Lead Attorney, Injury

The role

You will represent clients in need from intake through resolution. You will select cases, set case strategy, and work with company leaders to build the injury practice.

What you will do

• Representing clients in need from intake through resolution
• Selecting which cases to take on
• Setting case strategy
• Making necessary calls to maximize client recovery
• Working with company leaders to determine the firm's direction
• Hiring the team
• Designing the brand

Required qualifications

• Deep personal injury experience at a plaintiff's firm
• Experience across motor vehicle accidents and premises liability
• Exposure to taking cases to trial
• Understand how to work up an injury case from intake through resolution, having done so 100+ times before
• Know how to deliver five-star client service
• Close-to-spotless track record of leaving clients satisfied
• Demonstrated commitment to doing good and helping people
• Based in California
• Licensed to practice law in California

Nice to have

• Know the nuts and bolts of legal operations at a plaintiff’s firm
• Supervised non-attorney professionals across intake, case management, and support
• A network of injury attorneys for referrals, co-counsel relationships, and general advice
• Experience at a startup or other fast-paced, agile environment
• Thought deeply about starting your own legal practice

Benefits

• Equity
• Significant additional earning opportunity through bonus or profit sharing
• Significant continuing education and training
• Travel to LA on the company dime
• Offsites and retreats

About the company

Atticus is a platform connecting people with disabilities to government benefits and is scaling an injury practice to help victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence. They have raised more than $100 million from top VC firms.