Research & Writing Attorney

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Job Type:

Full time

 

Exempt/Non Exempt:

 

Salary

Job Description:

 

This is a hybrid position reporting to our Detroit office 2 days a week.

Research & Writing Attorney – AAA/The Auto Club Group

Reports to: Supervising Practice Leader or Executive Attorney

Under moderate supervision, research and analyze no-fault insurance and negligence laws to provide legal advice to Staff Counsel and clients, including Claims management.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities (details of the basic job functions):

• Research for and draft memoranda of law.

• Research and draft substantive motions and briefs on insurance and negligence law for filing in district and circuit courts.

• Support department projects by conducting legal and non-legal research, preparing agendas, and providing complex comprehensive background materials and research.

• Review and analyze the No Fault Act, applicable case law, insurance policies, and issues involving first and third-party claims.

• Stay updated on emerging no-fault case law, regularly providing summaries and analysis to Staff Counsel and Claims management.

• Attend Appeals Committee meetings to offer input on appellate issues and decisions.

• May attend and/or argue substantive motions at the district and circuit court levels.

• Assist Staff Counsel and Claims management with insurance coverage issues.

• Participate regularly in the Claims Legal Council Program.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

How you will benefit:

• Our Research & Writing Attorney will earn a competitive annual salary of $100,000 - $130,000 with annual bonus potential, based on performance.

• Excellent and comprehensive benefits packages are just another reason to work for the Auto Club Group. Benefits include:

  • 401k Match

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • PTO

  • Paid Holidays

  • Tuition Reimbursement

Required Qualifications (these are the minimum requirements to qualify)

Education (include minimum education and any licensing/certifications):

• Juris Doctor Degree or graduate of accredited law school

• Member of the State Bar of applicable state

Experience in:

• Litigation experience as a licensed attorney at district and/or circuit court level, including motion practice

• Three (3) years of no-fault insurance experience involving legal research and writing

• Excellent oral/written communication skills (writing samples will be required at time of interview)

• Evaluating situations, facts and issues and drawing accurate conclusions

• Organizing, planning, and prioritizing large projects

• Conducting in-depth research and analysis of legal documents and outcomes

• Preparing written documents, correspondence, and resolutions to include drafting motions, briefs, and memoranda of law

• Working with all levels of management

Knowledge of:

• Civil law, judicial procedures, and rules of evidence

• Michigan no-fault law, including current, significant case law

• Principles, methods, materials, and practices of legal research

• Discovery methods and techniques

• Tort liability law, including applicable theories of recovery and the appropriate defenses to those theories

• Insurance Law, including familiarity with Uniform Trade Practices Law & Principles of bad faith actions

• Principles of insurance contract construction and interpretation

• Michigan Court Rules and motion practice

• Software applications (i.e., spreadsheets, database applications, word processing programs, computerized legal research software, etc.)

• Principles, methods, and resources involved in legal research

• Professional ethics relating to relationship of house counsel to insured

Skills and Ability to:

• Communicate effectively with other attorneys, court officers, claims representatives and others in a work environment

• Analyze, organize, and present facts, evidence, and related materials effectively in both written and or