Senior Litigation Attorney Complex Litigation

At Jimerson Birr our team has accepted the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients rights businesses properties investments and finances.

Our professionals are integral trusted advisers and advocates in both established and emerging businesses giving our clients insights into legal and business considerations that guide prudent decision-making. We work with some of the worlds most respected and well-established businesses as well as start-up visionaries and individuals looking to overcome challenges.

About the Role

Jimerson Birr is seeking a Senior Litigation Attorney for our Complex Litigation team; a decisive fast-moving litigator who takes ownership of a matter the moment it lands and drives it to resolution.

You cut through complexity take command of strategy and keep matters moving. You are comfortable making quick calls under pressure and equally comfortable showing your work when someone asks why.

What separates a strong fit here from a strong résumé is this: You think in systems. You are not only closing your own files; you are sharpening the plans templates and playbooks that let the attorney behind you close theirs faster and better.

You want autonomy variety and real influence over how the work gets done not just permission to grind through more of it.

At JB great lawyering isnt defined by hours worked. It is measured by execution against the plan disciplined delivery and visible progress and backed by systems that create clarity consistency and client trust. That structure exists to remove friction not to slow you down. The attorneys who thrive here treat it as leverage and then make it better.

You get restless when a file sits still and you do something about it without being asked.

You would rather fix the process that caused a problem than handle the same problem again next quarter.

You want to own the client relationship not hand it up the chain.

You want feedback that is direct specific and tied to outcomes.

You want to build something; a team a practice a better way of doing the work ....not just bill a year.

Own your matters day to day: scope them budget them direct the timekeepers on them and keep them inside the validated plan. Your Team Leader sets case mix and priorities; you run the legal execution.

Serve as the primary client contact on most of your matters with the judgment to escalate when risk budget or strategy shifts.

Draft and argue motions take and defend depositions manage discovery and carry matters to hearing or trial as a strong second chair and a developing or actual first chair.

Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals. Delegate real work then follow up with instruction and feedback that actually moves someone forward.

Improve the machine. Bring at least one concrete improvement a week to our matter plans templates technology or legal products. Shaping the system is part of the job here not a side project.

Hold the line on timekeeping service commitments budgets and on-plan execution: in your own work and in what you delegate.

Spot whats next. Identify and document adjacent legal needs as you work; clients rarely have only one problem and you are positioned to see the others.

Run disciplined alignment conversations at the start of a matter and throughout so scope timeline and expectations never drift.

Stay in front of your clients with proactive outreach.

Common Matter Types Include but are not limited to:

Join a dynamic team that values professional growth and excellence in legal service. We offer competitive compensation professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment dedicated to fostering your success.

Weve found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who you do it with. To continue reading about our firm visit our website Jimerson Birr.

Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture is collegial and professional and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries. Learn more about our firm culture here: JB Firm Culture: JB FOR ME.

Youll get a Challenging Opportunity with a Company that Cares About Its Most Valuable Asset: YOU! At Jimerson Birr we pride ourselves on our people and their collective achievements. Besides our list of legal industry honors in 2021 and for the seventh consecutive year the firm was named one of Floridas Best Companies to Work For by Florida Trend recent years the firm was also distinguished as one of the Best Places to Work by the Jacksonville Business Journal and five times as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies. Opportunities abound for those who can meet and exceed the expectations set for our team. Jimerson Birr is comprised of high-performing and professionally fulfilled people. We believe that a positive attitude personal accountability and a commitment to quality work will put a talented person on a fast track for success. Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture are collegial and professional and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries.

Our core values are simple: Commitment to service; Commitment to quality; Commitment to results. We live our core values and we welcome you to live them with us.

Jimerson Birr is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and all employees are treated during employment without regard to race color sexual orientation religion sex age national origin genetic information disability veteran status gender identity and marital status.