Associate Attorney - Civil Defense Litigation

Pay: $95,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a respected litigation team handling meaningful civil defense matters for businesses, insurers, professionals, and institutional clients.
• Build hands-on litigation experience in a collaborative environment where attorneys are trusted with real responsibility.
• Work on a variety of defense litigation matters, including insurance defense, professional liability, construction-related disputes, medical malpractice, and general civil litigation.
• Be part of a team that values strong legal writing, courtroom confidence, practical problem-solving, and client service.
• Enjoy competitive compensation, bonus opportunity, comprehensive benefits, health insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
• Grow your litigation career with a firm known for high-quality advocacy and a strong reputation in the defense bar.

Location: This role is based in Winchester, Virginia with an on-site or hybrid schedule. We are open to strong candidates who can appear in Virginia courts and report to the Winchester office as needed.

Note: Candidates must be licensed to practice law in Virginia and comfortable handling litigation matters involving court appearances in Virginia. Defense litigation experience is strongly preferred.

About Us

We are a civil defense litigation firm representing businesses, insurers, professionals, and organizations in complex and high-stakes matters. Our team is known for strong advocacy, practical legal strategy, and a client-first approach. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Handle civil defense litigation matters from case intake through resolution.
• Draft pleadings, motions, discovery, correspondence, reports, and other litigation documents.
• Conduct legal research and develop case strategy with partners and senior attorneys.
• Manage discovery, document review, depositions, hearings, and court appearances.
• Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, experts, witnesses, and court personnel.
• Analyze liability, damages, risk exposure, and settlement opportunities.
• Support insurance defense, professional liability, construction defect, medical malpractice, business litigation, and related civil defense matters.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys and staff while also taking ownership of assigned cases.

Qualifications

• Virginia law license required.
• 2+ years of litigation experience preferred.
• Civil defense litigation experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with insurance defense, professional liability, medical malpractice, construction defect, or general civil litigation is a plus.
• Strong legal writing, research, communication, and analytical skills.
• Comfortable managing deadlines, court filings, discovery, and client communication.
• Motivated, professional, team-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced litigation environment.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will work with experienced litigators who take pride in mentoring, collaboration, and high-quality legal work.
• You will gain meaningful courtroom, deposition, discovery, motion practice, and client-facing experience.
• You will be trusted with responsibility while still having support from a knowledgeable litigation team.
• You will join a stable, respected civil defense practice with strong client relationships and long-term growth potential.
• You will have the opportunity to build a strong litigation career in a collegial, professional environment.

JPC-1061

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must haves: VA bar license. Strongly preferred: 2+ yrs litigation exp. (deal break only on bar license b/c low population)

• Nice to haves: lit exp ideally civil defense, insurance defense, professional liability, medical malpractice, construction defect, or general civil litigation.

• Additional context: Relocation- [unsure]. Packages - [unsure]

• Salary Bands:

Submission Email: Name / Karen - [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference

Civil defense litigation firm hiring a Virginia-licensed Associate Attorney for its Winchester, VA office. Role handles insurance defense, professional liability, construction defect, medical malpractice, business/civil litigation, discovery, motions, depositions, and Virginia court appearances. Client stated VA law license is the must-have; 2+ years of defense litigation is preferred from the job ad, and comp is $80k to $95k base plus bonus with flexibility for a very strong candidate.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Associate Attorney - Civil Defense Litigation - Shuman McCuskey Slicer PLLC - JPC 1061 - Source

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• Client job title: Associate Attorney - Civil Defense Litigation

• Location: Winchester, VA

• On-site, hybrid, remote: Hybrid

• Experience: 1

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Associate Attorney, Litigation Associate, Civil Litigation Attorney, Defense Litigation Attorney, Insurance Defense Attorney, Professional Liability Attorney, Medical Malpractice Defense Attorney, Construction Defect Attorney, General Liability Attorney, Trial Attorney, Litigation Counsel, Virginia Bar, VA Bar, civil defense, insurance defense, depositions, discovery, motions, court appearances.

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: No

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): low pop of 60k total, atty, deal breaking license only but likely need lit exp. Fail fast role