Litigation Attorney - Remote

About the role

Founded close to thirty years ago, we are a 70+ person litigation firm representing employers and insurance carriers across Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Nebraska. Recognized by Best Lawyers as a Best Law Firm, our workers' compensation team includes a former judge and attorneys who have authored workers' compensation legislation and shaped the law through published opinions. We defend clients across the airline, grocery, retail, manufacturing, transportation, health care, and entertainment industries. This position is remote, with offices available in Denver, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse caseload of Colorado workers' compensation defense matters from intake through resolution.
• Appear at hearings, depositions, and settlement conferences on behalf of employers and carriers.
• Analyze compensability, disability, medical benefits, and average weekly wage issues and advise clients on strategy.
• Draft pleadings, position statements, discovery, and motions in a fast-paced administrative law setting.
• Communicate directly with adjusters, employers, and risk managers while managing deadlines, calendar, and billing.

Requirements

• Colorado Bar admission.
• Recent litigation experience (workers' compensation or civil litigation).
• Open to candidates with a district court background.

Qualifications

Knowledge of the following areas is desirable:

• Workers' compensation defense
• Insurance defense
• Administrative law hearings
• General insurance law
• Subrogation and recovery
• Compensability and claim defense
• Temporary, permanent partial, and permanent total disability
• Medical benefits and average weekly wage calculations
• Colorado WCRP rules
• Appellate practice

Pay

Base salary range $100k–$150k + bonuses.

Benefits

• Medical (United Healthcare), dental, vision (MetLife)
• Matching 401(k)
• Short- and long-term disability