Hybrid Senior Counsel, Corporate/P&C Litigation Unit

at The Hartford

• Job title: Senior Counsel, Corporate/P&C Litigation Unit
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $154,000 - $231,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hartford, United States

About the role

• Senior Counsel providing legal advice on litigation risk in the Corporate/P&C Litigation Unit. Managing complex legal disputes and empowering legal partnerships for The Hartford.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive legal advice and training to internal partners related to extracontractual exposures and litigation risk, with limited supervision
• Achieve favorable, cost-effective resolutions in litigation and pre-litigation disputes, including pursuit of appropriate risk transfer and other recovery opportunities
• Seek out opportunities to improve legal and financial outcomes, claim behaviors, and internal processes
• Select and manage competent outside counsel and litigation vendors, and focus on efficiently managing costs and budgets
• Develop and drive strategy in day-to-day case management, including implementation of effective litigation, settlement, mediation, arbitration, and ADR strategies; coordinate execution of such strategy with outside counsel as required
• Collaborate with paralegal and administrative staff on document retrieval and production, file maintenance, and day to day case management tasks
• Communicate effectively with business partners, Law Department colleagues and managers, providing timely updates on significant case developments and changes to the broader legal environment

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of litigation practice experience
• Experience with insurance bad faith litigation strongly preferred
• Experience with class action defense and other complex corporate litigation preferred
• Litigation experience within national or regional law firm preferred
• Experience in a similar litigation role within a Fortune 200 company law department considered
• Ability to build strong, strategic partnerships with business clients throughout the enterprise and colleagues throughout the Law Department
• Superior writing, editing, and oral communication skills
• Collaborative, team-oriented work style, with strong interpersonal skills; excellent work ethic; self-motivated
• Strong judgment and ability to make independent decisions when appropriate
• Strong critical thinking, growth mindset skills and a continuous learner
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI tools, Lexis-Nexis and other research tools, and Microsoft Office suite (MS Word, Outlook, and Excel)
• J.D. required; member of Connecticut bar or member of any state bar
• Able and willing to travel up to 10% of the time, or as needed
• Embrace hybrid work environment

Benefits

• Short-term or annual bonuses
• Long-term incentives
• On-the-spot recognition