to successfully represent clients, reach out to us today!

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid Time off
• 401(k)
• Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance
• Other benefits to be discussed during the interview
  
  

Compensation

$80,000 - $100,000 yearly

Responsibilities

• Communicate with senior associates, paralegals, and clients to ensure cases are handled efficiently
• Attend court hearings or other legal proceedings, perform legal research, and work with senior associate attorneys to provide legal advice
• Organize and maintain files to ensure accuracy for other attorneys, paralegals, and staff
• Analyze conflicts in legal matters, advise clients on solutions, and negotiate on behalf of clients
• Create legal documents, including correspondence, briefs, motions, pleadings, contracts, affidavits, and settlement agreements for contract negotiations and proceedings
• Overseeing a docket of pre-litigation personal injury files
• Maintain updated status documentation of all case files in the case management system
• Communicating effectively with clients to keep them informed about their cases
• Strategizing optimal case resolutions and executing them effectively
• Determining value ranges for claims
• Engaging in client communication and meetings
• Negotiating pre-litigation settlements with insurance companies and other parties
• Reviewing and finalizing settlement releases
• Handling medical and other liens
• Daily oversight of the legal assistant team
• Assist with new case evaluation
  
  

Qualifications

• Active membership with the American Bar Association (ABA)
• Effective communication skills and problem-solving skills are necessary to work with all levels of staff and clients
• Candidates must have passed the bar exam
• Completion of a Juris Doctor (J.D. degree) from an accredited law school
• Willingness to learn from senior attorneys to meet our client needs and grow our client base
• Requires a bachelor’s degree and a J.D. degree
• Up-to-date knowledge of personal injury law/ tort law, wrongful death, civil law, medical terminology, and medical malpractice is imperative
• State license to practice law and State Bar Association membership are mandatory
• Superior research, negotiation, drafting, and communication skills are highly valued
• Computer proficiency is essential
  
  

About Company

WGK Personal Injury Lawyers has represented injured Marylanders since 1977. Founded by William Kolodner and now led by his daughter Jill Kolodner and grandson Hunter Duke, we're a family-run firm handling auto accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, dog bite, pedestrian, bicycle, and scooter cases across Maryland and D.C.

We're expanding our team and investing in the people and technology to do it right, including AI tools that help our attorneys and paralegals work faster and produce sharper work product. If you want substantive plaintiff-side litigation work at a firm built to last, apply here.