Hybrid Senior Litigation Attorney

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Senior Litigation Attorney handling challenging cases with urgency and clarity at Jimerson Birr. Focused on strategy management and mentoring junior legal staff in a dynamic firm.

Responsibilities

  • Seize control of case strategy from intake through resolution, driving scoping, budgeting, and execution while leading timekeepers with confidence and clarity.
  • Serve as the primary client contact on most matters, providing bold, actionable guidance and escalating only when strategic shifts demand it.
  • Move matters forward continuously, eliminating stagnation and keeping pressure on opposing parties, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Mentor, model, and set pace for junior attorneys and paralegals; delegate assertively and reinforce the firm’s proven process and validated matter plans.
  • Maintain discipline across timekeeping, SLAs, budgets, and execution.
  • Operate with urgency, tackling multiple issues simultaneously and adapting quickly when demands or circumstances shift.

Requirements

  • JD + active Florida Bar
  • 5+ years of litigation experience, commercial preferred, with evidence of sound judgment under pressure
  • Strong advocacy: motions, depositions, hearings, negotiation, strategy
  • Ability to act independently while collaborating within a structured system
  • Comfort making fast decisions without hand-holding
  • Natural persuasion, strong communication, and a confident presence
  • Preferred Qualifications: First-chair trial or appellate experience
  • Experience in complex commercial, class action, consumer, or eminent domain litigation

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Supportive work environment
  • Commitment to service
  • Commitment to quality
  • Commitment to results
  • Equal opportunity employer

Job title

Senior Litigation Attorney

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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